Japanese dating problem

A number contract sexually transmitted diseases from rape and live in generally poor conditions. They suffer from physical and psychological trauma. Their passports and bank documents are often confiscated. Sex trafficked victims are deceived, threatened, and forced into prostitution. Minors and persons from families in poverty are particularly vulnerable to sex trafficking.

Foreign victims are sex trafficked into the country.


Japanese citizens, primarily women and girls, have been sex trafficked within Japan and to a lesser degree abroad. Japan is a country of origin, destination, and transit for sexually trafficked persons. Sex trafficking in Japan is human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and slavery that occurs in the country.