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25: 245:, and the resulting law criminalized solicitation, procurement, and contracts for prostitution, though not the act of prostitution itself. Sugawara admitted that the compromise legislation contained loopholes but at least made it illegal to sell daughters into prostitution, and he suggested that if prostitution could not be eradicated, official regulation may become necessary. 167:, punish third parties involved in the trade and to protect and rehabilitate women involved in prostitution. It is also known as the "Anti-Prostitution Law". The law came into force on April 1, 1957, and all provisions were fully effective on April 1 of the following year. As the law does not punish prostitution per se ( 260:
Article 1: States that: 'Prostitution harms the dignity of the individual, is against sexual virtue and disrupts the proper morals of society'. It defines the purpose of the Act as punishing those who promote prostitution and preventing prostitution by taking measures for guidance, protection and
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Article 2: Defines prostitution as 'having sexual intercourse with a non-specified person(s) in exchange for compensation or the promise of such'. No punishment is proscribed.
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and Purity Society lobbied for the end of legalised prostitution. The Japanese government resisted these demands on the grounds that they provided effective control of
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Female Diet members attempted to introduce various anti-prostitution measures until in May 1956 they succeeded with the Prostitution Prevention Law. Prime Minister
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Hastings, Sally (2013). "Chapter 2: Disputing Rights: The Debate over Anti-Prostitution Legislation in 1950s Japan". In Burns, Susan & Brooks, Barbara (eds.).
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Article 3: Prohibits being a counterpart to prostitution (i.e. a prostitute or client) but no punishment is proscribed.
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Article 36: Women's protection facilities may be set up for the purpose of protection and rehabilitation.
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areas were set up and prostitution regulated. From the late 1880s onwards, various groups, including the
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announced that licensed prostitution would be abolished in the near future, but no action was taken.
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Article 13: Providing funds required for places of prostitution or other prostitution businesses.
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had established a Council on Prostitution Policy which was chaired by anti-prostitution crusader
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Article 17: A women who commits a crime under Article 5 may be subjected to a guidance action.
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Article 10: Making a contract for the purpose of providing a prostitution service to others.
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and prostitute), it is viewed as a preventive law rather than a prohibition law.
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Article 9: Providing benefits to enable others to provide prostitution services.
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Article 8: Receiving compensation for the coercion of others into prostitution.
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Article 34: All prefectures and counties should set up women's guidance homes.
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and that without them men's sexual desires would lead to increased cases of
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being passed in 1948. A bill prohibiting prostitution was put before the
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Article 11: Provision of places in which prostitution may take place (
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Article 5: Inducing others to purchase sexual services in public (
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Chapter 2 Criminal Procedure - The following acts are prohibited:
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Japan has a history of supervised prostitution dating back to the
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rehabilitation to women who are likely to prostitute themselves.
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Article 12: Managing or organizing a place of prostitution.
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Materials Concerning Prostitution and Its Control in Japan
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Prostitution Prevention Law: (Law No. 118, May 24, 1956)
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The main articles of the legislation are as follows:
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a machine-translated version of the Japanese article.
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Routledge Handbook of Sexuality Studies in East Asia
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