THE TOKYO REPORTER: Japanese Nymphet Masseuses & Teen Hookers

The following headlines can be found on The Tokyo Reporter's website

• Architect arrested for picking up 14-year-old hooker in Tokyo
• Teenage masseuses at Tokyo JK massage joints come under scrutiny
• Yakuza affiliate, 10 others busted for pimping 17-year-old girl in Fukuoka
• Smartphone apps like LINE a potential hotbed of high school girl hooking

We've written about Enjo-kōsai, so the above headlines didn't surprise us. However, this headline did surprise us "Teenage masseuses at Tokyo JK [joshi kosei (high-school girl)] massage joints come under scrutiny." 

After a 4,000 yen for 30 minutes entry fee is paid, the high school girls were paid:

• 2,000 yen for hugs or the use of their thighs as pillows
• 2,000 yen to show their underwear
• 5,000 yen to massage their breasts, and  
• 10,000 yen to masturbate through their panties

During a police crackdown of 17 massage parlors, 76 of the 115 employees detained were teenage masseuses. But a writer covering the sex trade in Japan who was interviewed for the article stated, “A girl could pull in 40,000 to 50,000 yen [...] So [despite the crackdown] they’ll strive to establish independent work. Certainly, there are plenty of customers interested in their services.”