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Law revised to bar under-18s from phone 'dating clubs'.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 18-JUN-01
Format: Online - approximately 320 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
TOKYO, June 14 Kyodo

The Diet passed a bill Thursday revising a law controlling the sex industry so that people under 18 will be barred from using telephone dating clubs, in a bid to crack down on child prostitution.

The House of Representatives adopted the bill to revise the...

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