80 women arrested in Tokyo's Kabukicho for alleged prostitution

Eighty women were arrested between January and September on suspicion of prostitution for allegedly soliciting customers on the streets of Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district, police said Tuesday.The Metropolitan Police Department has been cracking down on prostitution in Kabukicho amid a surge of activity in the wake of the relaxation of the country's COVID-19 restrictions and due to social media exposure of the trade there.The arrested women were aged 20 to 46, the police said.Before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, 53 people were arrested for alleged prostitution. The tally dropped to 23 …READ FULL ARTICLE