Here's a case that ticks all the boxes about the current moral panic. A concafe ("concept cafe") staffed by men in Kabukicho, Tokyo, is accused of exploiting vulnerable female customers. Concafes can be innocuous themed cafes but are often staffed only by men, making them essentially a kind of host club (similar to how girls' bars are like a cheap hostess club). The customers come for the fantasy created by theme (butlers, doctors, private boys' boarding school students, etc.) and the men who work there. At this one, 32-year-old Takuma Ono is alleged to have tried to force a 20-year-old ...

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