In Yoshiwara’s heyday, it is said that several thousand “yujo” prostitutes worked there. The red-light district, shut down after the Anti-Prostitution Law fully took effect in 1958, is now a ...

The woman was 22 when she began working in a “soap land” brothel in the renowned Yoshiwara red-light district of Tokyo. She started to work in the sex industry in her teens and spent a total ...

Walking through the narrow streets, camera in hand, is Beniko -- a former sex worker who is now trying to capture the spirit of the area once known as Yoshiwara through photography. "People often ...

Walking through the narrow streets, camera in hand, is Beniko -- a former sex worker who is now trying to capture the spirit of the area once known as Yoshiwara through photography. "People often talk ...