Japan is waging war on "host clubs" -- where men entertain women willing to pay for romance, but authorities and industry insiders say customers have long been scammed and saddled with debt ...

Host clubs, where young male staff "pamper and flatter" female guests, are "booming" in Japan. Some 21,000 male hosts work at 900 of these lucrative establishments but opaque prices for drinks and ...

Philip Clark on Nightlife spoke with two lovers of Japan, and Kyoto in particular, Michelle Mackintosh and Steve Wide, who have written a guidebook aimed specifically at those who want more from a ...

Japan’s nightlife and entertainment industries are under increasing pressure to suspend business until further notice as government appeals to stay at home start to make an impact. But music ...

Tokyo's Shibuya Ward is expected to ban drinking alcohol in public at night, an extension of restrictions that were put in place for Halloween and New Year's Eve starting in 2019.