A Japanese woman has bravely revealed the dark side of the country's schoolgirl culture after she was recruited to go on 'walking dates' with adult men - before being coerced into prostitution as a teen. Brooklyn-based Vice correspondent Simon Ostrovsky traveled to Akihabara, a bustling district in Tokyo, to explore the sexual exploitation of young women as a part of Vice News' short documentary entitled Schoolgirls for Sale in Japan, and soon discovered that teen girls were readily available to 'rent' for a variety of services, including fortune telling, massages, and walks with clients. The encounters, which are known joshi-kosei osanpo (JK) or 'high school walking' dates, are known to be fronts for underage prostitution run by men who are always lurking nearby.Vice News host Simon Ostrovsky traveled to Tokyo to explore the sexual exploitation of teens for the documentary Schoolgirls for Sale in JapanTokyo's Akihabara district is filled with teen girls who are paid to 'walk' with clients, which are known joshi-kosei osanpo (JK) datesThese types of walking dates were flagged last year in the US State Department's annual report on human trafficking as fronts prostitution
The _ team used a hidden camera to capture another man during his 'rent-a-date', and while their conversation remained innocent, Simon admitted it was creepy to see an adult male so engaged with a teenage girl.