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(Merge)Who put the tag for the merge of Tokyo Prostitution into Prostitution in Japan? Anyhow, I agree for the suggestion. The article of Tokyo Prostitution is too short. - 218.110.137.137 ( talk) 10:53, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
As the linked article makes clear, the term enjo kousai is specific to dating of high-school girls, rather than a term for prostitution in general (as the current paragraph appears to imply).
GHQ referes to the General HeadQuarters of SCAP (Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers) - MacArthur's Headquarters.
It is my understanding that the Anti-Prostitution law of 1956 was at least partly influanced by the advent of the Tokyo Olympics. Furthermore, the law outlawed almost everything associated with prositution except for actual prostitution. Furthermore, prostitution is strictly defined as genital-genital sex, as far as I understand. Osakadave 19:31, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
Getting closer on the law. [1]
-- I also put in a request for a translation of the Japanese wiki on the Anti-Prostitution Law of 1956. ( http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A3%B2%E6%98%A5%E9%98%B2%E6%AD%A2%E6%B3%95) Osakadave 17:17, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
This really should be moved to "Sex industry in Japan", which is a better description of the funny but strictly speaking legal business in question. Speak now or forever hold your peace. Jpatokal 12:59, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
The article "Japanese Filipino" has a link to "Japayuki". If you click on that, you are redirected to this article on "Prostitution in Japan". That is both offensive and inaccurate.
As the article "Japanese Filipino" states, "Many are children of thousands of Japayukis who went to Japan mostly as entertainers, helpers, and maids." Some of the Japayukis who were entertainers might have engaged in the sex business, but most were simply hostesses, talking, drinking, and occasionally having meals with male customers. None of the Japayukis were were helpers or maids were at all involved in the sex business!
The redirection from "Japayuki" to "Prostitution in Japan" should be deleted due to its inaccuracy and offensive nature. JKaki00 09:20, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Furthermore, this article doesn't explain what a japayuki is. Therefore the redirect serves no purpose beyond inuendo. So yes. Remove it. Ireneshusband 19:45, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
"Japayuki" simply means a foreign worker who has gone to Japan (Japa = Japan, Yuki = To Go). Even foreign men working in manual labor could be and are called Japayuki, so this redirection is totally out of line.
It's too bad that, although I complained about the factual inaccuracy of this redirection in March and Irene's Husband also agreed that this was inappropriate innuendo in June, the redirection to this page from "Japayuki" still continues. I think this is totally contrary to all basic principles of Wikipedia and detracts from the supposedly unbiased and neutral nature of the Wikipedia site. Jkaki00 16:19, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Let's face it, the Japanese government tried to abolish an old Japanese custom and merely succeeded in diverting it to new areas and into new forms. 204.52.215.107 ( talk) 03:21, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
The article was changed to read: "The Anti-Prostitution Law of 1956 made practicing prostitution illegal, but not a crime. It did prohibit the following with penal regulations: soliciting for purposes of prostitution..." This is non-sensical, at least in English, so I've reverted. Jpatokal 05:42, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
In the section titled "War Era" is this passage: "Some of them received more than full general for inflation in area of risk." Can anyone translate this into English? It makes no sense as it stands. Bricology 18:27, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Is there a source for karayuki covering Korea as well? The character 唐 for kara literally means " Tang Dynasty", and is (AFAIK) a traditional reference only for China. Jpatokal ( talk) 08:25, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
There are any number of clubs in the cities of Japan that provide a 'host' to female clients. The young men they employ basically flag down passing women on the street and try and convince them to "have fun" or "play" with them for a while, which consists of the girls/women ordering drinks (champagne for the most part) and talking, joking, playing drinking games. My understanding is that the females can also choose from a catalog of available guys as well. The women who frequent these shops are for the most part, from my understanding, sex-workers themselves of some kind and so the "relationship" doesn't necessarily end in sex (presumably the women see enough of that during their day jobs...) and they get the "respect" they are missing from entertaining salary men - as long as they are footing the bill for the drinks, I mean.
The author should mention these clubs at least.
31.6.18.231 ( talk) 18:06, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
What on earth does this mean:
'Rōnin, masterless samurai, were not allowed in and neither were the prostitutes let out, except to visit dying relatives and, once a year, to see the sakura cherry blossoms.'
This makes no sense. I propose that it either needs to be corrected, or if no one knows what it was supposed to mean, it has to be removed. As it stands, it doesn't mean anything at all. Allowed in or out of what? I'm guessing this previously referred to a district where prostitution was conducted? FergusV9S ( talk) 10:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
With
WP:SS in mind, it seems to me that the Karayuki-san section would be a good candidate for being
split off as a standalone detail article on that topic. This article would have a summary of that topic and would link that article as {{
Main|Karayuki-san}}
.
Barring objections, I may do that.
Discussion? Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 21:44, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
Taking a second look at this, I see that a Karayuki-san article does exist, and that the History section there is a near-duplicate of this section here. I have WP:BOLDly replaced the content of this section here with a {{ main}} link to that detail article and a summary taken from the lead section there. The final paragraph here was not duplicated there and this change has eliminated it. That paragraph had been {{ cn}} tagged since 2012. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:53, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
I've reverted this edit, which changed "Buddhism is an old philosophy" to "Buddhism is an old religion", saying "Buddhism: Changed philosophy to religion. Buddhism is not a Philosophy it is a Religion, different branches of which may promote many different schools of philosophical thought though this was still an incorrect use of the word." See the Buddhism article. It seems to me that chaacterization as a philosophy is a better fit here, since the passage specifically concerns "secular Buddhists". Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 04:56, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
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(Merge)Who put the tag for the merge of Tokyo Prostitution into Prostitution in Japan? Anyhow, I agree for the suggestion. The article of Tokyo Prostitution is too short. - 218.110.137.137 ( talk) 10:53, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
As the linked article makes clear, the term enjo kousai is specific to dating of high-school girls, rather than a term for prostitution in general (as the current paragraph appears to imply).
GHQ referes to the General HeadQuarters of SCAP (Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers) - MacArthur's Headquarters.
It is my understanding that the Anti-Prostitution law of 1956 was at least partly influanced by the advent of the Tokyo Olympics. Furthermore, the law outlawed almost everything associated with prositution except for actual prostitution. Furthermore, prostitution is strictly defined as genital-genital sex, as far as I understand. Osakadave 19:31, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
Getting closer on the law. [1]
-- I also put in a request for a translation of the Japanese wiki on the Anti-Prostitution Law of 1956. ( http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A3%B2%E6%98%A5%E9%98%B2%E6%AD%A2%E6%B3%95) Osakadave 17:17, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
This really should be moved to "Sex industry in Japan", which is a better description of the funny but strictly speaking legal business in question. Speak now or forever hold your peace. Jpatokal 12:59, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
The article "Japanese Filipino" has a link to "Japayuki". If you click on that, you are redirected to this article on "Prostitution in Japan". That is both offensive and inaccurate.
As the article "Japanese Filipino" states, "Many are children of thousands of Japayukis who went to Japan mostly as entertainers, helpers, and maids." Some of the Japayukis who were entertainers might have engaged in the sex business, but most were simply hostesses, talking, drinking, and occasionally having meals with male customers. None of the Japayukis were were helpers or maids were at all involved in the sex business!
The redirection from "Japayuki" to "Prostitution in Japan" should be deleted due to its inaccuracy and offensive nature. JKaki00 09:20, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Furthermore, this article doesn't explain what a japayuki is. Therefore the redirect serves no purpose beyond inuendo. So yes. Remove it. Ireneshusband 19:45, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
"Japayuki" simply means a foreign worker who has gone to Japan (Japa = Japan, Yuki = To Go). Even foreign men working in manual labor could be and are called Japayuki, so this redirection is totally out of line.
It's too bad that, although I complained about the factual inaccuracy of this redirection in March and Irene's Husband also agreed that this was inappropriate innuendo in June, the redirection to this page from "Japayuki" still continues. I think this is totally contrary to all basic principles of Wikipedia and detracts from the supposedly unbiased and neutral nature of the Wikipedia site. Jkaki00 16:19, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Let's face it, the Japanese government tried to abolish an old Japanese custom and merely succeeded in diverting it to new areas and into new forms. 204.52.215.107 ( talk) 03:21, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
The article was changed to read: "The Anti-Prostitution Law of 1956 made practicing prostitution illegal, but not a crime. It did prohibit the following with penal regulations: soliciting for purposes of prostitution..." This is non-sensical, at least in English, so I've reverted. Jpatokal 05:42, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
In the section titled "War Era" is this passage: "Some of them received more than full general for inflation in area of risk." Can anyone translate this into English? It makes no sense as it stands. Bricology 18:27, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Is there a source for karayuki covering Korea as well? The character 唐 for kara literally means " Tang Dynasty", and is (AFAIK) a traditional reference only for China. Jpatokal ( talk) 08:25, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
There are any number of clubs in the cities of Japan that provide a 'host' to female clients. The young men they employ basically flag down passing women on the street and try and convince them to "have fun" or "play" with them for a while, which consists of the girls/women ordering drinks (champagne for the most part) and talking, joking, playing drinking games. My understanding is that the females can also choose from a catalog of available guys as well. The women who frequent these shops are for the most part, from my understanding, sex-workers themselves of some kind and so the "relationship" doesn't necessarily end in sex (presumably the women see enough of that during their day jobs...) and they get the "respect" they are missing from entertaining salary men - as long as they are footing the bill for the drinks, I mean.
The author should mention these clubs at least.
31.6.18.231 ( talk) 18:06, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
What on earth does this mean:
'Rōnin, masterless samurai, were not allowed in and neither were the prostitutes let out, except to visit dying relatives and, once a year, to see the sakura cherry blossoms.'
This makes no sense. I propose that it either needs to be corrected, or if no one knows what it was supposed to mean, it has to be removed. As it stands, it doesn't mean anything at all. Allowed in or out of what? I'm guessing this previously referred to a district where prostitution was conducted? FergusV9S ( talk) 10:05, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
With
WP:SS in mind, it seems to me that the Karayuki-san section would be a good candidate for being
split off as a standalone detail article on that topic. This article would have a summary of that topic and would link that article as {{
Main|Karayuki-san}}
.
Barring objections, I may do that.
Discussion? Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 21:44, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
Taking a second look at this, I see that a Karayuki-san article does exist, and that the History section there is a near-duplicate of this section here. I have WP:BOLDly replaced the content of this section here with a {{ main}} link to that detail article and a summary taken from the lead section there. The final paragraph here was not duplicated there and this change has eliminated it. That paragraph had been {{ cn}} tagged since 2012. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:53, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
I've reverted this edit, which changed "Buddhism is an old philosophy" to "Buddhism is an old religion", saying "Buddhism: Changed philosophy to religion. Buddhism is not a Philosophy it is a Religion, different branches of which may promote many different schools of philosophical thought though this was still an incorrect use of the word." See the Buddhism article. It seems to me that chaacterization as a philosophy is a better fit here, since the passage specifically concerns "secular Buddhists". Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 04:56, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
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