Reference
Glossary
48 terms that recur across the country and city pages, defined without euphemism. Includes statutory names, jurisdiction- specific vocabulary (soapland, room salon, one-woman brothel, yellow card), industry vocabulary (bar fine, KTV, fuzoku), and named organisations (DSC Clinic, Empower Foundation, SWASH, COSWAS).
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jiyū-renai自由恋愛JapanJapanese
'Free coupling'. The legal fiction underpinning Japan's soapland districts: any sexual contact is treated as a private personal matter between adults who happened to meet at a bath-house, therefore outside the 1956 Anti-Prostitution Law's scope.
See also the FAQ, comparative legal table, scam catalogue, and nightlife districts.