TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have busted a so-called “men’s concept cafe” in Shinjuku Ward for licensing violations.
According to TBS News (Jan. 23), Yoshiki Uehara, the supervisor of Smile, positioned within the Kabukicho red-light district, and proprietor Sho Oshikawa additionally entertained a teenage woman whereas realizing she was a minor.
On January 21, Uehara, 24, and Oshikawa, 40, are suspected of working Smile with no license. Last April, they offered leisure to the highschool woman, then 17, whereas realizing that she was a minor.
During questioning, Oshikawa denied the allegations. Meanwhile, Uehara partially denied the fees about unlawful operation of the a enterprise and denied the allegation relating to the woman.
Male employees members at a males’s idea cafe serve primarily feminine prospects. In this case, Uehara met the woman on social media, police mentioned.
The cafe acquired steerage from the Tokyo police final November of final yr for working a enterprise with no license. However, it continued to function in the identical means after that.