Part of the economic stimulus provided by "Abenomics" has resulted in stimulation of the lower anatomy of certain consumer segments, and as one result, the soaplands (erotic bathhouses) in Tokyo's ...

Police are investigating the cause of a fire that killed four people and injured seven at a “soapland” establishment near Tokyo offering sexual services. The blaze occurred Sunday afternoon in a three ...

TOKYO — It is late morning and steam is rising from water tanks atop the colourful but opaque-windowed "soapland" sex parlours in a historic Tokyo red-light district. Walking through the narrow ...