Operation Phobos

An investigation by the country's bishops found 16 cases of sexual abuse of minors by clerics, which occurred from the 1950s to 2010s...

Baby, a business referred to by the abbreviation JK, or joshi kosei, meaning high school girl, billed itself as offering massages by girls in uniform. However, a separate menu featured services allowing customers to take the employees out for a stroll, which led to the provision of sex, police said.

Baby charged between 6,000 and 15,000 yen for a basic massage. However, many of the girls, who were recruited via Twitter, permitted sex at a hotel for up to 40,000 yen per session, police said.

Suspected child abuse cases in Japan soared above 80,000 for the first time last year, according to new figures released amid a growing furor over the recent death of a 10-year-old schoolgirl.