The Vice Guide to Travel — Season 1, Episode 34: The Japanese Love Industry

Episode synopsis

In these difficult times, many Japanese are putting marriage and families on the back burner and seeking recreational love and affection as a cheap escape. We sent Ryan Duffy to investigate Tokyo's cuddle cafes and Yakuza-sponsored prostitution.

About The Vice Guide to Travel

The Vice Guide to Travel is a documentary-style travel show released in 2006 by Vice Media, as part of the VBS.tv online television division of Vice. The show follows Vice employees as they travel to dangerous, weird, and offbeat locations throughout the globe.

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• E3PLO Boy Scouts of Beirut
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• E6Filipino Feed Lot
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• E8The Last Aryans of Paraguay
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