That is basically what happened in Japan this past December, when the country's most prestigious private university extended an invitation to adult entertainment mogul Keishi Kameyama. His ever-evolving media and technology empire, DMM. In December , there was the invitation from Keio University students to discuss his work investing in Africa and supporting young entrepreneurs. A month later, Japan's most popular weekly magazine hired him to write a column for its website, Bunshun Online, offering parenting and relationship advice. It may seem strange that the operator of an online mall for hardcore sex videos has won such public acceptance, but Japan has always had a sort of look-the-other-way tolerance for pornography.
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Shukan Post Dec. Citing an adult video AV production company employee, the weekly tabloid says that it is common knowledge in the industry that one Japanese woman in has performed in an AV production. To establish its bearings, the magazine says that in days past one porn actress per female high school and university students was a standard assumption — a figure that represents roughly one woman per graduating class. To then make the jump to encompass all women, the tabloid breaks down some numbers provided by the production company employee. All told [including amateurs], the industry has , experienced women. As to that one-in ratio, the director is more inclined to put it closer to one in According to the National Police Agency, there were 23, adult entertainment establishments registered in
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Recently, the Tokyo Police arrested the president and executives of a well-known talent agency on suspicion of coercing a year-old actress to play in a porn film in Having a dream to become a star some days, the young girl signed a contract with the company as a model in , but her world turned quickly into hell when the company obliged her to turn in porn films threaten her to pay million of yen in penalties for contract violation. She had no choice and turned in more than adult films in until she was able to cancel the contract in Japan releases some 30, adult films annually, according to industry figures.
February 16, According to one veteran porn performer , this comes out to over 5, titles a year or 14 pornographic films being released in Japan every single day. Japan actually ranks second in the world behind South Korea when it comes to how much money its citizens spend on adult entertainment.