Schoolgirls for Sale in Japan

This Thursday at 12pm EDT, Simon Ostrovsky and Jake Adelstein will join ’On The Line’ to discuss this story. Ask your questions on Twitter @VICENews with #OnTheLine: Japan’s obsession with cutesy culture has taken a dark turn, with schoolgirls now offering themselves for “walking dates” with adult men. Last year the US State Department, in its annual report on human trafficking, flagged so-called joshi-kosei osanpo dates (that’s Japanese for “high school walking”) as fronts for commer