A 24-year-old man for allegedly forcing a middle school girl into prostitution last year has been served a fresh warrant for ...

While the concept of having a sugar daddy, or "papakatsu," probably isn’t new to anyone in the Western world, right now in Japan, girls hoping to capitalize on their good looks and companionship are ...

Police said Thursday they have arrested six teenagers on suspicion of robbing a 30-year-old man in Tokyo in a case known in Japan as papakatsu, in which a man gives money or gifts to a young girl in ...

The term papakatsu has recently joined the Japanese lexicon. It refers to young women seeking out on social media and dating apps older men who are willing to shower them with gifts. Although similar ...