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Soaplands were originally called ''toruko-buro'', a phonetic translation of Turkish Bath . Turkish scholar, Nusret Sancakli, set off on a newspaper campaign to denounce Japan's girls working in Turkish baths ,Peter Constantine, ''Japan's Sex Trade: A Journey Through Japan's Erotic Subcultures'', (Tokyo: Yenbooks, 1993), 37–8. and the word "soapland" was the winning entry in a nationwide contest to rename the brothels.Ibid. Although Prostitution In Japan has been illegal for more than 50 years, many sex businesses operate openly because the legal definition of prostitution loosely translates to the commercial offering of genital penetration in exchange for money. For example, the definition of "prostitution" does not extend to a "private agreement" reached between a woman and a man, nor does it cover penetration of the mouth or anus or any form of contact not involving genital penetration that results in the client reaching orgasm. The historical entertainment district of Tokyo , Yoshiwara , is still associated with Fūzoku (, "sex industry") and has the largest concentration of soaplands in the city. NOTES FURTHER READING
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