A con cafe in Kabukicho was busted for unauthorized entertainment, it also had a 17-year-old female employee, and the concept was “an ice castle towering over Kabukicho”
A con cafe in Kabukicho was busted for unauthorized entertainment, it also had a 17-year-old female employee, and the concept was “an ice castle towering over Kabukicho”
>According to the Juvenile Development Division, the two suspects are suspected of conspiring to hire an underage girl (17) as a female employee at the concept cafe “Tokyo-ICE” in Kabukicho 2-chome, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, between 8:10 and 8:40 p.m. on September 24, and of having her entertain a male customer in his 30s by pouring drinks and providing conversation without obtaining a license to operate an adult entertainment business from the Tokyo [Metropolitan Public Safety Commission .](https://www.asahi.com/topics/word/%E5%85%AC%E5%AE%89%E5%A7%94%E5%93%A1%E4%BC%9A.html)
>The man said he knew the female employee was a minor when he hired her, and confessed that he had employed about five or six minors at the establishment. The establishment has the concept of an “ice castle towering over Kabukicho,” and had previously received administrative [guidance for unauthorized entertainment activities. ](https://www.asahi.com/topics/word/%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E6%8C%87%E5%B0%8E.html)
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Basically tax evasion. Of course they’re going to come after your business hard
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Basically, the are an unregistered hostess bar with underage hostesses. “Girls Bars” get around this by having a counter between the girl and customers but this place also had underage staff who are forbidden to work in that kind of shop. It looks like the shop had already received a warning.
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>The Metropolitan Police Department announced on the 26th that they had arrested the male owner (28) (home address unknown) and female manager (22) [( ](https://www.asahi.com/topics/word/%E6%AD%8C%E8%88%9E%E4%BC%8E.html)[Shinjuku Ward, ](https://www.asahi.com/topics/word/%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%BF%E5%8C%BA.html)%5BTokyo%5D(http://www.asahi.com/area/tokyo/) ) of a concept cafe in Kabukicho, Tokyo , for violating [the Entertainment and](https://www.asahi.com/topics/word/%E9%A2%A8%E4%BF%97%E5%96%B6%E6%A5%AD%E6%B3%95.html) Amusement Act (operating without a license) for allegedly having underage employees entertain customers at the cafe. Both have reportedly admitted to the charges.
>According to the Juvenile Development Division, the two suspects are suspected of conspiring to hire an underage girl (17) as a female employee at the concept cafe “Tokyo-ICE” in Kabukicho 2-chome, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, between 8:10 and 8:40 p.m. on September 24, and of having her entertain a male customer in his 30s by pouring drinks and providing conversation without obtaining a license to operate an adult entertainment business from the Tokyo [Metropolitan Public Safety Commission .](https://www.asahi.com/topics/word/%E5%85%AC%E5%AE%89%E5%A7%94%E5%93%A1%E4%BC%9A.html)
>The man said he knew the female employee was a minor when he hired her, and confessed that he had employed about five or six minors at the establishment. The establishment has the concept of an “ice castle towering over Kabukicho,” and had previously received administrative [guidance for unauthorized entertainment activities. ](https://www.asahi.com/topics/word/%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E6%8C%87%E5%B0%8E.html)
Basically tax evasion. Of course they’re going to come after your business hard
Basically, the are an unregistered hostess bar with underage hostesses. “Girls Bars” get around this by having a counter between the girl and customers but this place also had underage staff who are forbidden to work in that kind of shop. It looks like the shop had already received a warning.