{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#105 - Host Clubs","description":"Following from the high-profile case of Mai Watanabe, aka Itadaki-Joshi, we look at the reason why she conned millions of yen - to support her favourite host. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice&amp;nbsp;and Not Another Film&amp;nbsp;on any big podcast app. Sources:   Japan Times - How Japan's host clubs trap young women under mountains of debt   Asahi Shimbun - Host-addicted \u2018sugar baby\u2019 gets 9-year prison term for fraud   Asahi Shimbun - \u2018Host crazy\u2019 women fall into debt hell through pay-later system   Mainichi Shimbun - Japan host clubs' shady dealings that can lead women to prostitution must stop   Japan Times - How Japan's host clubs trap young women under mountains of debt   Guardian - \u2018Host clubs\u2019 in Tokyo force women into sex work to pay off huge debts   South China Morning Post - From \u2018princess\u2019 to prostitute: how Japan\u2019s host clubs are driving young women into debt and sex work   Japan Times (Jake Adelstein) - Host clubs: a hotbed of human trafficking   News on Japan - Tokyo tax office scandal: Three female employees busted working in nightclubs   Kyodo News - Ex-Kabukicho host club worker allegedly forced customer into prostitution   Tokyo Reporter - Tokyo cops bust Korean hostess club frequented by celebs on immigration charges   Nil Nilgiree (YouTube) - The Dark Reality of Japanese Host Clubs   The Week - Why Japan is clamping down on host clubs   The Economist - The controversial cult of the host club in Japan   Japan Times - Japan's police crack down on host clubs   Wikipedia - Host and hostess clubs   Host x Host   Institute for Asian Studies - Selling Intimacy under Post-Industrial Capitalism: An Ethnography of Japanese Host Clubs   ","author_name":"Hikikomori","author_url":"http:\/\/hikikomori.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37647240\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/191447075"}