I understand that going out to dinner with an older man in exchange for an allowance is called papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan), but isn’t having sex with him in exchange for an allowance prostitution?

Maezawa from the CEO’s office here. I’ll answer too. Let me ask you the opposite question: If you receive a present from a romantic partner you’re having sex with, does that make it prostitution? If you’re short on money and your partner gives you cash instead of a present, does that make it prostitution? Thinking about it that way may help you gradually understand. To begin with, who decided that going out for a meal in exchange for an allowance is papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan)? Isn’t that actually a rental girlfriend arrangement rather than papa-katsu? Or perhaps a relaxation-salon worker? There was also a time when men like that were called “messhi-kun,” wasn’t there? A “messhi” was a man you could call whenever you wanted to eat, and he’d come and treat you to a meal. An “asshi” was a man who would come whenever you called him, basically serving as your taxi. If a male senior coworker treats you to a meal, does that count as papa-katsu?

I’m Kazu, a male member. Under Japan’s Anti-Prostitution Act, prostitution is defined as follows: > Article 2: In this law, “prostitution” means having sexual intercourse with an unspecified person in exchange for compensation or a promise of compensation. If you publicly post the allowance you want for sex and then meet with an unspecified older man who finds you that way, it might be considered prostitution. However, if you’re seeing a specific person with whom you also have tea or meals, it doesn’t seem to qualify as prostitution.

I’m Tetsu, a male member. What exactly is the questioner trying to say? Whether it’s prostitution or romance isn’t something anyone other than the people involved can judge. If the two people who had sex say it was out of love, then it was love.