Comments on: BBC’s mythologies about Japan

By: Tokyo

Tokyo — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:38:04 +0000

Interesting, makes me want to see the entire documentary…

By: Bizarrejapan

Bizarrejapan — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:26:24 +0000

what’s interesting is that not only BBC took that info as a valuable piece of information but a whole lot other TV shows, books, “serious” newspaper articles in the West did the same thing. I guess that’s how you create an “urban myth”…

By: Taro

Taro — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:25:39 +0000

>>You have to remember that the program was made in early 2000 right<<

I was here in Japan for the past 20 odd years and that “30% high school girls are hookers” has never been accurate. The SINGLE flawed study that is quoted in the BBC report came from tabliod newspaper conducting interviews taken of FEWER than 30 girls at ONE Japanese high school.

The more interesting fact is most Japanese young women have seriously considered “mizu shobai” (literally the “water trade” meaning the sleaze industry) as a possible/easy/interesting way to earn money.

By: newmi

newmi — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:17:47 +0000

You have to remember that the program was made in early 2000 right around the height of the enjo kosei fad so the figures aren’t exactly the myth you are portraying them to be.