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Market Overview
An estimated 100,000 women are trafficked to Japan from other countries every year.1
In addition, a " significant" number of the 71,804 women from the Philippines who entered Japan under the " Entertainment" Visa in 2004 are considered to have been trafficked to work in the sex industry. 2
The sex industry in Japan is a one billion dollar industry.3
Japan Black Markets
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Number of People:
100,000 |
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Source: Anson Musselman, " Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking in Japan,' Quote of Dr. Sharman Babior, Lecturer, UCLA Anthropology Department, UCLA International Institute, November 17, 2003, http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=5164 (accessed: October 13, 2005 ).
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Sources:
1. Anson Musselman, " Sexual Abuse and Human Trafficking in Japan,' Quote of Dr. Sharman Babior, Lecturer, UCLA Anthropology Department, UCLA International Institute, November 17, 2003, http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=5164 (accessed: October 13, 2005 ).
2. United States Department of State, " 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report," Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, June 3, 2005,
htm#thephilippines (accessed: October 8, 2005).
3. Sherry Fisher, " Speaker says efforts to reduce human trafficking ineffective," University of Connecticut Advance, November 26, 2007, http://www.advance.uconn.edu/2007/071126/07112613.htm (accessed: November 29, 2007).
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