Little girls dance and sing in front of middle-aged men in Tokyo Credit: AFP She is a so-called "idol" singer - common in Japan, where rights groups have complained that society's sometimes ...

In a cramped and dark venue in a sleazy Tokyo district, dozens of middle-aged men cheer at a performer on stage: The object of their adoration is a six-year-old girl. Decked out in make-up with ...

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Many Japanese think that sexually objectifying young girls is not taboo but rather "just falls into a grey zone," said Goto. Japan is far from being the only place with a problem of sexualising ...