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The geisha is a quintessential symbol of Japanese culture. For centuries, these women have gone through years of rigorous ...

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she said she received about 50,000 yen a month in what was described as pocket money. As customers drank, she said, their behavior often escalated into sexualized contact. Touching through openings in ...

When Kiyoha Kiritaka left Kyoto’s geisha district in 2016, she was escaping what she now calls “a system of slavery”, exposing a darker reality behind one of Japan’s most celebrated traditions.

KYOTO, Japan – Against a backdrop of blooming cherry blossoms, a group of geishas elegantly shuffle onto a stage in Japan’s Kyoto city to begin a centuries-old performance celebrating the arrival of ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- When Kiyoha Kiritaka left Kyoto's geisha district in 2016, she says she was escaping what she now calls "a system of slavery," exposing a darker reality behind one of Japan's most ...