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Posted April 17th 2007 7:31PM
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 On the streets of Osaka Japan a humanoid robot dressed in a "sailor suit" high school uniform can be seen holding up an "Ask me!" banner and navigating people to an adult information center that directs potential customers to local sex clubs. The robot was designed to direct traffic around construction sites, but recently underwent a 500,000 yen ($4,000) upgrade to overcome a law preventing humans from soliciting business for sex clubs on the street."Since 2005, Osaka law has banned sex club touts from soliciting business on the street. The law also applies to the staff of adult information centers, which guide customers to local establishments such as love hotels, fashion-health massage parlors, cabaret clubs and image clubs. There are 175 of these adult information centers in Osaka prefecture � more than in any other prefecture in Japan" Source - Pink Tentacle |
