This document discusses the history of prostitution in Okinawa and its current state. It notes that after World War 2 and during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, as many as 7,400 women in Okinawa worked as prostitutes for the U.S. military. Today, over 70% of prostitutes choose the profession due to poverty. Many prostitutes have experienced abuse, mental illness, or are single mothers. The document analyzes case studies of individual prostitutes and their hard lives and vulnerabilities that led them into the profession. It concludes that the traumas of the past have had multigenerational impacts and that there is a need for support programs to help empower and rehabilitate prostit

1. Prostitutes in Okinawa
Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and
because I love you..Isaih 43:4

2. Contents
 Beginning
 History of Okinawa
 History of Prostitutes
 Present
 Case
 Conclution

3. Beginning
 Okinawa is No 1 in all of Japan:
 Divorce rate
 Rape rate
 DV rate
 Suicide rate
 Worst in all of Japan:
 Academic ability in children
Why?
I assume the World War ll destroyed our society!

4. History of Okinawa
Present
Ancient
Time
Middle
Ages
Edo Era
Modern
Age
12C
B.C
5000
15C
19C
Battle of Okinawa
1945
US Military Rule
Okinawa
prefecture
Ryukyu
Kingdom
Ancient
Time
Okinawa
prefecture
Colonial
Era
US
17C
18C
Reversion to Japan
1972
JAPAN
OKINAWA
US
(SubjectState
of China
And Satsuma)

5. History of Prostitutes
in Japan and Okinawa (17 C)
Main Land Japan Okinawa
Edo Era (200 years ago) Ryukyu Kingdom

6. History of Prostitutes
in Japan and Okinawa (During WW ll)

7. History of Prostitutes
in Okinawa (Post WW ll)
Post WW ll
• 5 % in Okinawa adult women were prostitutes
During/After Korean , Vietnam War
• The number of rapes and Murders of Okinawa women were
increased
• Installing the base of comfort women for US Military
• 7,400 women were prostitutes.
• It’s revenue was bigger than Sugar and Pineapple industries.

8. Present
 There are 300,000 women in all of Japanese Sex industry
 It’s market size is more than 34 billion US dollars
 The price of Okinawa prostitute is the lowest in Japan.

9. Present
Transactions in a Japanese big adult community site
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Number of
submit
15,000/Day
Number of
submit
7,000/Day
Number of
Send
Number of
Send
142,000/Day 140,000/Day

10. Present
2011 2012 2013
Marrie
d
before
Child
Pick up 100 prostitutes in Japan randomly
None
None
None None
None
None
Yes Yes
Yes
YesYesYes
Single
mothers: 19

11. Present
Pick up 100 prostitutes in Japan randomly in 2013
Abused by parents
Mental Disease
self-injurious behaviour
Yes
Yes
Yes
None
None
None

12. Case １： Post WWll 、 Prostitute
Mari
When Mari was 21 years old, she was raped at the US
base where she was hired as a typist.
She quit her job and became a house maid and hostess
at a bar, then became a prostitute.
After she had baby, she got mental illness and
hospitalized many times.
During 30 years, she could not sleep well.
In day time, she slept in movie theater and waking up all
night at 24hours café.
She is suffering from paranoia:
She is always dreaming that she was raped by stranger at
her apartment.

13. Case ２： Single mother prostitute,
Saya
Saya, 32 years old 、 a hospital nurse, is mother of a 2nd
grade daughter. She has been a prostitute for two years.
Due to her husband's domestic violence, Saya had
divorced. After divorce, she got depression. After she
quit her job because of her illness, she became a
prostitute.
It did not take a long time to be a prostitute after she
quitted her job due to her illness.
She used adult community site.
“I wanted someone help me. I wanted someone listening
to me!” After I got telephone call from a man through
the site, I was happy,then cried and met him at a
restaurant , then went to a hotel with him.
I do not prostitute myself. I just burrow money from men.”

14. Conclusions
 According to Okinawa prefecture, after Korean/Vietnam war,
there were 7400 prostitutes in Okinawa.
 What if they produce two children, 15,000 sons and daughters
will be influenced by their mothers. It impacts Okinawan society.
 More than 70 % of prostitutes chose it because of the poverty.
 The number of the prostitutes of single mothers is increasing. In
2013, there were 19 single mothers out of 100.
 In 2013,there are 38 out of 100 prostitutes who abused by
parents , there are 19 out of 100 prostitutes who experienced self-
injurious behaviors., and there are 24 out of 100 prostitutes who
have mental illness. It might be a big problem.
 Most prostitutes love their children and do not want to separate
from children. They have strong mother’s love! It becomes the
situation more complicated.
 They believe and expect that they can meet gentleman in adult
community site and can save her from the miserable situation.
 Due to the thread of DV, most of single mothers do not want to
contact her x-husband. Therefore, again, It becomes the situation
more complicated.
 Most prostitutes does not have strong self-esteem.

15. Http://Oki-fatherschool.net
We believe that father is the central figure of the family.
He is the head of the family.
In turn, the family is the foundation of the society.
Father school aims to
teach healthy family
values in the midst of
dysfunction,
miscommunication
and broken relation
ship.
Okinawa Father school
affiliates with Okinawa
DV shelter and open
school for men twice a
year.
Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and
because I love you..Isaih 43:4