#104 - Papa-Katsu and Itadaki Joshi

Today we look at the evolution of "compensated dating" into its modern form, "Papa-Katsu", where women seek out sugar daddies as a form of sex work. We also consider the con-artist Mai Watanabe, known more widely as Itadaki Joshi, who made headlines across the world for her merciless acts of fraud. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Japan Times - 'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam Asahi Shimbun - Host-addicted 'sugar baby' gets 9-year prison term for fraud Business Insider - Japanese "sugar baby" gets 9 years for scamming men out of 155 million yen Fortune - Japanese 'sugar baby' sent to prison for swindling men out of $1 million and selling a guide on how to do it: 'She took advantage of feelings for her' Unseen Japan - "Sugar Baby Riri" – and Her Host – Face Jail Time for Fraud Japan Today - Foreign women catching on to 'papa-katsu' as a means of economic survival YouTube - Japanalysis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSDGv2DvJXg YouTube - Why Why Japan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93VdR2Q6MIE

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