Pursuits
Sexualized Child Images on Commerce Sites Prompt Crusade
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When Tokyo mothers recently searched Amazon Japan’s website for Halloween “candy,” they got a shock: pictures of scantily clad pre-pubescent girls popped up on their screens.
The photobooks and DVDs, which were available last month at Japan’s three largest retail websites -- Amazon Japan K.K., Rakuten Inc. and Yahoo Japan Corp. -- are part of the “idol” industry that generated $615 million last year from bands, models and starlets.