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{{Short description|"For an encounter" in Japanese}}
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{{Nihongo|2=出会い系|3='''Deaikei'''}} means something "for an encounter" in [[Japanese language|Japanese]].
{{Nihongo|2=出会い喫茶|3=Deai [[kissaten|kissa]]}} are [[Coffeehouse|coffee shops]] where men look at girls through a [[Mirror|one way mirror]] and try to start the date if they like the girl. Some coffee shops have been raided because of [[Anti-Prostitution Law|anti-prostitution laws]].
{{Nihongo|2=出会い系サイト|3=Deaikei saito}} refers to [[online dating]] websites. The earliest online dating websites emerged in 1995.<ref>{{Cite book|title=セックスメディア30年史 - 欲望の革命児たち|last=荻上|first=チキ|publisher=筑摩書房|year=2011|isbn=978-4-480-06606-0|pages=62–65}}</ref> [[NTT DoCoMo|NTT Docomo]] introduced [[I-mode|i-Mode]] in 1999, which allowed users to access the internet through mobile phones. This allowed people to easily access the internet, and contributed to the increase in online dating website users in Japan.<ref>{{Cite book|title=セックスメディア30年史 - 欲望の革命児たち|last=荻上|first=チキ|publisher=筑摩書房|year=2011|isbn=978-4-480-06606-0|pages=70–72}}</ref> These became popular after laws regulating other dating services such as [[Telekura|Telephone Clubs]] were passed in the late 1990s.
== Criminal activity ==
Since the internet gives users anonymity, these websites have been used to commit various crimes including prostitution, false billing and false invoicing, kidnapping, assault and battery, rape, extortion, and murder.<ref name=":1">警察庁広報資料「平成23年中の出会い系サイト等に起因する事犯の検挙状況について」</ref> As these internet dating websites became a successful business model, the number of service providers has increased. The increased business has resulted in increased reports of criminal activity and has become a social problem in Japan.
== Legislation ==
Online services allow people to arrange meetings on a mutually agreed time and place online. The services these websites provide have been used to solicit prostitution by minors. In 2001, 888 individuals were arrested for crimes involving solicitation of minors on these websites.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www8.cao.go.jp/youth/suisin/deaikei.html|title=The Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan}}</ref> That number increased 2.6 times to 793 just in the first half of the following year.<ref name=":0" /> This number included 400 cases of minors soliciting sex online, which was triple the amount recorded in the previous year.<ref name=":0" /> As a result, in 2003, the National Diet passed the Law to Regulate Solicitation through Matching Business via Internet Sites.<ref>''A Sociology of Japanese Youth: From Returnees to NEETs''. Edited by Roger Goodman, Yuki Iwamoto, and Tuukka Toivonen. Routledge, London, 2012.</ref> This law prohibits the solicitation of minors for purposes of prostitution and also prohibits the posting of sexual solicitation messages on internet message and forum boards. The law outlines regulations for both the users and the service providers. Penalties for violations can result in varying degrees of punishment ranging from a fine of 100,000 yen and up to one year of imprisonment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npa.go.jp/cyber/deai/law/images/law.pdf|title=Law to Regulate Solicitation through Matching Business via Internet Sites|access-date=2017-11-28|archive-date=2016-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403225514/http://www.npa.go.jp/cyber/deai/law/images/law.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The law was subsequently amended in 2008 to address the increase in sex crimes involving minors by strengthening regulations and increasing penalties of offenders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.caa.go.jp/adjustments/pdf/110928shiryo4_2.pdf|title=出会い系サイト規制法の改正}}</ref> The amendment requires website administrators to register with the Public Safety Commission. It also requires the websites to confirm the identity and age of users to prevent minors from gaining access to its services. Websites must check the identity of new users upon registration by having the users upload a photograph of a valid government-issued identification such as a driver's license or a passport.
==References==
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* {{cite book |last1=Holden |first1=Todd Joseph Miles |last2=Tsuruki |first2=Takako |title=Japanese Cybercultures |editor1-last=Gottlieb |editor1-first=Nanette |editor2-last=McLelland |editor2-first=Mark J. |year=2003 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |series=Asia's Transformations |id={{ISBN|0-415-27919-4}}, {{ISBN|0-203-21961-9}} |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pmOt9AZzJx0C |chapter=Chapter 3: ''Deai-kei'': Japan's New Culture of Encounter |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pmOt9AZzJx0C&pg=PA34 |pages=34–49 |isbn=0415279186 |access-date=10 November 2011 |oclc=50270971}}
* {{cite book |title=Japanese-English Guide to Sex, Kink and Naughtiness |last=Jensen |first=Nate |year= 2009 |publisher=CreateSpace |isbn=978-1-4421-0876-9 |series=(First edition, version 3) |page=25 }} Quote:<blockquote>''deaikei saito''<br>であいけいサイト　（出会い系サイト）<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dating Web site.</blockquote>
* {{cite news |title=Police crack down on pay-for-play 'coffee shops' |last=Nishimura |first=Keishi |url=http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200812030060.html |newspaper=[[Asahi Shimbun]] |date=3 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205114251/http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200812030060.html |archive-date=5 December 2008 |access-date=10 November 2011}}
== Further reading ==
* {{cite news |title='Dating cafes' fostering child prostitution / / Some prefectures tackling problem, but police finding crackdown difficult elsewhere |last1=Mori |first1=Hiroaki |last2=Matsumoto |first2=Eiichiro |last3=Kaneko |first3=Yasushi |url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20081007TDY03105.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008024039/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20081007TDY03105.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2008 |newspaper=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]] |date=7 October 2008 |access-date=10 November 2011}}
* {{cite news |title=NPA to regulate dating-service cafes |url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20090313TDY02301.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090313235327/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20090313TDY02301.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 March 2009 |newspaper=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]] |date=13 March 2009 |access-date=10 November 2011}}
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