On a cold, rainy night in Tokyo – Japanese schoolgirls line the streets. Shivering in short skirts they pass out fliers for “JK” or “joshi-kosei,” cafes in which adult males pay for the company of ...

When you hear the expression "JK business," do you have any idea what kind of work this refers to? JK stands for joshi kōsei (high school girls). In Japan, JK is a very powerful brand — and high ...

There’s a street in Tokyo known as "JK alley", or "schoolgirl alley", from the Japanese Joshi Kosei, meaning high school girl. There, teenagers in school uniform sell their time to passers-by, while ...