Those working legally in Japan’s sex industry will be able to access assistance in the government’s economic relief package, Health and Labor Minister Kazunobu Kato said in a news conference Tuesday.
That’s a reversal of the government’s original plan, which excluded restaurants and bars in the adult entertainment industry.
The government will provide a subsidy of 8,330 yen ($76) per day to businesses that allow employees to take leave to care for children out of school.
The government’s original plan was criticized as occupational discrimination by government opposition members.