{"id":17574,"date":"2014-09-03T05:09:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T05:09:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-09-03T05:09:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T05:09:33","slug":"Japan-porn-queens-raise-thousands-of-dollars-from-Boob-Aid-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=17574","title":{"rendered":"Japan porn queens raise thousands of dollars from ‘Boob Aid’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A group of Japanese porn actresses raised tens of thousands of dollars at the weekend by having their breasts squeezed by fans at a “Boob Aid” charity event for AIDS prevention.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The nine adult movie stars, sporting yellow campaign T-shirts rolled up to reveal their breasts, flashed a big smile as punters approached them at an event that opened Saturday.<\/p>\n

Fans sprayed their hands with disinfectant before touching — quite discreetly in many cases.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The event was part of a 24-hour “Stop! AIDS” campaign event in Tokyo, which was also televised live on a Japanese adult cable channel.<\/p>\n

The breast-squeezing resumed Sunday morning after an overnight break.<\/p>\n

Nearly 6,000 pairs of hands groped for a total of over 15 hours until Sunday evening, organizers said.<\/p>\n

About five million yen ($50,000) has been collected, according to the organizers’ count one hour before the charity closed. The final sum will be officially announced later.<\/p>\n

The event is the 12th since its launch in 2003. It is backed by the Japan Foundation for AIDS Prevention.<\/p>\n

The bizarre event was staged after sexist heckling of a Tokyo assemblywoman hit the headlines, highlighting old-fashioned views towards women that still permeate Japanese society.<\/p>\n

Sakuragi had no qualms about being groped by hundreds of pairs of hands.<\/strong><\/p>\n

UN estimates show around 35 million people were living last year with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that can cause AIDS.<\/p>\n

Just a fraction of them are in Japan, where a total of 22,971 people were known to be infected with HIV or to have developed AIDS at the end of 2013, according to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases.<\/p>\n

But infection has shown no sign of abating with the annual number of new HIV\/AIDS patients hitting some 1,500 in recent years, it says.<\/p>\n

Japan has one of the developed world’s lowest rates of female workforce participation. A lack of childcare facilities, poor career support and deeply entrenched sexism are blamed for keeping women at home.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to create “a society in which women shine”<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> and is expected to bring in more female faces when he reshuffles his cabinet on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Who are these porn stars and how come I don’t know them?<\/strong><\/p>\n