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Oppai Bars: How Japan’s “Sexy Cabaret” Stay Legal, and Whether Foreigners Can Go

What oppai bars are, how they work, and how Japan's ever-changing entertainment laws helped bring them into being.

Oppai Bars: How Japan’s “Sexy Cabaret” Stay Legal, and Whether Foreigners Can Go

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