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Prostitution has always exposed women to disease, violence and extortion. But activists say Japan's bad economy makes women more willing to risk low-end work.

Women at soaplands are protected by burly, tuxedo-clad bouncers ready to pounce whenever workers press a panic button installed in each room. But on the street or in a gangster-run massage parlor, there are no such safeguards.

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Conditions are especially bad for the estimated 12,000 foreign sex workers like Hitomi, said Yayori Matsui, director of the Tokyo-based Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center.

Many of them were trafficked into the country and indentured by debt. The economic slump means it takes them nearly twice as long, up to a year, to buy back their freedom.

Matsui says it's an uphill battle, in part, because of changing laws.

""There is also a growing point of view that it is a woman's right to engage in prostitution,"" she says. ""I feel helpless against this trend.""

Like many foreign workers, Hitomi was lured to Japan with the promise of a job -- in her case, a real job inspecting rubber sealants for refrigerator doors.

But a year later, she was fired as part of the company's restructuring plan.

There was no shackling debt, but also no money to go home. Other Japanese employers wouldn't hire her for lack of proper papers, qualifications, and language skills.

""In Japan, with the economy so terrible, foreigners are the first to get fired. So they told me 'We're sorry,'"" Hitomi said. ""I don't like sex work, but I have to eat.""

So she took a tip from a friend and started selling herself outside an hourly rate hotel with peeling wallpaper and no towels.

""I can't think about marriage or kids because I'm not a good woman. The future is only dreams,"" Hitomi said. ""What would you do if you were me?""

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