wait so prostitution is illegal but sexual services is legal?????????????? :/ im confused

It really isn't. Neither are. The massages he was talking about are actual massages but jus touched a bit mo re e intimately. That's all. No sex

In Japan it’s only illegal to have penetrative sex with a stranger for money. Soap lands are places where costumers go and get bathed by the staff + sexual stuff. Some soap lands has found loopholes in the law where the customer and one of the staff will become acquainted by having a small chat and therefore they’re no longer strangers.