In a special article on illicit³ activities undertaken during the day by married women (or hitozuma), the magazine says that an increasing number of such women are taking up the world's oldest profession on the sly（偷偷地）.

 

For the inside scoop⁴, the magazine turns to Akira Ikoma, the editor of a guide to the men's entertainment called Ore no Tabi (My Journey).

 

"After the 'Lehman Shock' of 2008, it became clear that the number of housewives working in the fuzoku (adult-entertainment) industry was on the rise," says the editor. "Since there has not been a recovery since, it remains⁵ difficult to find work (in conventional employment). So women are continuing to struggle in the sex trade to pad their savings⁶ accounts."

 

A 34-year-old "delivery health" employee resembling actress Kimiko Ikegami tells the magazine that she works three times a week, between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., earning 300,000 yen⁷ each month.

 

"The truth is that I think I can earn more, but I do not want to negatively impact the life I have now," she says.

 

According to Ikoma, there are 300,000 women working in the fuzoku industry. Of them, 30 percent (or 100,000 women) are housewives.

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