The woman, 37, and her husband, 47, both from Wakayama in central Japan, forced the girl to have sexual intercourse with men in exchange for money after school as a means of covering the high monthly bills on her mobile phone. Japan is home to the world's largest mobile phone market, with as many as 96 per cent of high school students owning the devises and annual sales of more than 50 million.
However, rising ownership among children has led to the rise of a raft of social problems, ranging from bullying to theft. Teenagers who skip breakfast 'more likely to have sex'.
Nearly 6, incidents of mobile-phone related bullying were reported in schools across Japan last year, prompting a string of education chiefs to recently impose bans on the devices on the premises.
Earlier this year, a prostitution ring of young Japanese schoolgirls who sent sexual messages and arranged meetings with customers from their mobile phones was uncovered by police.
The best way to transfer money overseas. Terms and Conditions. Style Book. Weather Forecast. Accessibility links Skip to article Skip to navigation. Thursday 19 December Mother forced daughter into prostitution to pay phone bill A woman has been jailed in Japan after forcing her year-old daughter into prostitution in order to cover the spiralling cost of her mobile phone bills.
