In one poll conducted by MiW (a community devoted to providing support and advice to those whose spouses had engaged in extramarital sex), 23 percent of married men surveyed in Tokyo said they had paid for sex.
Katika uchunguzi mmoja uliofanywa na MiW (jumuia iliyojitoa kuandaa utegemezo na ushauri kwa wale ambao wenzi wao walikuwa wamefanya ngono nje ya ndoa), asilimia 23 ya wanaume walioolewa waliofanyiwa uchunguzi katika Tokyo walisema kwamba walikuwa wamelipia ngono.