168:, and Child Welfare Act. The new ordinance expands the scope of regulated industries beyond the amendments made to the previous Prefectural Ordinance of Juvenile Protection. The ordinance prohibits minors from engaging in activities that arouse the sexual curiosity of opposite-sex customers, such as providing massages, allowing customers to take or view photographs of themselves, engaging in conversations with customers, serving food and beverages to customers, and going for walks with customers. However, if these acts do not arouse the customer's sexual curiosity, they are not illegal. It also prohibits advertisements that give customers the impression that underage girls work in the establishments, even if there are no actual underage employees. Violators of this ordinance face a maximum penalty of up to one year in prison or a fine of up to one million yen.
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Prefectural Ordinance of Juvenile Protection
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