The Japanese Embassy in Laos has issued a warning concerning reports on social media of Japanese men traveling to Laos to engage in child prostitution. These posts have prompted concern among the local Japanese community, leading a Japanese woman residing in Laos to submit a petition calling for the eradication of this issue. The embassy's advisory follows multiple social media reports suggesting the prevalence of child prostitution involving Japanese nationals in Laos. Separately, the Chinese Embassy in Thailand confirmed the rescue of a Chinese national surnamed Zhong, a model from Guangdong Province, who was lured to Myanmar with a fraudulent job offer purportedly for a magazine photoshoot. The embassy cautioned Chinese citizens to be wary of overseas job scams, noting this incident as part of a broader pattern of such deceptive practices in the region.