Everything I've seen and heard is basically that since business travel has really been cutback, all regular escort services are working at a crawling pace right now.
People living in Japan have been opting for the cheaper, impersonal services the massage shops.
A few of the AM girls are also working at Japanese DH or soapland shops since AM has been very slow for them. Even so, the Japanese fuzoku market itself has gone into a recession as well. Competition is very tight among players in the Japanese delivery-health market.
This information comes from a Japanese BBS where working girls are known to frequently post, as shown to me by people inside the industry.
Previously - Girls would take the bigger risk in servicing foreigners, since it would pay more. With the decline in business travel, girls have returned to regular Japanese shops for more a more steady income. The new girls entering the industry have zero interest in seeing non-Japanese. This makes it difficult for Club Boo, AM and ND to obtain new talent.
Manami (TMK) is very successful because of the level of service she provides. If her service wasn't as good as it is, she'd be facing the same struggles of the other agencies. As far as I know, her schedule stays fairly booked during the month. (She only takes 1 to 2 requests on average per day)
There are a few other high-priced, independents that come through Tokyo, but they refuse to talk to us. We did hear from Emmanuelle (French lady) that her last visit to Tokyo was quite fruitful.
Ok, that's enough for this thread.
I apologize for being absent lately, stuff offline has kept me very occupied lately.