1. red line
2. red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps)Historical term, Abbreviation, See also 赤線地帯
3. non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)See also 法定外公共物
4. Akasenis Japanese slang and a collective term which was used to identify districts in Japan where prostitution and the sex industry flourished until 1958. Akasen means literally "red-line". The districts were the designated regions for state-regulated prostitution. Hundreds of government-sanctioned brothels and other adult entertainment parlors were operating in these districts, with the most popular being Yoshiwara in the Akasen region in Tokyo.
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