sentences:  However, the Japanese consulate had little co-operation from the local Japanese community in their efforts to suppress prostitution; Japanese businesspeople in the hospitality industry depended on custom from prostitutes and their johns for its profits.Following the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, tensions between Japanese and ethnic Chinese residents in Hong Kong began to grow.The first report of the invasion in the Hong Kong Chinese-language press appeared in the "Kung Sheung Evening News" on 20 September 1931, condemning it in harsh terms and calling on Chinese people to "stand up and take action".