What a completely stupid article.
he never found out the source of his pain, never found out how to diminish the pain just found out decades later he still had pain.
do not read this article.
I call BS. If he got clobbered by his masseuse, I am willing to bet that he was acting or speaking inappropriately. This is and has been a recurring problem in Japanese hotels over the years.
The era has when young pretty masseuses in Japanese hotels doubled as prostitutes has long gone, but a lot of westerners haven’t gotten the memo.