In United States prostitution is illegal in most states, or it is non-regulated. Lack of laws concerning the prostitution and, in general, rights of people involved in such business may be a reason of numerous problems, such as prostitution of homeless women and men.
Among all prostitutes on Earth the most well-known is Japanese Geisha. This topic causes some confusion, even within Japan, about the nature of the geisha profession. Geisha are regarded as prostitutes by lots of western people. But, in fact, they’re not.
Although it is said Geishas aren’t prostitutes, it is very probable some those women were/are forced to work in sex industry. Article 3 of the Japanese Anti-Prostitution Law of 1956 says "No person may either do prostitution or become the customer of it", but no judicial penalty is defined for this act. It was made to prevent abusing of women.
Nevertheless sex business exists in Japan. 
In China sex for money is not legal but prostitution is an increasingly large part of the Chinese economy, employing perhaps 10 million people, with an annual level of consumption of possibly 1 trillion RMB.
China has its own long tradition of Concubinage. This case makes it difficult to determine, if woman is a concubine or a prostitute. There is a wide range of women, who act as a ‘second wife’ and have a big influence on their ‘husbands’ (usually government officials and entrepreneurs from the mainland, as well as overseas businessmen).
Prostitution in India, according to a Human Rights Watch report, is not illegal. A sex worker can be punished for soliciting or seducing in public and clients can be punished for sexual activity close to a public place. It is calculated, that in India there are around 15 million sex workers, with Mumbai alone being home to 100,000 sex workers, the largest sex industry centre in Asia.
Thailand is renowned sex tourism destination. It is what Wikipedia says about prostitution in Thailand: “Thailand has an ancient, continuous tradition of legal texts, generally described under the heading of Dhammasattha literature (Thai pron., tam-ma-sat), wherein prostitution is variously defined, and universally banned. The era of traditional legal texts came to an end in the early 20th century, and the significance of these earlier texts on both the writ and spirit of modern legislation cannot be overlooked. Prostitution has been technically illegal in Thailand since 1960, when a law was passed under pressure from the United Nations. However, the prohibition is seldom enforced. Instead, the government has instituted a system of monitoring sex workers in order to prevent their mistreatment and to control the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. The "Entertainment Places Act of 1966", still in effect today, makes it possible for Thais to render "special services". This is done, for example, by establishing such places as massage parlors where men come and look at women, who are sitting separated by a glass wall, and may choose whom they want.
The women go to a room where they bathe and massage the customers, but in reality may do much more than that. It is left for the customer to decide what kind of special service he really wants, and because of this, such establishments are able to avoid being designated as (illegal) brothels.”
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