Japan finally lifts its 67-year-old ban on dancing

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Independent

Japan finally lifts its 67-year-old ban on dancing
Doug Bolton
Wednesday 24 June 2015

Japan has lifted a 67-year-old ban on dancing, to the delight of the nation's clubbers.

The ban forbids public dancing unless the venue has a licence, and even licenced premises have to stop all dancing by midnight.

The Footloose-esque law was put into place after the Second World War, in an effort to crack down on dancehalls that were often a hotbed for prostitution.

Since then, Japan has developed into a thriving and highly developed nation - yet the archaic dancing ban remained on the books for decades.


Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/japan-finally-lifts-its-67yearold-ban-on-dancing-10340816.html

[TexasTowelie]

1. I guess this venue must have had a license back in the early 90s?

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[snort]

2. After the first 30 seconds or so

I decided that the Japanese should keep the ban.

[TexasTowelie]

3. It took you that long, eh?

There is another YouTube video that has the whole 50 minute concert.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. Wasn't there something recently about the lack of interest in sex in Japan?

[pangaia]

6. NO!

[MADem]

5. Probably because Jamaican style dancehall culture is becoming big over there!

[olddad56]

7. I was in Japan in 68-70. Lot of dancing in clubs.

Clubs that didn't serve food closed at 11:30, clubs that did serve food stayed open til 4am. At least this is the way it was in Yokohama.

[Scurrilous]

8. Let's dance!

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[Monk06]

9. I'll see your Dance My Generation and raise you I Want to Love You Tender by Danni and Arni

Now I know why Sammi Jaffa left Finland

[Scurrilous]

11. Added to my YouTube favorites playlist.

It'll be interesting to see what pops up on my 'recommended for you' (which seems to be based on one's viewing habits).

[Monk06]

12. Well in that case you might as well ad Tommy Seeback

The Danes are just as bad as the Finns.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

13. I feel bad to do this to anyone.

[GreatGazoo]

10. NYC still has the same law -- 91 years and counting!

A "cabaret" license is required before any two patrons could move to the beat.

If a customer at Muchmore's in Brooklyn so much as busts a move, owner Andrew Muchmore could be busted.

New York City prohibits dancing in a venue unless it has a cabaret license, and Muchmore's—like lots of bars and restaurants across the five boroughs—doesn't have one.

Now, Mr. Muchmore, who is also a lawyer, is challenging the city's nearly 90-year-old cabaret law in federal court on the grounds that it violates freedom of expression and due process guaranteed by the First and 14th Amendments, respectively.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/brooklyn-bar-owner-challenges-new-yorks-cabaret-law-1412023210

[olddots]

14. doing the Freddy is still outlawed globally .

[truthisfreedom]

15. Youth population dropping like a rock. What do they do?

Create DISCO culture and a free love society! The pendulum swings back.