Japan's Dancing Ban Law Modified

Above, the Roppongi section of Tokyo, home of many nightclubs. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The Japanese government on October 24 lifted its long-time ban on dancing past midnight in Japan's nightclubs.

According to Japan Today:

TOKYO —Japan’s cabinet approved changes on Friday to a 66-year-old law that bans late-night dancing in clubs, a decision that will help businesses cash in on an expected influx of tourists ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 

Dancing at public venues is illegal in Japan and is only permitted until midnight under a special license, in a holdover from a 1948 law to stamp out prostitution linked to dance halls. 

The police stiffened enforcement of the rule four years ago, however, after a student was killed in a brawl in Osaka, Japan’s second-largest metropolitan area, and worries grew about risks to young people against a backdrop of celebrity drug scandals.

Under the new law, dancing will be allowed in a new category of clubs with specified interior lighting to discourage criminal activity and "bad behavior."

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