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The Japanese Go All ‘Footloose’ to Protest Nightlife Crackdown

Dance Ban

Police enforcing an archaic law have decimated the country’s nightclubs—and unhappy clubbers have responded with dance protests. But a court verdict might end the crackdown.

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