In the year 2015, Japan lifted its 67 year old ban on dancing.

The news reports confirm that the Japanese government reversed the 67-year-old ban on dancing in 2015 with new guidelines.

The news reports confirm that the Japanese government reversed the 67-year-old ban on dancing in 2015 with new guidelines.The reports said that there was a mass protest by lawyers and a wide range of club supporters against the dancing ban in 2013. A mass signature campaign was led by world-famous Japanese musician, Ryuichi Sakamoto against the ban.

The Japanese lawmakers voted to lift the dancing ban against the law called fueiho from 1948 that forbid the dance, after midnight. The law was revised in 2015, and the new regulation came into effect on June 23, 2016, allowing the music to play on, until the early hours under some conditions.

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