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CLUBBING

Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jan 3, 2016
The shape-shifting landscape of Japan's electronic underground
Detroit techno pioneer Derrick May joined Tokyo's DJ Emma on New Year's Eve to say goodbye to one of the capital's most respected electronic music venues, Air.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 18, 2015
'Jack' event declares: ‘Let there be J-pop!’
Over the past two years, Simon Whybray's monthly club night and online mix series “Jack” (stylized in all caps) has featured high-energy songs from around the globe, including a healthy dose of J-pop. It's surprising, then, when he reveals his gateway into Japanese music was a delicate piano number played frequently during his first job at Starbucks.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 19, 2015
Trail of failed ventures involving American in murder probe leads from New York to Tokyo
The record of dubious projects leads from Peter Gatien-era New York clubland to Singapore and Japan
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 17, 2015
Japan eases late-night restrictions on dance clubs
The Diet revised the adult entertainment business law on Wednesday to enable dance clubs to operate past midnight if they meet certain conditions.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2015
Cabinet OKs bill that would let nightclubs operate past midnight
The Cabinet signs off on a bill that would revise the adult entertainment business law to enable discos and nightclubs that offer dancing to operate past midnight.
CULTURE / Music
Jan 23, 2015
Former owner of club Noon sees acquittal upheld
The former owner of an Osaka nightclub charged under Japan's controversial "no dancing" law has been cleared of wrongdoing after a High Court upheld his acquittal last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 24, 2014
Cabinet OKs bill to allow all-night dance clubs, subject to lighting levels
The Cabinet approves a bill Friday to revise the adult entertainment business law to enable dance clubs to operate past midnight, provided they meet interior lighting regulations.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2014
Nightclubs should be allowed to operate all night with proper lighting, NPA panel says
Nightclubs should be allowed to operate past midnight so long as they follow lighting standards set by authorities, a report by a National Police Agency panel of experts says.
Japan Times
Events / Events In Tokyo
Aug 13, 2014
Magic Beach is bubbling over with music
Awa Odori — Japan's largest dance festival held in Tokushima Prefecture as part of Obon festivities in August — attracts more than a million tourists, who go to enjoy traditional Japanese folk dances.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 12, 2014
Officials plan historic law change to allow dance and music clubs to stay open all night
Administration officials and lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party are considering lifting a ban on dance clubs, music venues and some bars operating past midnight.
CULTURE / Music
Jul 25, 2014
Have your say on 'no dancing' law
Give those dancing shoes a polish — the National Police Agency will be accepting public comments on the country's so-called fueihō anti-dancing law from today.
CULTURE / Music
Jun 16, 2014
Dommune welcomes British broadcasting platform Boiler Room to Tokyo
It might not be a substitute for experiencing music in a night club, but the live-streaming medium has become increasingly popular over the years, offering viewers a chance to watch their favorite DJs from the comfort of their own bedroom.
EDITORIALS
May 3, 2014
Nightclub beats rap on dancing
In a prod toward a modern legal view of sexual morals, an Osaka nightclub owner beats a charge, based on a 1948 law, of allowing patrons in his club to dance without a special permit for dancing.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2014
Dance club operator acquitted of corrupting sexual morals under '48 law
A former nightclub owner is found not guilty of debasing sexual morals in what is being described as Japan's first trial challenging the constitutionality of dance regulations.
CULTURE / Music
Dec 3, 2013
Documentary film 'Save the Club Noon' tackles anti-dancing law
Dancers displeased with the anti-dance law and the shutdown of a popular club in Osaka are taking their arguments to the screens this month in a documentary titled "Save The Club Noon."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 19, 2013
Japan's juke scene gears up to go foot to foot with Chicago
I am at Battle Train Tokyo, the first official footwork dance tournament in Japan. It's being held at Kata, a gallery in the capital's Ebisu district. Sixteen dancers have signed up in the hope of becoming Japan's footwork champion, which comes with a ¥50,000 cash prize and a small championship belt that wraps around the winner's leg.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 28, 2013
Three arrested in Vanity club raid in Roppongi
Three managers at a popular Roppongi nightclub are arrested under an archaic law during a raid for allegedly operating without a license.
JAPAN / Politics
May 21, 2013
1948 law on entertainment biz too strict on dance clubs, lawmakers say
Lawmakers across party lines pledged Monday to revise a law they consider obsolete that imposes strict operational and licensing rules on dance clubs.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
May 16, 2013
Thaemlitz's mix tackles antidancing law
It's fitting that I should be meeting Terre Thaemlitz on May 1, International Workers' Day — she wryly refers to herself as a "feminist Marxist" before we begin our interview in proper.
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Apr 7, 2013
What's with the police purge on dance clubs?
If you're ever minded to dance the night away to trance music, or even old-fashioned rock, you may have a tough time finding a venue in Japan these days. In fact, you may end up waltzing away hours inside a police station, peeing into a cup after being rounded up in a raid. Yes, indeed, a War on Dance is raging.
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A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
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