Cut loose, footloose no longer: In June 1925, Tokyo dance halls were ordered to close by 10 p.m. over concerns that “the moral integrity of (young people) has not been helped by Western dancing.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/04/japan/history/dance-curfew-communist-purge-sato-funeral-aum-shinrikyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #dancing #douglasmacarthur #coldwar #japanesecommunistparty #jcp #eisakusato #statefuneral #nipponbudokan #aumshinrikyo #terrorism #tokyosaringasattack