Businesses Affecting Public Morals Regulation Act

The Businesses Affecting Public Morals Regulation Law (風俗営業等の規制及び業務の適正化等に関する法律, Fūzoku eigyō tō no kisei oyobi gyōmu no tekiseika tō ni kansuru hōritsu), also known as 風俗営業取締法 (Fūzoku eigyō torishimari hō) or 風営法 (Fūeihō),[1] is a law that regulates entertainment places in Japan.

Also, after 10pm family restaurants must refuse non-accompanied people under 18 years old.

[1] While this rule has been mostly ignored for 50 years, around 2011 it started to be enforced by the police in Osaka, Fukuoka and Tokyo.

[6] In 2013, organization Let's Dance submitted a petition signed by 155,879 people to the National Diet, demanding that the part of the law regulating dancing be updated.

[6] The cabinet agreed to lift the ban on dancing in October 2014.