THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 29, 2025 at 07:00 JST
Singles in their 50s and 60s dance to the music from the 1970s and 1980s at Maharaja Roppongi, a disco in Tokyo’s Minato Ward. They are attendees of a party held to find future spouses. The image is modified for privacy reasons. (Suzuka Tominaga)
With glittering disco balls rotating overhead, throngs of partiers danced to the high-energy pulsating beat, including a woman clad in a sleeveless dress with a revealing back and fishnet stockings as well as a man sporting a black hat and red scarf. [Read More]
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