Interesting Tidibits: By Japanese Law

It wasn't until recently that dancing in public venues was illegal in Japan. DJ's and common folk were getting thrown into cells for getting a little too groovy, and clubs had to purchase expensive permits allowing people to dance. Woo! Fun was a big no-no in Japan, yes it was. Fortunately, that law's gone now. But it got me thinking - if such a ridiculous law existed in Japan in the first place, could there be other laws just as ridiculous? Let's open the book of Japanese laws and find out.

 THE DUMBEST LAWS IN JAPAN

I. IF AN OLDER BROTHER ASKS TO MARRY YOUR GIRLFRIEND, BY HONOR AND LAW, YOU, AND YOUR GIRLFRIEND, MUST AGREE.

Good god, someone ought to fix this. Granted, this law is probably simply terribly outdated, and no one has made use of this in recent times, but doesn't this mean someone potentially could pull this off with a good enough lawyer? If anything, it could just turn into the ballsiest prank of all time.

II. WOMEN ARE LEGALLY OBLIGED TO WEAR A BRA IN A BUILDING WITH AIR CONDITIONING.

Most likely has to do with men ogling said women's chests in the workplace? A little sexist, no? I mean, there's nothing preventing men from going commando, is there?

III. THERE IS NO AGE OF CONSENT.

Wrong on so many levels. 

IV.  THE MAXIMUM WAIST SIZE IS 33 FOR MEN AND 35 FOR WOMEN.

Specifically, 33.5 and 35.4. No, they won't throw you in jail for being too fat, but Japan passed a law a few years ago forcing men and women over that specified size to undergo counseling. Employers at the time faced serious fines if they could not reduce the number of overweight employees at the job by a certain amount. Seems a little harsh, considering Japan's currently the leanest world superpower.

V. THE IMPORTING OF PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING MALE GENITALIA IS ILLEGAL.

This one's a little bit of a conundrum. Genitalia in general is subject to censor in Japan, but why is it only illegal to import photos of male genitalia?