Dancing ‘old heart-throbs’ become TikTok sensation


B-old and bootyful: ‘Ojiqun’ dancing in neckties and coloured belly warmers in Wake town, western Okayama prefecture. — AFP

Tokyo: Showing off their awkward moves in shirts, ties and brightly coloured belly warmers, four men in their 50s and 60s have become Japan’s latest TikTok sensation.

The group’s mission? To promote their small countryside town, whose population is in decline, through dance routines to pop tunes that fans call “adorable”.

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