{
  "id": 15748488,
  "title": "In Japan, Toru Dance is breaking down the clichés surrounding the Japanese \"salaryman\", known for being disciplined and unadventurous.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/au-japon-toru-dance-fait-valser-les-cliches-sur-le-salaryman-nippon",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-20T13:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde Economie",
    "slug": "le-monde-economie",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2026/10/20/au-japon-toru-dance-fait-valser-les-cliches-sur-le-salaryman-nippon-repute-discipline-et-sans-fantaisie_6797920_3234.html"
  },
  "original_language": "fr",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "At 60 years old, Toru Utsumi, a Japanese management consultant, has become a social media star under the pseudonym Toru Dance by posting funk choreographies. His dry humor, which breaks down clichés about Japanese employees, has charmed hundreds of thousands of Internet users far beyond the archipelago.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}