> Europeans will drink a couple of glasses of wine every night for example.
I'm from a wine-producing region in Europe and I would not consider this normal in any way. Not even my parents drink that much, and they have a dedicated wine cellar.
Readit Newswoweoe commented on Japan wants young people to drink more alcohol cnn.com/2022/08/18/asia/j... · Posted by u/smn1234
woweoe commented on Japan wants young people to drink more alcohol cnn.com/2022/08/18/asia/j... · Posted by u/smn1234
Sure, but “far less” is clearly incorrect.
This article might be alluding to an age difference since I am in my early twenties, but I can attest that I am a weak drinker but I drink more alcohol than virtually every Japanese person I have known - only Westerners and a number of Asians such as Koreans can drink in the same pattern as me. If you are an older person then it is common everywhere for married men to drown their sorrows in bars and pubs etc...
woweoe commented on Japan wants young people to drink more alcohol cnn.com/2022/08/18/asia/j... · Posted by u/smn1234
I only visited Tokyo. That's like saying I know the US, because I've visited New York. I did go, every year (sometimes multiple times per year), for over twenty years.
Tokyo is Type A++. Seriously high energy.
I also live in Japan currently and I find the drinking culture to be weak. I've met a few people who drink daily but they tend to come from other parts of Asia (Korea etc...) where drinking is very common. This article might be alluding to a age difference considering I am in my early twenties.
woweoe commented on Japan wants young people to drink more alcohol cnn.com/2022/08/18/asia/j... · Posted by u/smn1234
Not for the crowd I hung with.
I would sometimes spend two weeks, over there, and every weeknight was like that.
Thank Cthulhu for public transport.
I think this is more age related. I am actually in Japan currently and I can attest that no-one I know will drink daily like in Europe, possibly weekly but the weekly drinks tend to be far stronger and bigger. A European will have a couple of glasses of wine a day and go clubbing every week, Japanese on the other hand tend to only drink occasionally, attend one of the work parties at work with the older guys who don't want to go home - the idea of the older men who don't want to return to annoying homes is common even in Europe
woweoe commented on Japan wants young people to drink more alcohol cnn.com/2022/08/18/asia/j... · Posted by u/smn1234
This is not true. If you go to Japan you will see an army of extremely drunk salarymen every night, and statistically Japanese people do consume a ton of alcohol compared to most western countries.
As someone who is living in Japan, I would say that Japanese drank less than Europeans for sure. Europeans will drink a couple of glasses of wine every night for example.
woweoe commented on Japan wants young people to drink more alcohol cnn.com/2022/08/18/asia/j... · Posted by u/smn1234
Both Japanese men and women drink more alcohol than their American counterparts. Average consumption of pure alcohol in liters per year among all adults aged 15+ in 2019:
Japan Men 15.58, Women 4.93
United States Men 15.44, Women 4.69
There are more westerners outside the US than inside the US.
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woweoe commented on Japan wants young people to drink more alcohol cnn.com/2022/08/18/asia/j... · Posted by u/smn1234
As a former frequent traveler to Japan, I think that drinking (especially among salarymen) is out of hand.
I understand bars, taxes, and the alcohol industry, feeling pain, but I don't feel it's very good for people to drink like they do.
Japanese people drink far less than westerners though. Those work parties are just one-off and not regular things.
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"The outcome of too much humility is that you end up listening to the counsel of some mediocre individual."
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Lunches are a different matter entirely. They would wolf down their meal in ten minutes. Not a drop of alcohol, until the day was done. Lots of energy drinks; even before the US had them.
Aaahnold made some money, doing Japanese energy drink ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRLe826lyao
In comparison Koreans will nearly always drink alcohol on a daily basis and to a stronger concentration than what Japanese drink - even the Koreans in Japan.