Drinking in Japan is primarily a social activity, and the different patterns of social interaction reflected in different age and gender groups seem to be the main factor in drinking habits. Here is ...

Previously in Japan, it was a given that senior company officials would frequently take their younger colleagues out for drinking sessions. But that is not necessarily the case these days.

Bucking the age-old stereotype of hard-drinking ... In Shibuya, the newly opened Sumadori Bar--a play on the Japanese words for “smart drinking”--offers elaborate, sugary cocktails that ...