BBC1 年
Colourful kimonos at Japan's Coming of Age Day
Japan has marked Coming of Age Day, a national holiday in which those ... Eighteen-year-olds in Japan will still be banned from drinking alcohol, smoking, gambling and adopting children: they ...
BBC6 年
Coming of age: Why adults in Japan are getting younger
"I can take a loan when I'm 18, but drinking will still be prohibited," another user pointed out. Some also pointed out that there might be confusion around the Coming of Age ceremony - a Japanese ...
Japan Today20 天
Japan’s workplace drinking party communication is unnecessary, says majority of workers ...
The term "nominication" comes from combining nomi, meaning “drinking” in Japanese, and the English “communication ... Surprisingly, this attitude wasn’t found only among younger workers. When ...
朝日新聞社2 年
Japan liquor businesses turn to non-alcoholic drinks to attract Gen Z
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 ...
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata withdraws from Olympic Games after smoking and drinking alcohol
The legal smoking and drinking age in Japan is 20 and the JGA’s code of conduct prohibits gymnasts from doing either during ...