Japan urges its young people to drink more to boost economy
[quote]The Japanese government has launched a nationwide competition calling for ideas to encourage people to drink more alcohol after a change in attitudes among the young resulted in a slide in tax revenues.
[quote]“As working from home made strides to a certain extent during the Covid 19 crisis, many people may have come to question whether they need to continue the habit of drinking with colleagues to deepen communication,” an official at the agency told the English-language newspaper at the time. “If the ‘new normal’ takes root, that will be an additional headwind for tax revenue.” There was a particularly steep decline in beer consumption, with sales volume down 20% to less than 1.8bn litres.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 18, 2022 8:42 PM
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just goes to show the japanese government is incompetent, it's the dumbest national strategy i've ever heard of
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 18, 2022 7:25 PM
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The big alcohol companies in Japan (Suntory, Asahi, Sapporo...) are in deep shit because the rates of alcohol consumption among younger people were declining even before the pandemic. Those companies then lobbied the government and this push is the result of that lobbying.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 18, 2022 7:36 PM
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they do have crazy high debt 2 gdp ratio
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 18, 2022 8:31 PM
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Increased alcohol consumption + Asian country + Driving = YIKES
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 18, 2022 8:42 PM
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