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By: Thoughts on Diversity | FiscalShare

Thoughts on Diversity | FiscalShare — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 16:01:19 +0000

[…] the teller windows to dispense drinks. It was fun. Japanese businessmen have a reputation for alcoholic schmoozing and my bosses did not disappoint. These events were for our major clients who were mostly […]

By: Donald Postway

Donald Postway — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 21:00:03 +0000

Thanks a lot for this column. I started researching this topic out of curiosity and I had expected my search for meaningful information took far less time than I expected since I found your article first. After watching a lot of Japanese programming in America, I started to notice the huge culture differences in the view of alcohol and drunken behavior and I was wondering how much of it was just the tropes of Japanese storytelling (e.g. nosebleeds from pretty women) and how much of it was a true reflection of Japanese society. Your article supported a lot of my guesses to some of the cultural reasons why this would be the case. At any rate, thanks for a great article and I look forward to reading more of your work.

By: 41 Things I Like About Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

41 Things I Like About Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:01:05 +0000

[…] I’m from: Pay $30 and drink as much alcohol as you can for 2-3 hours. I’ve been served pitchers of gin and tonic. A typical night out starts with a 2-hour nomihodai and then moves to karaoke, where you get an […]

By: On Staying Sane as an Expat in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

On Staying Sane as an Expat in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:01:30 +0000

[…] day. Some of the worst nights of my life have been documented with cheering pictures of myself holding drinks. The idea that everyone is having a blast while your mind is slowly unraveling in a terrifying […]

By: Archana

Archana — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:41:38 +0000

Oh god – the drinking! Thankfully, i didnt care what people thought of me when i declined an alcoholic drink and my husband would have a drink to be polite and then decline, saying his wife will be angry. Some of his colleagues made fun of him but thankfully he was helped out by the female colleagues admiring his care towards his wife’s feelings etc.

Drinking is basically taking a legal shot of poison – it isnt good for you. The Japanese are not doing themselves any favours by drinking heavily and encouraging this behaviour to perpetuate – and foreign workers are damaging their own health. Play the foreign card – say you can’t drink so much because it damages your body. You are a teacher at a school. Can they really fire you or make things difficult for you?

By: debby

debby — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:12:53 +0000

i just think about making this phenomenon in my research plan. but as long as i think, alcohol usage is such a tradition. I’m an outsider of Japan. i think this is really good plan but it also the worst. when we want to change the tradition, we need the society too right? it means that decreasing alcohol consumption need much power, much money, much people that aware this is wrong. what do you think?

By: m

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:34:55 +0000

Good Idea!
I’m in a similar situation so thanks:)

By: On Being a Total Creep in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

On Being a Total Creep in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:26:28 +0000

[...] leads to extreme drinking, for one, and if we follow the formula of the study, that alone increases the risk that they’ll [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:10:38 +0000

I guess im one of the exceptions. I have found myself drinking way less while I have been in Japan. I am self employed so that might have something to do with it (no peer pressure). It also might be due to the scarcity of good beer. I definitely see the herds of salarymen pouring onto the street every friday night full of liquid joy. Makes me smile every time. I just think to myself. Good ol Japan.

By: This Japanese Life. 生命を外面九天です。 – THE JAPAN BLOG DIRECTORY

This Japanese Life. 生命を外面九天です。 – THE JAPAN BLOG DIRECTORY — Mon, 28 May 2012 01:03:54 +0000

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