Japan Wants Young People to Drink More | STJ 162

Japan Wants Young People to Drink More | STJ 162

From Small Talk Japan by Small Talk Japan

August 26, 2022 · 47 min · Season 1 · Episode 162

About this episode

Natsuki and Mitch discuss Japan's drinking culture and government initiatives to encourage youth to drink more.

This week, Natsuki and a hungover Mitch talk about a drunk Japanese police officer losing case documents, how sex scenes in Japan are getting safer, why the Japanese government wants people to drink, and more! Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/smalltalkjapan Articles from this week's episode https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/08/ca93a0068666-japan-posts-fresh-record-of-over-260000-daily-covid-19-cases.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/08/9ea2f66e33c2-drunk-japan-police-officer-fell-asleep-on-street-lost-case-docs.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/08/8b5f007a2cf7-feature-japanese-intimacy-coordinator-making-sex-scenes-sexy-and-safe.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/08/3bd9383cb767-no-of-suicides-in-japan-increased-8000-due-to-pandemic-study.html https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/08/b80bce3ef90b-3500-unification-church-followers-protest-japanese-media-reports.html https://news.sky.com/story/japan-encourages-its-sober-young-people-to-drink-more-and-boost-economy-12675577 https://soranews24.com/2022/08/19/nike-releases-izakaya-sneakers-in-japan%e3%80%90photos%e3%80%91/…

People in this episode

Hosts: Natsuki, Mitch

Topics covered

  • drinking culture
  • government policies
  • safety in media
  • youth engagement
  • COVID-19 impact

Keywords

  • Japan
  • drinking
  • youth
  • government
  • safety
  • COVID-19
  • police

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Japanese government

Places: Japan

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