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   Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Apr-2024 23:02:28 JST Minoru Saba

   "...in February [Japan's health ministry] released...guidelines on health hazards associated with excessive drinking"
   "[For] men, drinking 40g or more of pure alcohol per day increases the risk of...cancer and cerebral stroke. The amount for women is 20g or more"
   "The battle in the market of low- and non-alcohol drinks will likely intensify"
   https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15199868
   🔸Tried 0% alcohol Asahi Zero today. Not bad, but pricier than Suntory All Free.
   #Japan #NonAlcoholBeer

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     Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Apr-2024 23:23:02 JST Minoru Saba

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     Rarely drink regular beer due to rapid acetaldehyde build-up, so am glad that the taste of non-alcohol beer has vastly improved in recent years. Unfortunately, for me non-alcohol wine still tastes like grape juice😞.
     https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/08/15/asian-glow-alcohol-gene-mutation-cancer-risk/

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     Bluesberry (babababa@famichiki.jp)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 12:27:53 JST Bluesberry

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     @minorusaba wasn't the Japanese government trying to encourage alcohol consumption among younger adults? I thought there was something like that that raised some eyebrows a year or so ago.

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     Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 12:27:53 JST Minoru Saba

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     • Bluesberry

     @babababa it totally slipped by me, but you're right.
     In July 2022, Japan's Tax Agency launched a competition for ideas to boost alcohol consumption in the face of declining alcohol tax revenue.
     Health ministry probably wasn't amused.
     https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/17/japan-government-launches-competition-to-get-people-drinking-alcohol-drinks-tax-revenue