alcohol

No-alcohol ban lifted to allow U.S. troops 2 cans...
U.S. service members walk through an entertainment district in front of Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
After nearly six months of prohibiting off-base drinking, the U.S. military has eased a ban on its troops on Okinawa to allow them to drink a moderate amount of alcohol outside ...
Taking the sting out of binge drinking
An “alcohol passport” with spaces for stickers to be attached each time the student purchases a drink. (Takuro Negishi)
Binge drinking as a result of peer pressure is a bane of student life in Japan that has had tragic results.
China bans alcohol in military banquets to curb...
China bans alcohol in military banquets to curb graft. (AsahiShimbun file photo)
BEIJING--China has banned senior military officers from holding alcohol-fuelled banquets or from staying in luxury hotels when on work trips in the latest move by Communist...
74 drinkers at cherry blossom parties taken to...
People drink at night and make merry under cherry trees. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Seventy-four people who drank to excess while viewing cherry blossoms were taken to hospitals for acute alcoholic poisoning in Tokyo in nine days, the largest number in five...
SOCCER/ Qatar mulling allowing alcohol in World Cup ...
DOHA -- Qatar is still considering whether to allow alcohol in stadiums when it hosts the 2022 World Cup, though a senior official on March 14 said he did not see a need for it.
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