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There are only a few days left in the year. Even as we overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, year-end parties continue, and it's easy to end up drinking too much. Dr. Ikuho Seto of Genpodo Acupuncture Clinic (Shibuya Ward, Tokyo) warns, "While alcohol is said to be the best medicine, excessive consumption can also be a poison."

PERSOL HOLDINGS Co., Ltd., whose group vision is "Work and Laugh," has released the "Hataraku Teiten Survey," a nationwide database of employed people who think about work. This time, we'll be introducing data from this survey focusing on alcohol harassment.

Aeon's private brand products. There are various lineups such as "Burial Grand," a happoshu made with rare hops, delicious yet reasonably priced draft beer, and non-alcoholic beer available for only 86 yen. Let's take a closer look at what makes them so delicious. ...

Queen's Isetan will hold a lottery to sell a "Dream Set" one set of 660,000 yen including tax, which includes one bottle of either "Yamazaki 25years" or "Hibiki 30years", the price of which will be raised significantly from next April, and a "Fukuset" one set of 110,000 yen including tax, which includes "Yamazaki 12years" and "Hakushu 12 years". ...

Kumesen Distillery will begin domestic sales of "Ukiyo 50%," part of its "Ukiyo" whiskey brand series, which is sold exclusively overseas and features designs inspired by Japanese culture, at all Okinawa Blue stores and the Kumesen Distillery online shop from 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 28, 2023.

In spring 2024, the world's first sake specialty store specializing in 180ml cans of sake, "PRIME SAKE," will open in the international departure lobby on the third floor of Haneda Airport Terminal 3 Station on the Keikyu Airport Line. It'll make you want to take the Keikyu Line instead of the monorail.

There seems to be a growing effort in Niigata Prefecture to age sake and wine on the ocean floor and make it a centerpiece of business and tourism. The idea of undersea aging originally came about as a result of stories spreading that wine pulled from sunken ships tasted...

A man in his 20s has been administratively punished by the Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau for violating the Liquor Tax Law for repeatedly reselling 1,500 bottles of luxury whiskey and other alcoholic beverages without a license to sell them. The unlicensed liquor seller was an unemployed man in his 20s. Three years ago, he was charged by a wholesaler in Osaka City with selling a bottle of high-end whiskey, "Ma...