{"id":1044826,"date":"2022-08-18T03:02:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T07:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1044826"},"modified":"2022-08-18T03:02:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T07:02:25","slug":"japan-encourages-its-young-people-to-drink-alcohol-to-boost-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1044826","title":{"rendered":"Japan Encourages Its Young People to Drink Alcohol to Boost Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cSake Viva!\u201d is the latest in a long history of schemes designed to offset the effects of Japan\u2019s population ageing and shrinking, as well as changing attitudes towards health and consumption.<\/p>\n

The planned intervention follows the failure of Japan\u2019s drinks industry, despite all its marketing powers, to stem a long-term slide in Japanese alcohol consumption that began well over a decade before the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Taxes on alcohol products accounted for 3 percent of the government\u2019s tax revenue in 2011, but had fallen to 2 percent by 2020, according to the tax agency.<\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s government runs a chronic budget deficit and has total debts equivalent to more than twice the nation\u2019s gross domestic product. A fall in the total volume of alcohol consumed in Japan was inevitable once the indigenous population began to shrink over a decade ago and the proportion of citizens aged over 65 increased to more than a quarter of the country eight years ago.<\/p>\n

According to figures released by the tax agency, Japan\u2019s average per adult annual intake of booze has dropped from 100 litres per year in 1995 to 75 litres in the 2020 fiscal year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Japan tax office launches campaign to help encourage drinking <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Contest asks young adults for ideas to revitalise popularity of alcoholic drinks after big fall in tax revenues<\/p>\n

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Liquor tax revenue dives in Japan amid pandemic <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Both the size of the fall and the rate of decrease were the largest in 31 years since the impact of a drastic revision of the Liquor Tax Law in fiscal 1989.<\/p>\n

\t\tContinue reading on The Japan Times<\/span> <\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Shochu, The Enormously Popular Japanese Spirit, Has Become More Widely Available In New York Thanks To A New Law <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Despite its enormous popularity in Japan, shochu has hardly been known to U.S. consumers. In July 2022, the New York State changed the law to allow the national spirit of Japan to be sold under a soft liquor license. The change may boost shochu?s recognition in the state and beyond. <\/p>\n

\t\tContinue reading on Forbes<\/span> <\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nSource: TG Daily – Japan Encourages Its Young People to Drink Alcohol to Boost Economy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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