This is crazy just goes to show how Countries taxes rely so much on alcohol tax.
10 Most Popular Japanese Non-alcoholic Beverages
List includes: Sencha, HĹjicha, Bancha, Mugicha, Amazake.
This is crazy just goes to show how Countries taxes rely so much on alcohol tax.
I read that earlier. Itâs quite a headscratcher.
I guess that means theyâre still smoking enough cigarettes
How about that Marijuana Tax revenue?
Hereâs a suggestion based on personal observations.
Quit making drunk teenagers and businessman in their suits sleep on the sidewalk because they missed the last train home.
Set up free safe sleeping spaces for drunk people.
Use the trains!
One can of beer puts the average adult over the legal limit here in Japan. Restaurants have stopped serving beer because they â and any passengers in a vehicle â can be prosecuted if a driver drinks one beer and then has a serious accident. The real kicker though is all it takes is for a police office to say youâre DUI and thatâs enough to find you guilty. As a result people are terrified of even having one drink here if theyâll be operating any kind of vehicle the rest of the day. Itâs been clear to me for a while that alcohol consumption is nose-diving and no PR campaign is going to reverse that trend.
Charges Based on Appearance and Actions
The more serious of the two, é é ăé蝢 is a charge made at a police officerâs discretion, and its issue is not dependent on a breathalyzer result. If an officer evaluates you as having impaired cognitive ability or as being unable to safely operate your vehicle and suspects alcohol as the cause, you may be charged with é é ăé蝢. It is a 35 point offence, meaning immediate revocation of your license for three years, regardless of your driving history.
So overall, a social good then.
Guy
Being found guilty based on appearances and actions only is going too far for a due process person like myself. Iâm good with the zero tolerance policy but think it should be based on evidence and not only on a police officerâs âdiscretionâ.
Oh, I didnât mean the policing or prosecution part. I simply meant the decline in consumption, which is the exact part I quoted above.
Guy
I actually had to look up the numbers. The Japanese market lost 14 million smokers between 2002 and 2019.
How much of that was natural wastage?
The money weâll get from turning our young people into alcoholics will surely exceed the money we lost from tourism!!!
The entire Japanese government should just commit hara kiri with that kind of math.
Legalize dope. That makes money, plus boosts consumption of cookie dough.
Mmmm⌠Cookieeeee doughhhhhhh
Now thatâs a policy I can get behind.
Cheaper to let people die younger than pay for elderly care.
They already have too many elderly. If the young people all die, the robots need to come soon.
Maybe the Japanese government could subsidize some Ryanair flights from the UK.
Flights and hotel for 300 quid or they wonât come.
Spiking the following with sake?
List includes: Sencha, HĹjicha, Bancha, Mugicha, Amazake.