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(Old news - 2022) Japanese government ran a campaign attempting to promote alcohol consumption amongst young people in attempt to increase alcohol tax revenue (www.theguardian.com)

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The Sake Viva! campaign, which is being run by the National Tax Agency (NTA), asks 20- to 39-year-olds to come up with proposals to help revitalise the popularity of alcoholic drinks, which have fallen out of favour because of lifestyle changes during the coronavirus pandemic and among young people.

Taxes on alcohol accounted for 1.7% of Japan’s tax revenue in 2020, down from 3% in 2011 and 5% in 1980.

There was a particularly steep decline in beer consumption, with sales volume down 20% to less than 1.8bn litres.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Plot twist. It was actually secretly an attempt to increase pregnancies.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

came here to say this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

This.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

This is exactly where I thought the "in attempt to..." part of the headline was going myself, sincerely

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Not too different than the FDA killing the US vape industry to protect tobacco tax revenue.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

This is the moral hazard of tying revenue to something bad.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

"Please, drink this poison! Our healthcare industry will thank you later!" This reeks of "4 out of 5 Doctors prefer Marlboro!" bullshit.

Modern research shows that there is no safe amount of alcohol to consume. It's always bad for you, physically. This doesn't mean you need to be a tee-totaler (I'm not), and it can bring great social benefits. But shoving it in people's faces and pretending it's not harmful at all is just wrong. Moderation in all things.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Young Japanese don’t want to drink, don’t want to smoke, don’t want to play pachinko… I’m sure a lot of them do, but most of them don’t. The older class just can’t understand it.

And young Japanese absolutely don’t want get married, let alone have children.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Would probably also help with their population problems

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Seems like it worked?

Japan Grapples With Alcoholism Crisis Published Online: 5 December 2003

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hmm it seems it doesn't work with how time works in our universe.

Are you a interdimensional traveler who came from a universe where time flows backwards compared to this universe?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

~~Godammit I'm blind, i read that article as being from 2023~~ Hi I'm the doctor, how are you sheogorath pleasure to meet you.