Japan’s workplaces rethink ‘drinking with the boss’
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Riku Kitamura remembers his first “drinking party” as a new graduate in Japan. The 28-year-old worked for a market research firm and the team would regularly socialise over drinks in the evening.
“[At first] I did feel the pressure that I had to drink more, that I had to catch up to others. It got me quite drunk,” he says.
Drinking with colleagues after work has…