BANGKOK — After going three weeks without alcohol, Thai consumers have embraced adult beverages with enough gusto to rekindle concerns about their effect on the fight against the coronavirus. “We need to stock up since we don’t know when they’ll be banned again,” said one shopper at a Bangkok supermarket on May 3. […]
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Coronavirus drives Japan workmates to drink and bond online
TOKYO — Few Japanese customs are so beloved of its millions of company employees as the “nomikai” — the after-work drinking party that is a chance to bond with colleagues, let the hair down and tell a few home truths to the bosses before knuckling down to office life the […]