. Japan conducting 1st nationwide survey on alcohol hazards Kyodo Press/ July 30
...The study, conducted on 3,500 randomly selected adults nationwide, is scheduled for completion by next March. The researchers will make house calls to find out how frequently and how much alcohol the interviewees drink. ...According to a national survey on nutrition the ministry conducted in fiscal 2001, 7.5% of male adults consume an average of three or more "go" servings of Japanese sake a day and 0.8% of female adults do so. One "go" is about 180 milliliters.
The 2001 survey estimated there were over 2 million alcoholics in Japan. But no data are available on the exact number or conditions related to alcoholism in Japanese society, known for being lenient on drunkards.
