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Legal Drinking Age In Japan

Have you ever tried sake, the famous Japanese rice wine? If you were in Japan, you may get the chance to try it at age 20. That's because Japan has set the national legal drinking age surprisingly lower at just 20 years old, compared to 21 in the United States.

This interesting difference is our opening taste of how Japan's cultural attitudes about alcohol contrast with many other countries. The drinking age law provides the first sip of understanding Japanese views.