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Is underage drinking/smoking accepted in Japan?

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Well, depends on what you mean by 'accepted', but anyway, my n=1 experience while attending high school in Japan many years ago: I was a member of the soccer team. Once every couple of months we'd go into town and hit an izakaya. read more

Still, underage smoking is still prevalent, as Japan still is a very smoking culture. In 1999, 19% of 15-20 year old men and 4.3% of 15-20 year old women identified themselves as smokers. 42% of male smokers and 35% of female smokers reported going habitual before 20, the legal age limit. read more

Both underage drinking and smoking are illegal. See 未成年者飲酒禁止法 for drinking, 未成年者喫煙禁止法 for smoking. Neither laws specify punishment for drinking/smoking by minors per se. However, police can do something called 補導 based on this. read more

In Japan you have junior high students, lots of girls, and lots of high school students that drink alcohol. Therefore underage drinking is not considered such a great deal. In fact there are laws enacted against selling, consuming, and giving alcohol to minors but nobody upholds or cares about it. read more

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