More than one in four Japanese women drinks alcohol on a near daily basis, a figure that has grown steadily over the past years, according to a recently released survey. Twenty-eight percent of Japanese women say they drink at least five times a week, six points higher than when the survey was first taken in 1998. Another 34 percent of women drink at least twice a week. More than half of the women say they drink to get rid of stress, with relaxing given as the second top reason. Having fun with friends comes behind that, although it is a more popular option among younger women. Beer is the most popular drink. The survey by Japan’s second largest brewer Kirin was of 12,000 women aged 20 or over.

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