Japan is very conservative. Japan is also intolerant of others and xenophobic. They tend to be more monolithic than the US-there is very little diversity among the population.
Along with increasing the risk of liver, pancreatic and breast cancer, alcohol increases the risk of skin cancer including squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Alcohol is also associated with an increased risk of oral cancer.
You Are What You Drink: The Harmful Effects of Alcohol on Your Skin. It should come as no surprise that what we put into our bodies can impact how we look on the outside. In a recent Mail Online article, the author challenged one women to give up drinking her regular intake of alcohol as a means of evaluating the impact on her skin.