Drink up, drink fast, drink alone? Tokyo to ease alcohol curbs


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  • Friday, 18 Jun 2021

FILE PHOTO: The chef of an izakaya, a Japanese-style dining bar, prepares to close around 20:00 local time next to sake bottles, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan February 2, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato

TOKYO (Reuters) -Thirsty Tokyo residents are about to get a bit of a break just as the summer heat arrives with authorities in the Japanese capital preparing to relax a ban on alcohol in restaurants and bars when it lifts a coronavirus state of emergency.

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