[Steve_Seattle]

"The Japanese have loved Scotch for a long time."

In John P. Marquand's 1930's Mr. Moto novels, Mr.Moto would often say something like, "It would be very, very nice to sit down with you when all of this is over and have a glass of your fine American whiskey. But right now, there is work to do."

[Ax]

Most western embassies in Saudi Arabia made an effort to hide their empties. The Japanese embassy in Jeddah 30 years ago merely used to toss their empty Johnny Walker red labels over the embassy wall.

When I was stationed in Japan nearly 50 years go, I didn't drink a whole lot of whisky, but I can remember going into a GI bar and ordering "Oji-san mizu" (Old Grand Dad and water).