one of my best buds teaches English in Japan. Everyday he shakes his head on every Friday, “salarymen” (office workers) would blow their paychecks at the local bars.
I think they do it a lot more often than on Fridays. I’ve wondered if, combined with the hours, it had something to do with the death rate of company men in Japan.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-39981997