Monday, 1 April, 2002, 11:46 GMT 12:46 UK Cheap drink helps keep Japan cheerful By Charles Scanlon BBC Tokyo Correspondent It has been a dismal winter of recession in Japan but the cherry blossom is out two weeks early this year and with it, a hope that the worst may be over. We love beer but the taste of happoshu is similar and you get much more for your money Japanese drinker The annual spring parties are being celebrated with customary enthusiasm, but look more closely and there are tell-tale signs of the times. It looks like beer but...
