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Fukuoka mayor orders staff to go dry

Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima ordered city employees May 21 to abstain from drinking alcohol outside their homes for a month in the wake of several drinking-related scandals involving city officials. Fukuoka City Hall also said it will rethink disciplinary guidelines with a view to imposing heavier punishment on personnel involved in alcohol-related scandals, the mayor said. The notice orders officials to only drink nonalcoholic beverages at meetings with kin and at work-related parties, and only allows alcohol consumption at their own wedding parties. (Kyodo News)

Shukan ST: JUNE 1, 2012

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