TOKYO -- Corporate Japan is infamous for late-night benders in which supervisors ply their subordinates with drink after drink until it is time to catch the last train home. But these days more restaurants are offering options for workers who want to get home at a reasonable hour.
All-you-can-drink menus usually run for a fixed period of two hours, but courses as short as 30 minutes are increasingly popular. These drinking sessions cater to people who want to spend less, but they are also a hit with those who prefer shorter after-work drinking parties.
