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Not even the coronavirus can stop drinking parties.
By Amelie Marie Nishizawa Apr 25, 2020 3 min readOne cannot simply escape Japan’s 飲 （ の ） み 会 （ かい ） (drinking party) culture.
They even came up with a clever word for it in the 80s: 飲 （ の ） みニケーション or nominication (drinking communication).
But if you think that will stop Japanese people from nomikai-ing, think again.
Since mid-March, Japanese news outlets noticed a new word popping up on social media: オン飲み.