From the start of Rugby World Cup until it finishes in November, a bar nearby Tokyo Stadium will lay on three times its usual number of backup beer kegs.
“So far, a lot of foreign rugby fans have come here before and after watching international games, and they didn’t seem to drink that much,” said Tetsumasa Yumino, 35, who runs the bar “Good Dreams” near Tokyo Stadium (Ajinomoto Stadium), where the World Cup kicks off on Friday.
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