East meets west

It's very common and almost traditional for Japanese people to drink with their coworkers regularly. One of these occasions is the ever popular welcome party for new employees. In a small company each individual will receive a welcome party where as in a large company the recruits for each year will receive a group party. This type of party usually consists of speeches from each section of the company starting with lower employees and ending with the highest management or even sometimes the owner of the company. The party starts out rather formal but after large amounts of beer and sake in takes the direction any party would take with a bunch of drunk friends and coworkers. We tell jokes, exchange stories and sometimes act like fools. GOOD TIMES!