Is it OK to drink bottled water after the expiration date in Japan?

Is it OK to drink bottled water after the expiration date in Japan?

The answer may not surprise you but the reason will. Let’s say you’re at home, going through your disaster preparedness kit, and you find a bottle of spring water you bought a long time ago in case of emergency. Checking by the cap, you see that the expiry date was a few months ago, and decide to use it to water plants or top off the washing machine instead of drinking it. Well, congratulations; you just wasted perfectly good water. Alright, “pe…