Japanese population’s essential goal to consume reduced alcohol (5)
I believe the answer is:
osaka
'alcohol' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for osaka that I've seen before include "Place" , "Port city of southern Honshu" , "Major port and commercial and industrial centre on Honshu" , "S. Japan port, bay" , "Far East city" .)