# Odd bottle sizes ... reasons/origins?

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**Created:** [June 23, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-bottle-sizes-reasons-origins/409083 "2007-06-23T01:52:56Z")\
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I’ve got a bottle of Okinawan beer here–it’s 1pt. 5.4 fl. oz. (633mL). Where the heck did that size come from? Is it based on some standard Japanese bottle size/volume measure? Is it sized to comply with some country/region’s liquor volume import laws?