TOKYO – Japan’s sake breweries are staring down the threat of declining demand at home as consumer preferences shift to other alcoholic beverages like beer and wine – if they are still ...

Luckily, there is more Japanese sake available at local wine shops or ... “Before the launch of the new tool, we offered pre-selected tasting sets but inevitably, we had to guess our potential ...

A preliminary review of Japan's UNESCO proposal to elevate its craft of sake brewing to Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity status earned a recommendation from the evaluation body.

An advisory panel to UNESCO has recommended Japan's traditional knowledge and skills for making sake and shochu distilled spirits be included in its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, putting their ...

There's a set of unspoken rules that ... There’s even a saying used by Japanese sake brewers, “Ichi koji, ni moto, san ...