For more than 1,000 years, the Japanese rice wine known as sake has been brewed. It can be served hot or cold, and its popularity has grown around the world. Brewers of the fermented alcoholic ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An interpreter, left, translates for Junichiro Ozawa, head of Ozawa Sake Brewery, third left, and his worker ...

September champion Onosato suffered his first loss as an ozeki Wednesday against former sekiwake Abi on the fourth day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. Abi got the better of their initial ...

Ozeki Onosato (bottom) loses to maegashira Abi on the fourth day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 13, 2024. (Kyodo) FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- September champion ...

New ozeki Onosato (top) thrusts down No. 1 maegashira Hiradoumi on the opening day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in the southwestern city of Fukuoka on Nov.

TOKYO -- Japanese sake, which is set to make a UNESCO list for its traditional brewing technique, is in the midst of an international boom, with exports soaring 70% in three years. Sake plays an ...

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 ...

In this new episode of Explore, we take a gourmet journey across Niigata to learn about the region’s sustainable gastronomy through two of its most famous products – salmon and sake.

A UNESCO advisory panel has recommended registering Japanese sake brewing techniques that use kōji mold onto the intangible cultural heritage list, the Cultural Affairs Agency announced Tuesday.

The knowhow for producing traditional Japanese alcoholic drinks, including sake and distilled spirits such as shochu and awamori, is set to be added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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 ...