Alongside the Japanese producers were brewers from Spain, Mexico, the United States and several other countries, all vying for the newest of the awards: Best Sake Brewed Overseas.

Sake is gathering new fans all over the world, but back in its home market, the Japanese are losing interest. Genki Ito says there are a number of factors behind the continuing decline in sake ...

He said those days are long gone. “We will be realizing a top-level sake quality across Japan from here on out,” Kato said. “Some younger generation brewers full of vitality are emerging in ...

The aim is to support the breweries to maintain quality and preserve the sake culture. Japanese sake is produced by creating the moromi from rice, koji mold and water, then squeezing out the liquid.

causing widespread destruction in eastern Japan. Communities throughout the region are still reckoning with the damage. For one business, the storm came at the worst possible time. Master sake ...

Chiang Wei, whose Taiwan-brewed sake won big in France's Kura Master contest, thinks his 'foreigner' perspective could help ...

The contest asks 20 to 39-year-olds to share their business ideas to kick-start demand among their peers - whether it's for Japanese sake, shochu, whisky, beer or wine. The group running the ...

A brewing company has teamed with a temple in Nara Prefecture to make and sell sake re-created from a roughly 450-year-old recipe recorded by medieval Japanese monks. During the Muromachi ...

New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved the lower house of parliament Wednesday to set up an Oct. 27 snap election, asking people to trust the governing party’s policies even as ...