Producing a beverage through mold may sound unappetizing. But “traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” is now registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural ...

Lemon-flavored alcoholic drinks have quickly filled the market void in Japan created by younger consumers’ diminished thirst for beer. Beverage makers are racing to pitch lemon-based ready-to ...

In a year of political upheaval dominated by the fallout from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s kickbacks scandal, Ishiba ...

The Japanese people view this as a sacred gift from deities, and sake is a huge part in all of their festivals, weddings, rites of passage and other socio-cultural occasions. In the Arabic society ...