Japan makes many kinds of unique alcoholic drinks, not just sake. One "forgotten" type getting more attention is a whisky packed with umami flavor.

Liquor shops specializing in premier beverages, including wine priced at nearly 10 million yen ($64,040), are slowly increasing in the Tokyo Metropolitan area amid booming tourism in Japan. Offering a ...

The effect has been especially pronounced in Japan, where the older population--which tends to drink more--is shrinking rapidly. Just 7.8 percent of Japanese people in their 20s were regular ...

The best Japanese whiskies include the Mars Shinshu Iwai, Hibiki 21 Year, Hibiki Japanese Harmony, and Yamazaki 12-Year-Old ...

You may not have heard of shochu, the most important traditional Japanese spirit. Or, you may have tasted it but never realized you did—lately, bartenders started using this versatile liquor in ...

Fukano Whisky was born by accident. In fact, it was originally born as shochu, a traditional Japanese distilled liquor – and it was sitting in a warehouse for decades waiting only to be obsolete.

TOKYO -- The market for the South Korean liquor Chamisul is expanding in Japan, as it is a surprise favorite among young people whose generation is said to shy away from drinking, with the trend ...

On the 6th, CHOSUNBIZ examined about 30 liquor-related stocks listed on the major stock exchanges in the U.S., France, the U.K., Italy, Japan, China, and South Korea. Last year, the stock prices ...

Double Lemon, for example, uses shochu, a traditional Japanese liquor distilled usually from sweet potatoes. Also complicating the strategy, the canned cocktail market is highly fragmented and ...