OKAYA, Japan -- Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at ...

A Japanese sake maker is going where no sake maker has gone before: space. Asahi Shuzo, the company behind the popular ...

If it works, just one 100ml bottle will be offered for sale on Earth at 100 million yen, or about $653,000. A standard serve ...

IWAKUNI, Yamaguchi Prefecture—Sake brewery Asahi Shuzo Co. has announced out-of-this-world plans to brew rice wine on the ...

If Asahi Shuzo is successful in creating the drink in the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo on the International Space Station, ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sake brewer Mie Takahashi prepares steamed rice with koji mold for ...

Sake exports, mostly to the U.S. and China, rake in over $265 million a year, according to the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers ...

The art of sake brewing has a 1,300-year-old history that represents more than just a drink — it’s a symbol of Japanese culture, craftsmanship and community. Earlier this month, UNESCO’s advisory ...

Japan's sake, a quintessential rice wine integral to its cultural heritage, has been added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural ...

LUQUE, Paraguay — Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It's brewed in centuries-old mountaintop warehouses, savored in the country’s pub-like izakayas, poured during ...