Mie Takahashi is one of a small group of female toji, or master Japanese sake brewers. Only 33 female toji are registered in ...

"Koji" mold, which is key to sake production and is called "the mold of the nation," has been developed in Japan since ...

Sake brewer Asahi Shuzo Co., known for its Dassai brand, announced on Dec. 11 that it will attempt to create sake in space ...

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

Mie Takahashi is one of a small group of female master sake brewers, made possible by changing gender norms and increased ...

Asahi Shuzo, the company behind popular Japanese sake brand Dassai, plans to blast sake ingredients to the International ...

Japan's central region, well known for its fermented products, is drawing in visitors to tour its traditional soy sauce and ...

LUQUE, Paraguay -- Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It's brewed in centuries-old mountaintop ...

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

Or is it something that's evolving with time, becoming stronger or weaker with time? And these observations are giving us ...

Sake brewery Asahi Shuzo Co. has announced out-of-this-world plans to brew rice wine on the International Space Station next ...

At a Tokyo brewery dating back to the days of the samurai, Koichi Maesako drops a 3-metre-long wooden paddle into a giant, ...