Sake News from Japan

There's no shortage of originality from breweries when it comes to promoting their sake, so it's also interesting to see what is being done on the prefectural level as local authorities try to support exports. I chose this article in the Yomiuri Shinbun because it...

For historical reasons (including using alcohol taxes to fund military action) alcohol production in Japan is overseen by the Japanese National Tax Agency (NTA). As well as collecting taxes, they also provide a host of services and subsidies for companies making sake,...

A company shipping sake from Niigata to post boxes across Japan are keeping something from those who sign up to receive a few samples every month - but they have their reasons. The Sake Post subscription service was featured in a series of articles on innovative...

The Shokuhin Sangyo Shimbunsha Co., Ltd (Food Industry Newspaper Company) has an article about two of my favourite things - sake and coffee. The story is about a new collaboration between Maruyama Coffee in Tokyo and Asahi Shuzō in Niigata, makers of Kubota (Not the...

PR Times carries a press release from My Voice, a research company specialising in online surveys. They have surveyed the Japanese public about their sake consumption habits since 2008, and the most recent survey took place online between 1-5 February 2022. The press...

The Japanese National Tax Agency (NTA) released a video on 28 February 2022 explaining the country's latest bid for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status: traditional brewing processes unique to Japan that make use of the 'national fungi' Aspergillus oryzae and...

Despite the widespread problems caused by the novel coronavirus over the last two years, from my limited perspective there seems to be an increase in online activity and visibility from some sake breweries, and also in information being put out on social media and...

Love sake but frustrated by the intransience of its aroma and umami flavour? Never fear, butter is here! (No, seriously.) News site Jiji carries a press release from PR Times on a new product from Japanese brand Carnoble, owned by the company National Department...

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) released the latest version of their regular Nihonshu wo Meguru Jōkyō (State of Sake) report in April 2021, reporting on a range of factors impacting sake production and consumption. After talking about...