by Arline Lyons | May 4, 2022 | Sake News from Japan
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,...
by Arline Lyons | Apr 25, 2022 | Sake News from Japan
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...
by Arline Lyons | Mar 20, 2022 | Sake News from Japan
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...
by Arline Lyons | Mar 17, 2022 | Sake News from Japan
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...
by Arline Lyons | Mar 16, 2022 | Sake News from Japan
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’...
