Sake pours into China amid shrinking consumption in Japan
Japanese sake sellers are looking to tap into China's growing taste for traditional rice wine to counter its falling consumption back home. Fueled by an increasing number of Japanese restaurants and rising Chinese household incomes, sake, while still considered a treat, can now be found ...
Tokyo Aleworks: Keeping its doors open to the community
Tokyo Aleworks offers periodic one-day brewing classes for customers to try their hand at making beer, just one way it opens its doors to young brewers and the local community.
Fans toast beer hawkers' debut at Rugby World Cup
Dilemma: You are watching a Rugby World Cup game at a stadium and you fancy a beer, but you don't want to take your eyes off the action. Do you get out of your seat and go and find a concession stand somewhere? At this ...
Coca-Cola Japan to release canned chūhai alcoholic drink nationwide
Coca-Cola (Japan) Co. has said that it will launch a canned chūhai spirits-based product nationwide on Oct. 28, making its full-fledged entry into the alcoholic beverage market. The lemon-based product, Remondo, currently available in the Kyushu region on a trial basis, will go on sale ...
Craft beer boom spells hope for hops in Iwate town
Encouraged by the craft beer boom, the city of Tono in Iwate Prefecture has been welcoming outsiders wanting to try new ways to revive its hop-growing industry and transform the community into a "beer town." Japan imports about 95 percent of hops for domestic beer ...
Japan Airlines faces second government reprimand over drinking by pilots
The transport ministry will issue a second business improvement order against Japan Airlines Co. after a series of drinking incidents involving its pilots, ministry sources said Tuesday. It is rare for the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry to reprimand a company twice. The first order ...
'The Complete Guide to Japanese Drinks': A compendium of Japan's alcohol traditions
Stephen Lyman and Chris Bunting's "The Complete Guide to Japanese Drinks" is a beautiful, carefully put together coffee-table book full of insights, anecdotes and thirst-inducing pictures of Japan's various alcohols.
U.S. may ease bottle rules for Japanese alcohol as part of trade negotiations
Tokyo and Washington are in the final stage of talks over an easing of the United States' regulations on bottles for alcoholic beverages imported from Japan, under an envisioned trade pact between the two countries, it was learned Tuesday. The U.S. currently sets seven sizes, ...
StandingBar Sanpachi: Squeeze in tight for a pizza and craft shōchū night
With so many contenders, it's impossible to anoint any single bar as the smallest in Tokyo, but StandingBar Sanpachi must surely be in the running.
Okinawa-based Orion brewery considering craft beer production
Okinawa's Orion Breweries Ltd. is considering developing craft beer products, the new head of the company said in a recent interview. "Okinawan people expect Orion to improve its brand image," said President Keiju Hayase, who took the helm of the Urasoe-based brewery in July. "This ...
Alcohol detected on breath of JAL and Star Flyer co-pilots during preflight tests
Japan Airlines and Star Flyer separately said Tuesday that alcohol was found on the breath of male co-pilots at the two carriers in preflight tests, and that they were prevented from boarding their scheduled flights as a result. A 54-year-old JAL co-pilot claimed that he ...
