Food & Drink Oct 24, 2020
Japan’s craft beer industry looks to maintain connections with fans
by Jeremy Wilgus
From tax breaks to take-out alcohol and trimmed-down events, bars and breweries transform their neighborhood ties.
Food & Drink | KONBINI WATCH Oct 17, 2020
Kirin’s Ichibanshibori beer goes zero-carb
by Patrick St. Michel
Kirin Brewery Co. appeals to Japan’s health-conscious consumers in hopes its new drink helps it "find new beer fans."
Business / Corporate Oct 1, 2020
Japan brewers bet on tax cut to revive pandemic-hit sales
by Lisa Du and Grace Huang
As of Thursday, the government is starting to bring taxes of different varieties of alcoholic products more in line with each other.
Food & Drink | KANPAI CULTURE Sep 12, 2020
It’s time to resurrect the tradition of boozy breakfasts with friends in Tokyo
by Melinda Joe
We all deserve a morning meal cooked to order paired with a craft cocktail. “Kanpai Culture” has you covered with three new cafe-bar hybrids.
Business Sep 10, 2020
Four major Japanese beer makers separately said Thursday that their sales of beer and quasi-beer products in August fell from a year earlier, against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. Sales in volume terms were down 18 percent at Sapporo Breweries Ltd., 12 percent at ...
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Sep 5, 2020
Rise & Win: A victory for beer lovers (and sustainability)
by Robbie Swinnerton
Rise & Win beer is brewed in the zero-waste town of Kamikatsu, and that philosophy is built into the foundation of its brewery and Tokyo taproom.
Business / Corporate Aug 27, 2020
Kirin Brewery Co. said Thursday it will start selling a zero-carbohydrate regular beer in October, the first such product offered by a domestic brewer, to tap demand among increasingly health-conscious consumers. The zero-carb beer under the major brewery's flagship Ichibanshibori brand will be launched on ...
National Jul 31, 2020
Scaled-down beer garden in Sapporo to serve as test for 'new normal'
With capacity slashed to 250 from 13,000, are steps like pre-booking and acrylic partitions the future of summer suds celebrations to come?
Business / Corporate Jul 10, 2020
Big four Japanese brewers post first-half sales drop due to pandemic
Sales of beer and beer-like drinks by all four major Japanese brewers fell in the first half from a year earlier, affected by sluggish demand in restaurants amid the new coronavirus epidemic, their data showed Friday. However, sales of low-priced third-category beer made from malt ...
World May 20, 2020
In Spain, bar bot serves up contact-free beers amid pandemic
He maybe silent and his moves mechanical but he can pull you a pint without the slightest concern about contamination: meet Beer Cart, the robotic barman serving beer in Seville. He made his debut when the southern city began enjoying new freedom as Spain eased ...
World Apr 19, 2020
Beer may lose its fizz as CO2 supplies go flat during pandemic
Dwindling supplies of carbon dioxide from ethanol plants is sparking concern about shortages of beer, soda and seltzer water — essentials for many quarantined Americans. Brewers and soft-drink makers use carbon dioxide, or CO2, for carbonation, which gives beer and soda fizz. Ethanol producers are ...