OKAYA, Nagano Prefecture--Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in ...

Once confined to Japanese restaurants and karaoke clubs, sake has found its way onto drinks lists and supermarket shelves up and down the country. Waitrose announced searches on its website for ...

Today just happens to be World Sake Day, so let’s do a recap of this Japanese spirit. October 1 was officially recognised as World Sake Day in 1978 by the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association.