The company’s pioneering efforts to promote Japan’s sake culture abroad led to the inscription of “traditional knowledge and skills of sake-making” in Japan on the UNESCO Intangible ...

OME, Japan--Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing ...

October 1 was officially recognised as World Sake Day in 1978 by the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association. It is meant to commemorate the first day of the sake-making season in Japan ...

In early December, UNESCO added Japan's sake-brewing process to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, officially recognizing a tradition that dates back more than 1,000 years. Over the centuries ...