Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. It would be fair to say that Japanese food has become a part of American food culture ...

It’s this instinct that led Geoffroy to leave Dom Pérignon with the intent to blend Japan’s signature beverage ... while sometimes traditional sake is hard to translate,” he says, referring to the ...

Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It's brewed in centuries-old mountaintop warehouses, savored in the country’s pub-like izakayas, poured during weddings and served slightly ...