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 ...

Japan's delegation appeared ready to celebrate on Wednesday — in classic Japanese style. After the announcement, Kano raised a cypress box full of sake to toast the alcoholic brew and cultural rite.

Sake is intricately tied to Japan’s history and culture, yet its consumption went into decline domestically ... Based on this realization, IWA 5 is producing a new label called Reserves, a blend made ...