SHIZUOKA--In a still fueled by cedar from nearby forests, Shizuoka Distillery, a leader in Japan’s new wave of independent whisky makers, crafts its spirits to tap into surging global demand ...

In 2021, some good news for Japanese-whisky fans arrived in the form of new labeling standards set forth by the Japan Spirits ...

In this article, we’re going to look at four things that every whisky lover, new and old, should know about Japanese whisky ...

wrote Murray. Whiskey has been made commercially in Japan since the 1920s after a student who studied in Glasgow, Masataka Taketsuru, moved home with his Scottish wife Japanese single malt whiskey ...

Japanese whisky is a light, smooth liquor made with malted barley and other various ingredients. Unlike other types of whiskey, it has a delicate, floral taste that oozes refinement. As such ...

"It's official – Japanese whisky has been declared better than Scotch," said Eleanor Dye in the Daily Mail. Industry experts gathered at the Pot Still bar in Glasgow in August for a "landmark ...

Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. Japanese whisky has become dramatically popular in the global market lately. The sudden surge of its acclaim was triggered by a single event ...

Shinjiro Torii, Suntory’s founder who is Nobuhiro’s great-grandfather, set about building Japan’s first malt whisky distillery, the Yamazaki Distillery in Osaka Prefecture, in fall 1923.

So if anything goes for Japanese sandwiches, why not pour some Japanese whisky in there too? That’s the latest plan from Fuji Baking, which has created the Whisky Bonbon Snack Sandwich together with ...

The fruit of century-old craftsmanship, Japanese malt was long kept a secret. Since the early 2000s, French consumers have ...