MORIOKA—A sake brewery will use pandemic-related issues to create gin and vodka with distinctively local characteristics. Nanbu Bijin Co., based in Ninohe in Iwate Prefecture, said it will ...

The versatile Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice can be enjoyed chilled or warm and sipped solo or paired ...

MORIOKA--Stuck with a surplus of rice after sales of its sake nose-dived, the Nanbu Bijin Co. brewery in the city of Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture, branched out to produce gin and vodka to reverse its ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. Japanese spirits are celebrating their new era these days. In 2015, Japanese whisky became ...