All Japan News Blog
2020-06-25
The year 2020 started as an exciting year with Japan to host the Tokyo Olympics. No one anticipated the unexpected coronavirus pandemic that swept the world merely several months later. Japanese laws ...
2020-06-15
Business districts throughout Tokyo are quiet as restaurants are dealt a major blow by the shutdown enforced due to the latest COVID-19 pandemic. Sales decline as transactions stopped for sake shops w...
2020-06-04
Sake Tasting To be able to taste sake, the most importing to do is to identify and set your own tasting criteria. The criteria are not based on one’s preferences, so one must find the foundation that ...
2020-05-28
I covered in my previous column that many media outlets are recently covering Japanese sake. In this issue, I’d like to introduce the NHK program, “The Mark of Beauty” (https://www4.nhk.or.jp/tsubo/)....
2020-05-13
By Ryuji Takahashi Currently, the impact of COVID-19 Coronavirus is felt worldwide as many regions are self-confined to their homes. The virus is surely a serious problem not to be taken lightly, for ...
2020-05-06
By Ayaka Ito An event of pairing of Japanese sake and chocolate was held. The chocolate for this event was picked from the selection from Dandelion Chocolate shop, one of the very few places in the wo...
2020-04-29
NHK News Program “Today’s Close-up” By Kosuke Kuji Japanese sake is a central product in “Cool Japan Strategy” implemented by the Japanese government and increasingly featured recently by many media o...
2020-04-22
The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation set up the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund to help restaurant industry employees experiencing hardship in the wake of the coronavirus disease...
2020-04-06
Where you can most likely predict the taste of wines from grape variety, vintage or production area, there is no standard to evaluate the taste of Japanese Sake. There is an identification of Daiginjo...
2020-03-30
A significant promotional group for Awasake was launched. On January 28, Japan Awasake Association was a historic day where approximately 30 members from the Liberal Democratic Party Parliament member...
