All Japan News Blog
2020-08-26
By Yuji Matsumoto For this issue I have put together pointers for restaurants and retail stores to sell Japanese sake and also important points for distributors in differentiation. Grasp what customer...
2020-08-21
By Kosuke Kuji Due to the global novel coronavirus pandemic, the entire world is still fighting the coronavirus today. Since the Japanese constitution does not allow for a nationally enforced shutdown...
2020-08-12
by Ryuji Takahashi Just when I was longing for a break, feeling fatigued by daily updates on the coronavirus coming in from both the government and the city of Tokyo impacted by the virus, an end was ...
2020-08-05
by Yuji Matsumoto The logo is an important symbol that represents the product of a company. When reviewing products popular worldwide, each company studies how to best advertise their logos to have th...
2020-07-30
by Kosuke Kuji As the novel coronavirus raged across Japan in March, many restaurants voluntarily shortened their business hours or shut down. Since the state of emergency was declared, citizens were ...
2020-07-09
Tokyo Jizake Strolling (The Future Direction of Japanese Sake) While the coronavirus threat is starting to subside in Tokyo, most residents are still in quarantine with some hesitant to step into rest...
2020-07-01
By Yuji Matsumoto 1. Cold or Hot Many people think that high quality sake should be enjoyed chilled, but that is wrong. Compared to not needing to worry about the temperature for the better quality sa...
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 ...