[Chinese] On July 28, 2019, police from seven different cities simultaneously announced that they had detained social media users who had posted content deemed "anti-China" and "Japanese in spirit." ...

You may not have heard of shochu, the most important traditional Japanese spirit. Or, you may have tasted it but never realized you did—lately, bartenders started using this versatile liquor in ...

When speaking about rice wines, one usually thinks of sake, either warmed up or drunk cold to pair with some sushi or some izakaya fare. A drink brewed from polished rice, water, yeast, and koji ...

The occasion? A discreet ceremony recognising him as one of the world’s foremost advocates for the traditional Japanese spirit. Just five years ago, nobody in their right mind would have pegged ...

Our explorer visits a dojo to gain an insight into the training of spirit, body and mind. It's kind of hard to imagine that Japan used to be full of samurai people walking with swords along the ...