The effect has been especially pronounced in Japan, where the older population--which tends to drink more--is shrinking rapidly. Just 7.8 percent of Japanese people in their 20s were regular ...

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 ...

On the 6th, CHOSUNBIZ examined about 30 liquor-related stocks listed on the major stock exchanges in the U.S., France, the U.K., Italy, Japan, China, and South Korea. Last year, the stock prices ...

Fukano Whisky was born by accident. In fact, it was originally born as shochu, a traditional Japanese distilled liquor – and it was sitting in a warehouse for decades waiting only to be obsolete.

TOKYO -- The market for the South Korean liquor Chamisul is expanding in Japan, as it is a surprise favorite among young people whose generation is said to shy away from drinking, with the trend ...

Shochu is a Japanese liquor that is typically made from rice, sweet potatoes, or barley, and like sake, is distilled with a mold that is used to saccharify starches known as koji. Although it may ...

Not to be confused with soju, the clear spirit based out of Korea, shochu is also a clear, low ABV Japanese liquor that's been around for centuries. But in recent years it's become popular in ...

Double Lemon, for example, uses shochu, a traditional Japanese liquor distilled usually from sweet potatoes. Also complicating the strategy, the canned cocktail market is highly fragmented and ...