OKAYA, Japan (AP) — Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled in the foothills ...

HONOLULU (ISLAND NEWS) -- The poet Rudyard Kipling famously wrote, "East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." Except... in some new sake brews by a celebrated Champagne maker.

TOKYO >> The gentle lilt of a flute fills a tight second-story space in Tokyo that houses a burbling vat of fermenting sake. The bacteria in the 670-liter (147-gallon) tank will take more than two ...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Hot Springs is known for its tourism industry. Thousands flock to the Spa City during breaks from school, but a new business has been trying to draw a different type of crowd— one ...

The traditional Japanese drink is brewed (not distilled) from rice, yeast, water and koji, a mold that converts the rice starch into sugar. Premium sakes might add some distilled alcohol. Sometimes ...