Japan never even cracks the Top 10. Bourbon deserves better. Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs ...

announced that it was buying Beam Inc., thus acquiring the iconic American bourbon brands Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark. In Japan, the ability to perfectly imitate—and even improve upon—the ...

TSUYAMA, Okayama Prefecture--It might not be to everyone’s taste but chocolate based on a recipe from the Edo Period (1603-1867) is now on sale in Japan. The brainchild of an enterprising ...

SAPPORO--Plans are brewing here to produce a Hokkaido brand of “bourbon” made from local ingredients ... the largest corn production area in Japan. The project initiated by the Hokkaido ...