This supplied photo shows bottles of popular Japanese whiskies, which satisfy industry standards set by the Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Makers Association. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A spirits ...

Whisky Business: City AM’s monthly look at the world of whisky. April 1st marked Japanese Whisky Day, the annual event designed to celebrate and showcase Japanese whisky. While the drink has gained ...

After years of confusion (and sometimes intentional obfuscation), Japanese whisky finally got a set of standards and regulations in 2021… that were completely voluntary. Then last year, those ...

Japanese whisky, just like Scotch and bourbon, is a delicious spirit worth sipping.One of its shining stars is Suntory Toki.. When I asked Suntory chief blender Shinji Fukuyo to sum up Toki at an ...

This large house on the High Street beside the Black Bull Inn, belonged to the Whitelaw family, and then the Cowans. Rita (Jessie Roberta) Cowan (1896 - 1961), became known as 'the mother of Japanese ...

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The guidelines were set by the Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Makers Association (JSLMA). In 2021, its members unanimously adopted voluntary standards: To be labeled Japanese whisky, a spirit must contain ...

Japanese whisky, on the other hand, has had a tumultuous up-and-down cycle, peaking in the 1970s/1980s before crashing down in the 1990s and 2000s to a fraction of its former high.

Annual exports of Japanese whisky were worth 56 billion yen ($370 million) in 2022 — 14 times more than a decade earlier. In 2023, this figure eased to 50 billion yen.