Could drinking help the environment and rural communities? You might be surprised. Researchers in Japan have figured out how to make drinkable alcohol from wood, and the knock-on effects are much ...

The ready-to-drink cocktail sector of the Japanese beverage industry, as well as the corresponding cooler cases at Japanese convenience stores, can get pretty crowded. Suntory has carved out a nice ...

The government said Friday it will retract its plan to ask financial institutions to ensure restaurants follow the ban on serving alcohol during the latest state of emergency, only a day after it put ...

This unrelated photo shows customers making a toast at a beer garden in Sapporo's Chuo Ward in June 2021. (Mainichi/Junichi Tsuchiya) TOKYO -- With the rainy season over in some parts of Japan and ...

A survey in Japan found that while nearly half of respondents had drunk alcohol in public spaces outdoors, more than twice as many people opposed the practice as supported it. In early August, Recruit ...

TOKYO -- Japan has decided to relax some restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, unveiling plans to allow restaurants to serve alcohol and permit vaccinated people to travel from this ...

Expenditures on alcohol at izakaya and other restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic plummeted by more than half, but people enjoying drinks at home increased. On April 23, the government declared ...

Twenty-five years after the deaths of two rescuers trying to help a drunk passenger at a Tokyo station shocked Japan and spurred safety upgrades, platform doors and other safeguards have reduced ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan -- A small sake brewery is trying to grab a slice of Japan's market for nonalcoholic drinks, which is taking off as more consumers choose to be sober for health or other personal ...