Japan has a tasty sandwich secret that the rest of the world is catching onto. This is the type of bread to use if you want ...

Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) ...

The average price of Japanese rice sold to wholesalers by suppliers in October struck a record high on rising production costs, government data showed Tuesday, despite forecasts that the price would ...

(Mainichi/Shuichi Kanzaki) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average price of Japanese rice sold to wholesalers by suppliers in October struck a record high on rising production costs, government data showed ...

But after a visit to a traditional izakaya (a Japanese-style pub) where I experienced a variety of sakes — none of which were served hot — it was a revelation of what this rice wine could be.

For a product to be categorized Japanese sake, the rice must be Japanese ... The big cedar-leaves ball hanging under the eaves is a symbol of a shrine for the god of sake-making.

At its entrance, an ancient stone pathway under a prominent olive tree, a symbol of the Mediterranean region, leads visitors into a garden featuring Mediterranean and Japanese plantings ...

OME (AP) -- Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing ...