Every day, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) conduct experiments that deepen our understanding of the universe. However, occasionally, they also carry out missions funded by ...

The sake business is reaching new heights. A Japanese sake maker wants to make an alcoholic beverage in space. Asahi Shuzo, the company behind the popular sake brand Dassai, plans to blast ingredients ...

Japanese scientists have launched the world’s first experiment to ferment sake in space, aiming to determine whether microbial brewing processes can function in lunar gravity. Conducted aboard the ...

Rice is Japanese sake’s main raw ingredient and a critical factor in determining quality. Approximately 3% of Japan’s total rice production is used for sake brewing, and the types of rice used to make ...

Bottles of Dassai 23 sake are seen at Asahi Shuzo Co's facility in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, on July 7, 2022. A Japanese sake maker is going where no sake maker has gone before: space.

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 ...

The old way of making Japanese sake is finally getting its due. This week, UNESCO officially added the Japanese rice wine to its list of the "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.” More ...

For Fukunari Wakabayashi, sake brewing isn’t just a craft — it’s a living expression of harmony between people, nature, and ...

A Japanese sake maker is going where no sake maker has gone before: space.Asahi Shuzo, the company behind the popular Japanese sake brand Dassai, plans to blast sake ingredients to the International ...

A Japanese sake maker is going where no sake maker has gone before: space A Japanese sake maker is going where no sake maker has gone before: space A Japanese sake ...