Japanese whisky finally got a set of standards and regulations in 2021… that were completely voluntary. Then last year, those rules became official… except they were still voluntary. Still, many of ...

The shortage sent prices into the stratosphere. A set of 54 bottles from Ichiro’s Malt, a trailblazer in Japanese craft whisky, sold for $1.5 million in 2020 at a Hong Kong auction. Last week ...

A spirits producers association is seeking to have its standards for Japanese whisky given legal force to stop products that ...

While Japanese whisky has its origins in Scotch, it is usually designed with balance in mind rather than a single dominant ...

Just 430 bottles will be available worldwide at ... a 22-year-old blended malt that incorporates whisky from a now-shuttered Japanese whisky maker. Back in 2000, the Hanyu Distillery in Saitama ...

However, since the JSLMA is a trade association, it doesn’t have the authority to compel companies to comply with its rules, so it’s currently still legal for companies to bottle imported whisky in ...