One of their destinations was a 600-year-old factory in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. The factory makes koji spore ― Japan's "national mold" ― and supplies it to brewers of sake and makers ...

"Koji" mold, which is key to sake production and is called "the mold of the nation," has been developed in Japan since ancient times. With traditional sake production's addition to the UNESCO list ...

From Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima to Koji Uehara and Masataka Yoshida, the Boston Red Sox have had their fair share ...

Japan's trade minister says he has not gotten assurances from U.S. officials that the key U.S. ally will be exempt from ...

The products include fermented salted squid, senbei rice crackers and Japanese sake. Authorities in Taiwan say they found records that two firms there imported products containing the beni-koji ...

Veteran Japanese actor Yakusho Koji will be feted with the prestigious lifetime achievement honor at the 18th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong. Yakusho, who won best actor at Cannes in 2023 for Wim ...

UNESCO on Dec. 4 registered the “traditional knowledge and skills of sake making with ‘koji’ mold in Japan” as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. The decision to accept Japan’s proposal ...

Koji Fukada is set to direct “Love on Trial,” a film inspired by real cases in Japan where J-Pop idols have been sued for violating “no relationship” contracts. “Love on Trial” reteams ...

“Hypnosis Mic – Division Rap Battle-,” the world’s first commercially released interactive animated movie, is breaking new ground since its Feb. 21 Japanese debut. The film allows ...