The government accepted a request from Okinawan producers of awamori, the well-known spirit of the southernmost prefecture, to reduce the tax break over 10 years to May 2032 instead of ...

Now, Japanese overseas as well as Japanese government are looking to promote Awamori, an alcoholic beverage indigenous to Okinawa. Awamori is a distilled spirit, made of Thai-mai (long grain rice ...

UNESCO added Japan's traditional techniques for making sake, shochu and awamori to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list.