Fukushima's sake captures top prize in Int'l Wine Challenge

Fukushima's sake captures top prize in Int'l Wine Challenge

Hiroyuki Karahashi (C), president of Homare Sake Brewery Co. in the northeastern Japanese city of Kitakata in Fukushima Prefecture, receives the highest award in the field of the Japanese sake for his "Aizu Homare" brand in the International Wine Challenge in London on July 16, 2015. As Fukushima has been hit by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters, he said he expects the award to encourage children in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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