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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows a Kaku bottle and a Kaku highball.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows (from right to left) Hakushu, Kakubotto, and Yamazaki.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo from left to right: Masanori Morimoto, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Spirits Division, and Yoshio Myojo, General Manager of Blender Office.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows Masanori Morimoto, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Spirits Division.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows a Kaku bottle and a Kaku highball.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows Kaku bottle.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows (from right to left) Hakushu, Kakubotto, and Yamazaki.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows Masaki Morimoto, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Spirits Division.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows Masaki Morimoto, Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Spirits Division.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Suntory Whisky “Bimi Quality” press conference

Suntory Whiskey held a press conference for Whiskey Day. Photo shows Yoshio Myojo, General Manager of the Blender Office.=October 8,2024,Tokyo

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Scotch on 'Alaskan rock'

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo bar LoiteR serves Scotch whisky with what the owner Ryota Nanba says is ice dug up from Alaskan permafrost. This so-called Scotch on ''Alaskan rock'' is part of a sales campaign launched by Kirin Brewery Co. to perk up the consumption of whisky in Japan. Kirin officials say the company, the distributor of Scotch whisky Shevas Regal in Japan, has contracted for 7 tons of Alaskan permafrost ice from a licensed U.S. dealer. The ice is being distributed for free to more than 600 bars in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya that are participating in the Kirin campaign, and customers ordering a Chevas in these bars can ask for Alaskan ice to go with their whisky. As sake and other Japanese liquors have been nibbling away at the non-native alcohol market, the consumption of whisky in Japan has reportedly fallen below 100,000 kiloliters a year from a peak of 380,000 kl in 1983.

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Suntory's sheep-shaped whisky bottles

OSAKA, Japan - Sheep-shaped whisky bottles move on a production line at Suntory Yamazaki Distillery in Shimamoto Town, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2014. The Japanese distiller will release the product in November since 2015 is the Year of the Sheep.

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Comedian Nishikawa, actress Natsuki before 'Massan' tram

OSAKA, Japan - Comedian Kiyoshi Nishikawa (L) and actress Yoko Natsuki stand in front of a Hankai Tramway Co. streetcar made in the 1920s on Oct. 9, 2014, in Osaka, western Japan. The streetcar sports logos and images of public broadcaster NHK's morning serial drama "Massan" in which the two play roles. The drama is based on the life story of Masataka Taketsuru, founder of Nikka Whisky and considered the "Father of Japanese whisky," and his wife Rita.

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Leads of upcoming NHK drama interviewed in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama (L) and U.S. actress Charlotte Kate Fox, a pair of leads in public broadcaster NHK's new serial morning drama "Massan," attend a press conference at a distillery of Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. in Yoichi, Hokkaido Prefecture, on June 2, 2014. The program, featuring the life of Japanese whiskey pioneer Masataka Taketsuru, will start in September.

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Japanese whisky bar in Britain

LONDON, Britain - Niya Martin, the manager of a new whisky bar in London called "Mizuwari," makes a highball with Japanese whisky in February 2013.

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Japanese whisky bar in Britain

LONDON, Britain - Niya Martin, the manager of a new whisky bar called "Mizuwari," is pictured behind the counter, on which bottles of Japanese whisky are lined up, in London in February 2013.

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Japanese whisky from Saitama Pref. striking right notes overseas

SAITAMA, Japan - In this photo taken Sept. 14, 2009, Ichiro Akuto, 44-year-old president of Venture Whisky, poses in front of a copper still at the Chichibu Distillery in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture.

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Bottle of whisky offered for 1,111 yen

OSAKA, Japan - Housewives look at a bottle of whisky offered for 1,111 yen by an Osaka department store in celebration of the day of ''Six Ones,'' the 11th day of the 11th month in 11th year of the Japanese era of Heisei.

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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Japanese doctor Hiroya Sugano (2nd from L) pours bourbon whisky from a World War II-blackened canteen into the waters of Pearl Harbor in Honolulu as an offering to the spirits of the fallen on Dec. 6, 2022.

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Scotch on 'Alaskan rock'

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo bar LoiteR serves Scotch whisky with what the owner Ryota Nanba says is ice dug up from Alaskan permafrost. This so-called Scotch on ''Alaskan rock'' is part of a sales campaign launched by Kirin Brewery Co. to perk up the consumption of whisky in Japan. Kirin officials say the company, the distributor of Scotch whisky Shevas Regal in Japan, has contracted for 7 tons of Alaskan permafrost ice from a licensed U.S. dealer. The ice is being distributed for free to more than 600 bars in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya that are participating in the Kirin campaign, and customers ordering a Chevas in these bars can ask for Alaskan ice to go with their whisky. As sake and other Japanese liquors have been nibbling away at the non-native alcohol market, the consumption of whisky in Japan has reportedly fallen below 100,000 kiloliters a year from a peak of 380,000 kl in 1983. (Kyodo)

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Filming of NHK's television drama series "Massan" ends

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (L) and Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama receive flowers at Nikka Whisky Distilling Co.'s distillery in Yoichi on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Feb. 23, 2015, as filming ended the same day of public broadcaster NHK's television drama series featuring the life of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka known as the father of Japan's whisky industry, and his Scottish wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan. In the drama series "Massan" to be broadcast until March 28, Fox stars as Ellie Kameyama, based on Rita, and Tamayama plays Masaharu Kameyama, based on Taketsuru. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Filming of NHK's television drama series "Massan" ends

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (L) and Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama celebrate at Nikka Whisky Distilling Co.'s distillery in Yoichi on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Feb. 23, 2015, as filming ended the same day of public broadcaster NHK's television drama series featuring the life of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka known as the father of Japan's whisky industry, and his Scottish wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan. In the drama series "Massan" to be broadcast until March 28, Fox stars as Ellie Kameyama, based on Rita, and Tamayama plays Masaharu Kameyama, based on Taketsuru. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's smallest whisky distiller chases big dream

Eight rare "washback" casks, or fermentation tanks, made of "mizunara" Japanese oak are lined up in front of two Scotland-made copper pot stills at Venture Whisky Ltd.'s distillery in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 22, 2015. Ichiro Akuto, who began producing whisky at the distillery in 2008, hopes to offer 10-year-old whisky when Japan hosts the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Science topics discussed every night at bar in Kobe

Customers discuss the correlation of hunger and the Ebola virus over whisky and cocktails at "Science Bar Basara" in the western Japanese port city of Kobe on Aug. 15, 2015. Its owner, Toru Ueda, a former biology associate professor at Akita Prefectural University, is seeking to make the place a European-style science cafe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Appetite for Japanese flavors spreads from food to cocktails in London

Photo taken in London on June 24, 2015 shows Richard Woods, head of spirit and cocktail development at SushiSamba. Woods created the Kobe cocktail which mixes Kobe beef fat with Japanese whisky in a technique called "fat-washing." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suntory's sheep-shaped whisky bottles

OSAKA, Japan - Sheep-shaped whisky bottles move on a production line at Suntory Yamazaki Distillery in Shimamoto Town, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2014. The Japanese distiller will release the product in November since 2015 is the Year of the Sheep. (Kyodo)

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Comedian Nishikawa, actress Natsuki before 'Massan' tram

OSAKA, Japan - Comedian Kiyoshi Nishikawa (L) and actress Yoko Natsuki stand in front of a Hankai Tramway Co. streetcar made in the 1920s on Oct. 9, 2014, in Osaka, western Japan. The streetcar sports logos and images of public broadcaster NHK's morning serial drama "Massan" in which the two play roles. The drama is based on the life story of Masataka Taketsuru, founder of Nikka Whisky and considered the "Father of Japanese whisky," and his wife Rita. (Kyodo)

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

An Irish supporter holds a banner with a message written in Japanese that reads, "Ireland is world No. 1 in beer, whisky and rugby," ahead of a Rugby World Cup Pool A match against Scotland in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 22, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. thirst rises for Japanese whisky

Japanese whisky distiller Suntory Holdings Ltd. holds a sampling event at a clothing store in New York in May 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese whisky advertised in London to attract more visitors

British food and beverage writers taste high-end Japanese whisky and gin during an event at the Japanese Embassy in London on Sept. 29, 2016. The Japan National Tourism Organization organized the event in a bid to whet the appetites of British people and attract more visitors to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese whisky advertised in London to attract more visitors

British food and beverage writers taste high-end Japanese whisky and gin during an event at the Japanese Embassy in London on Sept. 29, 2016. The Japan National Tourism Organization organized the event in a bid to whet the appetites of British people and attract more visitors to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese whisky from Saitama Pref. striking right notes overseas

SAITAMA, Japan - In this photo taken Sept. 14, 2009, Ichiro Akuto, 44-year-old president of Venture Whisky, poses in front of a copper still at the Chichibu Distillery in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Japanese whisky from Saitama Pref. striking right notes overseas

SAITAMA, Japan - In this photo taken Sept. 14, 2009, Ichiro Akuto, 44-year-old president of Venture Whisky, poses in front of a copper still at the Chichibu Distillery in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Bottle of whisky offered for 1,111 yen

OSAKA, Japan - Housewives look at a bottle of whisky offered for 1,111 yen by an Osaka department store in celebration of the day of ''Six Ones,'' the 11th day of the 11th month in 11th year of the Japanese era of Heisei.