TOCHIGI, Japan -- As Japan's sake market shrinks, a 150-year-old brewery north of Tokyo has launched a premium sake brand priced at up to 100,000 yen ($656) a bottle, aiming to tap luxury dining markets in major U.S. and European cities.
Nishibori Brewery also eyes overseas market with newly launched whisky

Tetsuya Nishibori, the sixth-generation brewer of Nishibori Shuzo, created a whisky distillery inside the brewery. (Photo by Yutaro Yokoyama)
TOCHIGI, Japan -- As Japan's sake market shrinks, a 150-year-old brewery north of Tokyo has launched a premium sake brand priced at up to 100,000 yen ($656) a bottle, aiming to tap luxury dining markets in major U.S. and European cities.