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Echizen (current Fukui / Ishikawa Prefecture), Etchu (current Toyama Prefecture) and Echigo (current Niigata Prefecture)--these old area names all have something in common. The first part is the kanji meaning to “to crossover” or “to pass through”, and it derives from the geographical location of people “having to go beyond” this region to get to the emperor when the center of Japan was in Kyoto.

The Wallpaper* best whiskies edit features some of the world’s rarest and finest, including an 80-year-old Scotch and a 55-year-old Japanese whisky

Multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) manufacturer Murata Manufacturing Co’s decision to suspend some production lines at a key plant in Japan to fight a COVID-19 cluster infection there could lead to order transfers for high-end products, but the short-term revenue benefits for Taiwanese firms would be limited, Capital Investment Management Corp (群益投顧) said yesterday. “We believe that the effect of order transfers remains to be seen, as the first quarter is a low season for consumer passive components in the Greater China region and the demand is weak,” Capital Investment wrote in...

From the best single malt to the key qualities you should look out for in a good whisky, we've compiled a list of some of the best Japanese whiskies or gifts this year and how to choose them.

Up until recently, there was some debate as to which Japanese whisky had become the most expensive one to be sold at auction. In 2018, a 50-year-old Yamazaki went for HK$2,695,000 (S$471,000). Two years later, someone paid £363,000 ($653,000) for a 52-year-old Karuizawa. The lack of a clear winner was due to currency exchange rate arguments, but that all became...