Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. Fermentation has become a keyword these days, not just among chefs but the ...

Earlier this spring I was invited to the house of a Japanese friend, for the celebration of Hinamatsuri, a day to celebrate female children and to bring them health and happiness. In honor of the ...

Food waste, including leftover rice from making onigiris, is turned into high-value animal feed through fermentation (Credit: Rachel Nuwer) Rachel Nuwer gets a firsthand look at a unique fermentation ...

Everywhere you look there is something fermented. The main gallery of the Kanaz Forest of Creation museum in Fukui, Japan, is packed with displays of 47 different fermented foods, one from each of the ...

There is a saying, 'Food and medicine share the same origin.' It means that food and medicine ultimately come from the same root. If you think about it, what we eat and how we take care of our bodies ...

When you think of fermentation, soy sauce is probably one of the first things that comes to mind. But if you ask Takashi Sato, president and the 8th-generation owner of San-J—the renowned tamari soy ...

BANDUNG, INDONESIA – February 6, 2026 – Dr. Kengo Suzuki, Representative Director of Tsunan Sake Brewery Co., Ltd.(Headquarters: Tsunan, Niigata, Japan) and a pioneer in microalgae biotechnology, ...

Renowned for its fermented sushi, pickled foods and sake, Shiga Prefecture is justly nicknamed the “fermentation kingdom.” In the northeastern corner of the prefecture, on the shore of Lake Yogo, is a ...