About the Magazine
The Whisky & Spirits Journal Japan is a full-color, coffee table-style magazine in English published twice yearly. It is A4 size, 120-pages, and printed on high-quality matte paper with a glued spine. Its features are long-form journalistic pieces that provide in-depth interviews and commentary on the history, culture, and geography of the places where beverages are produced. The magazine avoids ratings and reviews in favor of the rich, untold stories of the industry. The thoughtful writing is balanced with beautiful photography
Bright Wave Media
Bright Wave Media, Inc. is Japan’s leading English-language media company for food, beverage, and travel in Japan. In 2009, it launched the first and only international magazine in Yokohama, the bilingual Yokohama Seasider magazine. In 2010, it launched Japan’s first craft beer magazine, the bilingual Japan Beer Times. This title now has over 70,000 readers each issue. It is distributed nationwide in Japan and to subscribers overseas. Then in 2014, it launched Sake Today, the world’s first sake magazine. It has a quarterly readership of over 10,000, and is distributed to subscribers in over twenty countries.