{
  "id": 2786537,
  "title": "Japanese Amazake Rice Drink Sees Increased Popularity Year-Round, Overseas",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/japanese-amazake-rice-drink-sees-increased-popularity-year-round",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T07:10:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/features/delicious/20260823-344356/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Amazake, a Japanese fermented rice drink, is seeing increasing popularity year-round, including as a chilled drink during the hot summer.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}