{
  "id": 6397017,
  "title": "Sake from Yamaguchi Pref. Wins Top Award in Int'l Contest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/sake-from-yamaguchi-pref-wins-top-award-in-intl-contest",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-09T07:51:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026090900330/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "London, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Sake from Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, won the top prize in the Japanese rice wine category at the annual International Wine Challenge, one of the world's largest wine competitions, on Tuesday. The 2026 Champion Sake award went to \"Tenbi Junmai Ginjo Hotaten,\" brewed by Choshu Sake Brewery Corp. in the city of Shimonoseki. It is the first time a sake fr...",
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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."
}