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Once taboo, more Japanese women are brewing sake

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Only 33 female toji are registered in Japan ’s Toji Guild Association out of more than a thousand breweries nationwide.

Women were largely excluded from sake production until after World War II .

The gradual breakdown of gender barriers has created space for more women to work in sake production.

Sake is made by fermenting steamed rice with koji mold , which converts starch into sugar.

Japan 's sake industry has seen a steady decline since its peak in the 1970s .

Today ’s total production volume is about a quarter of what it was 50 years ago .

Koten is among many Japanese breweries trying to find a wider market both domestically and abroad.

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85

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88

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73

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informal

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English

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46

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long-living

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