Japan has a matcha shortage despite record levels of production. Shops are selling out of the green tea powder as soon as they hit the shelves. On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks ...

SHIZUOKA—Long the top tea-growing prefecture in Japan, Shizuoka has been surpassed ... Shizuoka Prefecture plans to focus on exports as the domestic green tea market has been shrinking.

Back in 2001, a cafe chain called Nana’s Green Tea opened in Tokyo’s Jiyugaoka, a neighborhood famous for delicious desserts. Now, over 20 years later, the chain has become so popular it has 68 ...