For the first time earlier this year, a renowned Japanese shochu distillery shipped four of its products to India -- a destination previously never on the company's itinerary due in part to that country's strict religious beliefs.Boasting the world's largest population with over 1.4 billion people, the South Asian country is gradually garnering attention as a potential expanding market for sake and the distilled spirit shochu, Japan's two signature alcoholic drinks with mass global appeal.Hamada Syuzou Co., founded in 1868 in Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, delivered the contain…READ FULL ARTICLE