Yamazaki is the first single malt Japanese whisky and has become the flagship whisky of Suntory Whisky distillery and brewery. Blended whisky, lead by Suntory Whisky, was in its prime in Japan at the start of the 1980s. Despite that fact, Suntory Whisky had already begun looking ahead to the future in search of an answer. One that would come in the form of a 100% malt whisky.