The Daily Yomiuri newspaper reported yesterday that Asahi Breweries Ltd. has taken back the top spot in the beer market in Japan after two years in second place to Kirin. Asahi was top in the first half of 2010 with 37.1% of sales followed by Kirin with 36.4%, Suntory 13.4%, Sapporo 12.3% and bravely bringing [...]
With the on-coming onslaught of the unbearably humid Japanese summer Beer manufacturers in Japan are finding ways to maximise their sales, and big supermarket chain Aeon recently launched a ￥88 ($1) daisan (beer-like drink) onto the market. Tax on alcohol is (compared to say the UK) very cheap, with whiskeys and other spirits in off-licenses [...]
As anyone who has a passing interest in football – and that doesn’t describe me – knows, there’s the World Cup taking place this year in South Africa. Now, I have no interest in football, but I do have perhaps more than a passing interest in Japanese beers, so this new can design caught my [...]
Well, it appears the merger talks between Kirin Holdings and Suntory Holdings have broken down. What could have been one of the biggest drinks company in the world “Kirin Suntory” has come to nothing. Basically it seems the Suntory family who own 90% of the Suntory shares were demanding a larger portion of the new [...]
