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Kirin Brewery names Managing Director Kato president

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co.'s Managing Director Kazuyasu Kato (R) will succeed Koichiro Aramaki (L) as president once the appointment is approved at a board meeting to follow a shareholders meeting in late March, company officials said Jan. 16. Aramaki will become chairman.

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Kirin to offer '3rd-category' beer-like alcoholic drink in April

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. President Koichiro Aramaki promotes his company's beer-like sparkling alcoholic beverage at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8. Kirin becomes the third among Japan's four biggest beer brewers after Suntory Ltd. and Sapporo Breweries Ltd. to enter the so-called ''third category'' of the beer market.

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Kirin to launch test sales of beer in self-cooling keg

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. President Koichiro Aramaki (R) explains about a draft beer product contained in a self-cooling keg that does not use electricity or cooling devices at a media briefing in Tokyo on June 24. Kirin will launch test sales of the new product at select liquor stores in Tokyo on July 15.

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LDP's Aramaki wins Fukuoka Pref. lower house by-election

KURUME, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate Ryuzo Aramaki, 30, shouts ''banzai'' in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 27 as he emerges the winner of a House of Representatives by-election in the Fukuoka No. 6 constituency.

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Aramaki named Kirin's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Aramaki, senior managing director of Kirin Brewery Co., attends a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15 after the major Japanese brewing company said it plans to appoint him as president to succeed Yasuhiro Sato. His appointment will be formally approved at a board meeting in late March following a shareholders' meeting.

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Kirin names senior managing director Aramaki as chief

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Aramaki (R), senior managing director of Kirin Brewery Co., shake hands with Kirin President Yasuhiro Sato at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15. The company announced that Aramaki, 61, will succeed Sato as president of the major brewery. The appointment will be formally approved at a board meeting in late March following a shareholders' meeting to be convened at that time.

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Kirin Brewery names Managing Director Kato president

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co.'s Managing Director Kazuyasu Kato (R) will succeed Koichiro Aramaki (L) as president once the appointment is approved at a board meeting to follow a shareholders meeting in late March, company officials said Jan. 16. Aramaki will become chairman. (Kyodo)

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Kirin to launch test sales of beer in self-cooling keg

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. President Koichiro Aramaki (R) explains about a draft beer product contained in a self-cooling keg that does not use electricity or cooling devices at a media briefing in Tokyo on June 24. Kirin will launch test sales of the new product at select liquor stores in Tokyo on July 15. (Kyodo)

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Kirin to offer '3rd-category' beer-like alcoholic drink in April

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. President Koichiro Aramaki promotes his company's beer-like sparkling alcoholic beverage at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8. Kirin becomes the third among Japan's four biggest beer brewers after Suntory Ltd. and Sapporo Breweries Ltd. to enter the so-called ''third category'' of the beer market. (Kyodo)

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LDP's Aramaki wins Fukuoka Pref. lower house by-election

KURUME, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate Ryuzo Aramaki, 30, shouts ''banzai'' in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 27 as he emerges the winner of a House of Representatives by-election in the Fukuoka No. 6 constituency. (Kyodo)

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Kirin names senior managing director Aramaki as chief

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Aramaki (R), senior managing director of Kirin Brewery Co., shake hands with Kirin President Yasuhiro Sato at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15. The company announced that Aramaki, 61, will succeed Sato as president of the major brewery. The appointment will be formally approved at a board meeting in late March following a shareholders' meeting to be convened at that time.

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Aramaki named Kirin's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Aramaki, senior managing director of Kirin Brewery Co., attends a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15 after the major Japanese brewing company said it plans to appoint him as president to succeed Yasuhiro Sato. His appointment will be formally approved at a board meeting in late March following a shareholders' meeting.