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Yebisu Brewery Tokyo

Photo taken on April 2, 2024, shows brewing pots at Sapporo Breweries Ltd.'s Yebisu Brewery Tokyo facility in Tokyo.

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Yebisu Brewery Tokyo

Photo taken on April 2, 2024, shows Sapporo Breweries Ltd.'s Yebisu Brewery Tokyo facility in Tokyo.

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Namibia hosts 63rd Windhoek Oktoberfest

STORY: Namibia hosts 63rd Windhoek Oktoberfest DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:40 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the festival celebrations STORYLINE: The 63rd edition of the Windhoek Oktoberfest concluded on Saturday in the Namibian capital of Windhoek. The two-day event featured a diverse array of culinary delights and beverages, including the traditional Festbier, exclusively brewed for the Windhoek Oktoberfest. "The Windhoek Oktoberfest is an event that is meticulously designed and eagerly anticipated by festival enthusiasts. As the Windhoek festival continues to attract a growing international audience, our goal is to provide a world-class festival experience," said Nico Gericke, project manager of Namibia Breweries Limited, in a statement. The traditional German beer festival takes place annually at the end of October, where nostalgic people bring out their Bavarian costumes and celebrate German culture. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Win

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-BEER-WEEKEND

(230902) -- BRUSSELS, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People enjoy beers at the 23rd Belgian Beer Weekend in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 2, 2023. More than 500 Belgian beers were presented by 53 breweries to the public during the event. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-BEER-WEEKEND

(230902) -- BRUSSELS, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People enjoy beers at the 23rd Belgian Beer Weekend in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 2, 2023. More than 500 Belgian beers were presented by 53 breweries to the public during the event. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-BEER-WEEKEND

(230902) -- BRUSSELS, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People enjoy beers at the 23rd Belgian Beer Weekend in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 2, 2023. More than 500 Belgian beers were presented by 53 breweries to the public during the event. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-BEER-WEEKEND

(230902) -- BRUSSELS, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man holds a glass of beer at the 23rd Belgian Beer Weekend in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 2, 2023. More than 500 Belgian beers were presented by 53 breweries to the public during the event. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-BEER-WEEKEND

(230902) -- BRUSSELS, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People attend the 23rd Belgian Beer Weekend in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 2, 2023. More than 500 Belgian beers were presented by 53 breweries to the public during the event. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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AUSTRALIA-CANBERRA-DAILY LIFE-WINTER FOOD FESTIVAL

(230624) -- CANBERRA, June 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People attend a winter food festival in Canberra, Australia, on June 24, 2023. A winter food festival was held on Saturday to provide street food and other products by local cafes, food trucks, wineries and breweries for customers. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-CANBERRA-DAILY LIFE-WINTER FOOD FESTIVAL

(230624) -- CANBERRA, June 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People season their snacks at a winter food festival in Canberra, Australia, on June 24, 2023. A winter food festival was held on Saturday to provide street food and other products by local cafes, food trucks, wineries and breweries for customers. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-CANBERRA-DAILY LIFE-WINTER FOOD FESTIVAL

(230624) -- CANBERRA, June 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People attend a winter food festival in Canberra, Australia, on June 24, 2023. A winter food festival was held on Saturday to provide street food and other products by local cafes, food trucks, wineries and breweries for customers. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-CANBERRA-DAILY LIFE-WINTER FOOD FESTIVAL

(230624) -- CANBERRA, June 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor patronizes a stall at a winter food festival in Canberra, Australia, on June 24, 2023. A winter food festival was held on Saturday to provide street food and other products by local cafes, food trucks, wineries and breweries for customers. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-CANBERRA-DAILY LIFE-WINTER FOOD FESTIVAL

(230624) -- CANBERRA, June 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People attend a winter food festival in Canberra, Australia, on June 24, 2023. A winter food festival was held on Saturday to provide street food and other products by local cafes, food trucks, wineries and breweries for customers. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)

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Asahi Breweries' 500,000 yen whisky

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Breweries Ltd. announced Sept. 26, 2014, that it will release 700 bottles of "The Nikka 40 Years Old" whisky, priced for 500,000 yen each, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding of Nikka Whisky Distilling Co.

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Japanese sake promoted in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese sake breweries promote sake at the Japanese ambassador's official residence in Seoul, South Korea, on Sept. 25, 2014.

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Brewers release new 'happoshu' sparkling beer products

TOKYO, Japan - Major Japanese brewers release new "happoshu" low-malt sparkling beers with no purine or sugar content in Tokyo on Sept. 2. From left are Tanrei Platinum Double by Kirin Brewery Co., Oishii Zero by Suntory Liquors Ltd. and Asahi Super Zero by Asahi Breweries Ltd.

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Japanese brewers present sake at British parliament event

LONDON, England - Kei Nakajima of "Nambu Bijin," a Japanese brewery in Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, poses with a bottle of Nambu Bijin sake in London on March 26, 2014. Five renowned Japanese breweries showcased their sake at a unique event at the Houses of Parliament in London the same day hosted by the British-Japanese Parliamentary Group to promote deeper understanding between the two cultures.

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Japanese breweries growing popular among foreign tourists

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors on a guided tour at Japanese sake brewer Kinshi-Masamune Co.'s Shintokiwagura plant in Kyoto, western Japan, watch the sake fermentation process as "koji" malted rice and yeast are mixed on Feb. 28, 2014. Amid the rising global popularity of Japanese cuisine, overseas tourists are showing an increasing interest in guided tours of Japanese breweries and distilleries.

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Japanese breweries growing popular among foreign tourists

OSAKA, Japan - Foreign tourists and other visitors taste samples during a guided tour at the Suntory Yamazaki Distillery in Shimamoto, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 27, 2014. Amid the rising global popularity of Japanese cuisine, overseas tourists are showing an increasing interest in guided tours of Japanese breweries and distilleries.

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Sake brewing tradition revived after 17 yrs in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - The sake brewing tradition of "koshiki-daoshi" (literally pulling down a rice-steaming pot) is held in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 22, 2014, for the first time in 17 years. In the rite, rice wine makers dress up with equipment used for producing sake and report to brewery owners the completion of brewing preparations. The tradition was resumed 10 years after a major earthquake in the area caused extensive damage including to sake breweries.

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Gourmet festival in Switzerland

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Photo shows representatives from Japanese sake breweries in Yamagata, Kyoto and Hiroshima prefectures taking part in the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Jan. 28, 2014.

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Asahi Breweries President Koji

TOKYO, Japan - Akiyoshi Koji, president of Asahi Breweries Ltd., holds a press conference in Tokyo to promote new products on Jan. 8, 2013.

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Ex-Asahi Breweries President Higuchi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 1999 shows former Asahi Breweries Ltd. President Hirotaro Higuchi (L) handing a report of the Economic Strategy Council as its chief to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. Higuchi, who launched the brewer's mega-hit beer Asahi Super Dry in 1987, died of acute cardiac failure at a hospital in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2012. He was 86.

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Ex-Asahi Breweries President Higuchi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2001 shows former Asahi Breweries Ltd. President Hirotaro Higuchi. Higuchi, who launched the brewer's mega-hit beer Asahi Super Dry in 1987, died of acute cardiac failure at a hospital in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2012. He was 86.

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New server fills cup with beer from bottom

OSAKA, Japan - A woman fills cups with beer from the bottom in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 5, 2012, using a new Asahi Breweries Ltd. server.

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Sapporo's Terasaka to be promoted to president in late March

TOKYO, Japan - Fumiaki Terasaka (L), senior managing director of Sapporo Breweries Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2010, after being nominated as successor to President Masaru Fukunaga (R). Terasaka will assume the presidency on March 25 while Fukunaga will become adviser to the company.

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Asahi Breweries to promote Izumiya to president

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Izumiya, senior managing director of Asahi Breweries Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010, after being nominated as the successor to President Hitoshi Ogita, who will become chairman. Izumiya will assume the presidency at a board meeting March 26.

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Asahi aiming for 1.6 tril. yen in sales by 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Ogita, president of Asahi Breweries Ltd., briefs reporters on the company's long-term business plan during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Ogita said the company is aiming to increase sales to 1.6 trillion yen in its 2012 business year as it looks to growth in Asia and other overseas beverage markets amid saturated demand at home.

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Asahi Breweries seeking to quadruple overseas sales to 200 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Breweries President Hitoshi Ogita speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. Asahi Breweries Ltd. will seek to quadruple its annual overseas sales from 50 billion yen at present to 200 billion yen through aggressive mergers and acquisitions, Ogita said.

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Sapporo to offer tastings of beer made with 'space' barley

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds two bottles of Space Barley beer from Sapporo Breweries Ltd. on Dec. 2, the world's first beer made with barley descending from plants grown inside the International Space Station. Sapporo said the same day it will hold tastings of Sapporo Space Barley in January, inviting a total of 30 couples through a lottery to the events at the company's six plants from Hokkaido to Oita Prefecture. The space brew is not available for sale.

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Sapporo makes beer from barley descending from space grown plants

NASU, Japan - Staffers at Sapporo Breweries Ltd.'s Nasu plant in Tochigi Prefecture put into pots barley descending from plants grown in outer space on Oct. 2, beginning to produce beer using the barley in the world's first-ever such undertaking. The brew will be completed by early November.

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Fukuchi becomes new head of NHK, faces bumpy road amid scandals

TOKYO, Japan - New NHK President Shigeo Fukuchi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 25. Fukuchi, former adviser of Asahi Breweries Ltd., is the first head of NHK, officially called Japan Broadcasting Corp., to hail from outside the public broadcaster in about 20 years.

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Fukuchi becomes new NHK head

TOKYO, Japan - Former Asahi Breweries Ltd. adviser Shigeo Fukuchi (file photo) became president of public broadcaster NHK on Jan. 25. Fukuchi is the first head of NHK, officially called Japan Broadcasting Corp., hailing from the outside in about 20 years. He succeeded Genichi Hashimoto, who stepped down Jan. 24 to take responsibility for the insider stock trading scandal, for a three-year term.

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Asahi Breweries' Fukuchi elected NHK president

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Breweries Ltd. adviser Shigeo Fukuchi speaks during a news conference on Dec. 25 after the management committee of Japan Broadcasting Corp., known as NHK, decided earlier in the day to appoint him as the new NHK president, replacing Genichi Hashimoto whose three-year term expires in January.

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Asahi Breweries to train farmers to grow safe food in China

LAIYANG, China - This photo shows a farm Asahi Breweries Ltd. runs in Laiyang, Shandong Province, China. The Japanese company will open a facility to train farmers at the farm, as part of efforts to disseminate know-how on the production of safe food in China, officials of the Japanese brewer said on Oct. 21.

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Asahi Breweries gets around 300 orders for 1 mil. yen brandy

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo a woman holds up a 700-milliliter bottle of 'Louis XIII Black Pearl' French brandy with a price tag of 1 million yen. Asahi Breweries Ltd. said on March 8 it has received reservation orders for nearly 300 bottles of 'Louis XIII Black Pearl.' produced by the Remy Cointreau Group.

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Asahi Breweries to buy 10% stake in Kagome to form business tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Kagome Co. President Koji Yoshioka (L) and Asahi Breweries Ltd. President Hitoshi Ogita attend a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6 after the two companies agreed to form a capital and operational alliance that will make Asahi the biggest shareholder in Kagome.

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Sapporo Breweries to release new Draft One '3rd category' beer

TOKYO, Japan - Sapporo Breweries Ltd. President Masaru Fukunaga (R) distributes free samples of a revised version of its Draft One, the pioneer of beer-like alcoholic beverages called ''third category beer,'' to passers-by in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Sept. 12 ahead of their release on Sept. 13.

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Asahi Breweries names Asahi Soft Drinks chief Ogita as new president

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Ogita, president of Asahi Soft Drinks, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10 after being appointed to succeed Koichi Ikeda as president of Asahi Breweries Ltd.

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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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Yahoo Japan to put up 1st full-page ad on Web site

TOKYO, Japan - Yahoo Japan Corp. will for the first time put up a full-page advertisement for a new product on its Web site from June 16 to 30, in association with Asahi Breweries Ltd., Japan's leading Internet portal said June 14.

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Brewery execs attend campaign against happoshu tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Top executives of Japan's four largest breweries -- Kirin Brewery Co., Asahi Breweries Ltd., Sapporo Breweries Ltd. and Suntory Ltd. -- gather Dec. 6 at Tokyo's Ebisu Garden Place to petition government plans to increase the tax on ''happoshu,'' an increasingly popular low-malt, beer-like beverage in Japan.

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Kyowa Hakko to sell liquor operations to Asahi Breweries

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Ikeda (L), president of Asahi Breweries Ltd., and Tadashi Hirata, president of Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., a fermented-chemical manufacturer, speak at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 18. They said Kyowa will sell its alcoholic beverage operations to Asahi for 20 billion yen.

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Ikeda to become president of Asahi Breweries on Jan. 5

TOKYO, Japan - Three top executives of Asahi Breweries Ltd. sit for a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 19. (From L to R) President and chief operating officer Shigeo Fukuchi, Chairman and chief executive officer Yuzo Seto, and Senior Managing Director Koichi Ikeda. On Jan. 5 next year, Ikeda will succeed Fukuchi as president and COO. Fukuchi will succeed Seto who will serve as an adviser with a seat on the board of directors.

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Koizumi appoints policy advisers for economy, urban affairs

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C), flanked by Toru Makino (L) and Hirotaro Higuchi (R), poses for photographers at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Sept. 3. Koizumi appointed Higuchi, honorary chairman of Asahi Breweries Ltd., and Makino, former administrative vice minister of the Construction Ministry, to advise him on policies related to the economy and urban affairs.

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Asahi Breweries' Higuchi to chair Osaka bourse

OSAKA, Japan - File photos show Hirotaro Higuchi (L), honorary chairman of Asahi Breweries Ltd., and Taichi Sakaiya (R), former head of the Economic Planning Agency. Higuchi will be appointed as chairman of the Osaka Securities Exchange, which is to become a publicly traded company April 1. Sakaiya will be named a board member of the new entity.

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Presidents of 'happoshu' makers oppose tax hike plan

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Suntory Ltd. President Shinichiro Torii, Kirin Brewery Co. President Yasuhiro Sato and Sapporo Breweries Ltd. President Tatsushi Iwama give a joint news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16. The three major brewers that produce ''happoshu,'' a low-malt, beer-like beverage, voiced strong opposition to government plans to raise taxes on the increasingly popular drink. Happoshu, which is priced less than beer due to lower tax rates, is attracting a growing number of consumers and has captured about 25% of the overall beer market.

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Beaujolais Nouveau arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - A customs officer conducts a customs-clearance examination of bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau at Narita airport on Nov. 11. The 2000 vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau is to be unsealed worldwide Nov. 16. According to Asahi Breweries Ltd., imports are likely to reach 6.36 million bottles, 4% more than the shipments of the previous year's vintage brought into Japan.

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TV personality Mikuni dies at 79

TOKYO, Japan - Photo dated March 1986 shows TV personality Ichiro Mikuni, who died Sept. 15 of a malignant lymphoma at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 79. A native of Nagoya, Mikuni entered broadcasting while working in the sales department of Asahi Breweries Ltd. He went on to become a popular emcee on TV shows of Nippon Television Network Corp. and was also known as an actor and essayist.

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Nasdaq Japan Club holds 1st meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Masayoshi Son (R), president of Softbank Corp., Frank Zarb (C), chairman of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) of the United States, and Hirotaro Higuchi, honorary chairman of Asahi Breweries Ltd., shake hands at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Oct. 12. They were briefing reporters on the inaugural meeting of a corporate club set up to prepare for the start of Nasdaq Japan, the Japanese version of the technology-laden U.S. equity market.