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Kirin group to replace presidents of 3 key arms

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Kirin Holdings Co. President Senji Miyake, Kirin Brewery Co.'s incoming president, Yoshinori Isozaki , and Kirin Beverage Co.'s incoming president, Yoshinori Shuto, shake hands after a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. Kirin Holdings said it will replace the presidents of its three key subsidies, including Kirin Brewery and Kirin Beverage.

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Kirin, C'estbon tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Senji Miyake, president of Japan's Kirin Holdings Co. (L), shakes hands with Liu Hongji, CEO of China's C'estbon Food & Beverage, after they announced a plan to launch a soft drink joint venture in China at a press conference at Kirin's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2011.

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Kirin's latest Free beer campaign targets baby-raising women

TOKYO, Japan - A nurse (R) presents a woman with a can of Kirin Brewery Co.'s nonalcoholic beer named Free when she leaves the Ogawa maternity clinic in Yokohama's Totsuka Ward on April 28, 2010. The beverage company is offering the beer-like drink to women raising newborn babies to win over such mothers refraining from drinking real beer out of health concerns for their children.

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Kirin, Suntory cancel integration over merger ratio

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Holdings Co. President Kazuyasu Kato (L) speaks about the brewer's aborted integration talks with Suntory Holdings Ltd. at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010. The two companies have ended their talks, citing differences over the merger ratio, in a breakdown of a deal that would have created one of the world's largest food and beverage makers.

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Kirin, Suntory cancel integration over merger ratio

TOKYO, Japan - Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Nobutada Saji speaks to reporters about the brewer's aborted integration talks with Kirin Holdings Ltd. in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010. The two companies have ended their talks, citing differences over the merger ratio, in a breakdown of a deal that would have created one of the world's largest food and beverage makers.

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Kirin, Suntory cancel integration over merger ratio

TOKYO, Japan - Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Nobutada Saji speaks to reporters about the brewer's aborted integration talks with Kirin Holdings Ltd. in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010. The two companies have ended their talks, citing differences over the merger ratio, in a breakdown of a deal that would have created one of the world's largest food and beverage makers.

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Kirin, Suntory cancel integration over merger ratio

TOKYO, Japan - Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Nobutada Saji speaks about the brewer's aborted integration talks with Kirin Holdings Ltd. at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010. The two companies have ended their talks, citing differences over the merger ratio, in a breakdown of a deal that would have created one of the world's largest food and beverage makers.

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Kirin, Suntory cancel integration over merger ratio

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Holdings Co. President Kazuyasu Kato speaks about the brewer's aborted integration talks with Suntory Holdings Ltd. at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010. The two companies have ended their talks, citing differences over the merger ratio, in a breakdown of a deal that would have created one of the world's largest food and beverage makers.

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Kirin, Suntory cancel integration over merger ratio

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Holdings Co. President Kazuyasu Kato speaks about the brewer's aborted integration talks with Suntory Holdings Ltd. at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010. The two companies have ended their talks, citing differences over the merger ratio, in a breakdown of a deal that would have created one of the world's largest food and beverage makers.

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Kirin, Suntory eye merger in April 2011

TOKYO, Japan - July 2009 file photo shows the headquarters of Suntory Holdings Ltd., in Kita Ward, Osaka. The beverage maker and its rival Kirin Holdings Co. are reportedly arranging to merge around April 2011, in what would create one of the world's largest food and beverage makers.

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Kirin, Suntory eye merger in April 2011

TOKYO, Japan - July 2009 file photo shows the headquarters of Kirin Holdings Co., in Chuo Ward, Tokyo. The beverage maker and its rival Suntory Holdings Ltd. are reportedly arranging to merge around April 2011, in what would create one of the world's largest food and beverage makers.

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Kirin to close 2 domestic plants, boost sales by 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Holdings Co. Kazuyasu Kato briefs reporters on the company's midterm business plan during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2009. Kato announced the company will close two out of 11 domestic beer plants by next year to boost production efficiency on the back of a saturated beverage market at home.

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Kirin, Suntory in merger talks, to become Japan's top beverage firm

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Kirin Holdings Co. headquarters in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on July 13.

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Kirin, Suntory in merger talks, to become Japan's top beverage firm

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Suntory Holdings Ltd. headquarters in Kita Ward, Osaka City, July 13.

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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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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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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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Kirin recalls canned tomato juice after fly found in can

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Samuro (C), president of Kirin Beverage Corp., and other executives apologize at a news conference held at the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district on Aug. The soft drink maker of the Kirin Brewery group is recalling about 610,000 cans of tomato juice after receiving a complaint that a dead fly was found in a can of tomato juice sold in Tokyo.

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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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Kirin recalls canned tomato juice after fly found in can

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Samuro (C), president of Kirin Beverage Corp., and other executives apologize at a news conference held at the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district on Aug. The soft drink maker of the Kirin Brewery group is recalling about 610,000 cans of tomato juice after receiving a complaint that a dead fly was found in a can of tomato juice sold in Tokyo.

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Dydo, Kirin to tie up in vending machine business from April

Dydo Drinco Inc. President Tomiya Takamatsu attends a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 15, 2016, to discuss a planned tie-up with Kirin Beverage Co. in the vending machine business. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kirin's Mercian to ramp up production of "100% made-in-Japan" wine

Kiyoshi Yokoyama, president of winemaker Mercian Corp., promotes his company's "made-in-Japan" wine at a press conference in Tokyo on June 29, 2015. The subsidiary of beverage giant Kirin Co. plans to expand its vineyard in Nagano Prefecture by 7 hectares to ramp up production of the brand's purely domestically produced wine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cafes, beverage firms gearing up to stir tea boom in Japan

Photo taken in November 2016 shows "The Drip Tea" bags co-developed by Kirin Beverage Co. and Doutor Coffee Co. Major coffee chains and beverage companies have launched new campaigns in a bid to create a tea boom in Japan where coffee has long enjoyed a dominant position. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kirin Beverage unveils vending machine with photo-taking function

Kirin Beverage Co. unveils a new vending machine enabling users to take their photos as pictured in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2015. ==Kyodo

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Kirin's latest Free beer campaign targets baby-raising women

TOKYO, Japan - A nurse (R) presents a woman with a can of Kirin Brewery Co.'s nonalcoholic beer named Free when she leaves the Ogawa maternity clinic in Yokohama's Totsuka Ward on April 28, 2010. The beverage company is offering the beer-like drink to women raising newborn babies to win over such mothers refraining from drinking real beer out of health concerns for their children. (Kyodo)

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Kirin, Suntory cancel integration over merger ratio

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Holdings Co. President Kazuyasu Kato (L) speaks about the brewer's aborted integration talks with Suntory Holdings Ltd. at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010. The two companies have ended their talks, citing differences over the merger ratio, in a breakdown of a deal that would have created one of the world's largest food and beverage makers. (Kyodo)

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Kirin, Suntory cancel integration over merger ratio

TOKYO, Japan - Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Nobutada Saji speaks to reporters about the brewer's aborted integration talks with Kirin Holdings Ltd. in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010. The two companies have ended their talks, citing differences over the merger ratio, in a breakdown of a deal that would have created one of the world's largest food and beverage makers. (Kyodo)

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Kirin, Suntory cancel integration over merger ratio

TOKYO, Japan - Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Nobutada Saji speaks to reporters about the brewer's aborted integration talks with Kirin Holdings Ltd. in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010. The two companies have ended their talks, citing differences over the merger ratio, in a breakdown of a deal that would have created one of the world's largest food and beverage makers. (Kyodo)

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Kirin, Suntory cancel integration over merger ratio

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Holdings Co. President Kazuyasu Kato speaks about the brewer's aborted integration talks with Suntory Holdings Ltd. at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010. The two companies have ended their talks, citing differences over the merger ratio, in a breakdown of a deal that would have created one of the world's largest food and beverage makers. (Kyodo)

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Kirin, Suntory cancel integration over merger ratio

TOKYO, Japan - Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Nobutada Saji speaks about the brewer's aborted integration talks with Kirin Holdings Ltd. at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010. The two companies have ended their talks, citing differences over the merger ratio, in a breakdown of a deal that would have created one of the world's largest food and beverage makers. (Kyodo)

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Kirin, Suntory cancel integration over merger ratio

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Holdings Co. President Kazuyasu Kato speaks about the brewer's aborted integration talks with Suntory Holdings Ltd. at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010. The two companies have ended their talks, citing differences over the merger ratio, in a breakdown of a deal that would have created one of the world's largest food and beverage makers. (Kyodo)

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Kirin group to replace presidents of 3 key arms

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Kirin Holdings Co. President Senji Miyake, Kirin Brewery Co.'s incoming president, Yoshinori Isozaki , and Kirin Beverage Co.'s incoming president, Yoshinori Shuto, shake hands after a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. Kirin Holdings said it will replace the presidents of its three key subsidies, including Kirin Brewery and Kirin Beverage. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Kirin, C'estbon tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - CORRECTING SPELLING OF C'ESTBON CEO Senji Miyake, president of Japan's Kirin Holdings Co. (L), shakes hands with Liu Hongji, CEO of China's C'estbon Food & Beverage, after they announced a plan to launch a soft drink joint venture in China at a press conference at Kirin's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2011. (Kyodo) (Kyodo)

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Kirin, C'estbon tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Senji Miyake, president of Japan's Kirin Holdings Co. (L), shakes hands with Lui Hongji, CEO of China's C'estbon Food & Beverage, after they announced a plan to launch a soft drink joint venture in China at a press conference at Kirin's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Kirin Holdings President Isozaki

Yoshinori Isozaki, president and CEO of Kirin Holdings Co., a major Japanese beverage company, gives an interview in Tokyo on July 30, 2020.

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Kirin Holdings President Isozaki

Yoshinori Isozaki, president and CEO of Kirin Holdings Co., a major Japanese beverage company, gives an interview in Tokyo on July 30, 2020.

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Kirin Holdings President Isozaki

Yoshinori Isozaki, president and CEO of Kirin Holdings Co., a major Japanese beverage company, gives an interview in Tokyo on July 30, 2020.

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Kirin CEO Isozaki

Kirin Holdings Co. CEO Yoshinori Isozaki gives an interview in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2020, in which he said the Japanese beverage firm will launch later in the year a co-developed product with cosmetics and nutritional supplements maker Fancl Corp., with which Kirin formed a capital alliance the previous year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kirin CEO Isozaki

Kirin Holdings Co. CEO Yoshinori Isozaki gives an interview in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2020, in which he said the Japanese beverage firm will launch later in the year a co-developed product with cosmetics and nutritional supplements maker Fancl Corp., with which Kirin formed a capital alliance the previous year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Canned "chuhai" alcoholic beverage in Japan

Photo taken on June 12, 2019, shows a newly installed assembly line for canned "chuhai" alcoholic beverages at Kirin Brewery Co.'s factory in Kiyosu in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Japanese brewers, including Kirin, are increasing production of canned "chuhai," made with "shochu" distilled beverage and carbonated water flavored with lemon, in response to growing demand. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Canned "chuhai" alcoholic beverage in Japan

Photo taken on June 12, 2019, shows a newly installed assembly line for canned "chuhai" alcoholic beverages at Kirin Brewery Co.'s factory in Kiyosu in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Japanese brewers, including Kirin, are increasing production of canned "chuhai," made with "shochu" distilled beverage and carbonated water flavored with lemon, in response to growing demand. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Canned "chuhai" alcoholic beverage in Japan

Photo taken on June 12, 2019, shows a newly installed assembly line for canned "chuhai" alcoholic beverages at Kirin Brewery Co.'s factory in Kiyosu in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Japanese brewers, including Kirin, are increasing production of canned "chuhai," made with "shochu" distilled beverage and carbonated water flavored with lemon, in response to growing demand. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kirin, Suntory eye merger in April 2011

TOKYO, Japan - July 2009 file photo shows the headquarters of Suntory Holdings Ltd., in Kita Ward, Osaka. The beverage maker and its rival Kirin Holdings Co. are reportedly arranging to merge around April 2011, in what would create one of the world's largest food and beverage makers. (Kyodo)

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Kirin, Suntory eye merger in April 2011

TOKYO, Japan - July 2009 file photo shows the headquarters of Kirin Holdings Co., in Chuo Ward, Tokyo. The beverage maker and its rival Suntory Holdings Ltd. are reportedly arranging to merge around April 2011, in what would create one of the world's largest food and beverage makers. (Kyodo)

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Kirin, Suntory eye merger in April 2011

TOKYO, Japan - July 2009 File photo shows the headquarters of Suntory Holdings Ltd., in Kita Ward, Osaka. The beverage maker and its rival Kirin Holdings Co. are reportedly arranging to merge around April 2011, in what would create one of the world's largest food and beverage makers. (Kyodo)

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Kirin, Suntory eye merger in April 2011

TOKYO, Japan - July 2009 file photo shows the headquarters of Kirin Holdings Co., in Chuo Ward, Tokyo. The beverage maker and its rival Suntory Holdings Ltd. are reportedly arranging to merge around April 2011, in what would create one of the world's largest food and beverage makers. (Kyodo)

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Kirin to close 2 domestic plants, boost sales by 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Holdings Co. Kazuyasu Kato briefs reporters on the company's midterm business plan during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2009. Kato announced the company will close two out of 11 domestic beer plants by next year to boost production efficiency on the back of a saturated beverage market at home. (Kyodo)

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Kirin, Suntory in merger talks, to become Japan's top beverage fi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Kirin Holdings Co. headquarters in Tokyo's Chuo Ward in Osaka City on July 13. (Kyodo)

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Kirin, Suntory in merger talks, to become Japan's top beverage fi

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Suntory Holdings Ltd. headquarters in Kita Ward, Osaka City, July 13. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)