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Kirin to buy Australian health food firm Blackmores

Kirin Holdings Co. senior executive officer Takeshi Minakata holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 27, 2023, announcing plans to purchase Australian health food company Blackmores Ltd. and expand into health-related business in the fast-growing Asia and Oceania markets.

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Kirin to buy Australian health food firm Blackmores

Kirin Holdings Co. senior executive officer Takeshi Minakata holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 27, 2023, announcing plans to purchase Australian health food company Blackmores Ltd. and expand into health-related business in the fast-growing Asia and Oceania markets.

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Kirin to buy Australian health food firm Blackmores

Kirin Holdings Co. senior executive officer Takeshi Minakata holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 27, 2023, announcing plans to purchase Australian health food company Blackmores Ltd. and expand into health-related business in the fast-growing Asia and Oceania markets.

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Kirin to buy Australian health food firm Blackmores

Kirin Holdings Co. senior executive officer Takeshi Minakata holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 27, 2023, announcing plans to purchase Australian health food company Blackmores Ltd. and expand into health-related business in the fast-growing Asia and Oceania markets.

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Suntory becomes top-selling Japanese brewer

TOKYO, Japan - Senji Miyake, president of Kirin Holdings Co., briefs reporters about the company's earnings report for the January-June period at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 6, 2014. Kirin's sales were surpassed by those of Suntory Holdings Ltd. in the period for the first time since 2009.

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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 Brewery chief warns of possible risks to merger

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Matsuzawa, president of Kirin Holdings Co.'s core unit Kirin Brewery Co., speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. He warned of risks the planned integration of Kirin Holdings Co. and Suntory Ltd. may face when they review their product line-ups.

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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 buys Myanmar's biggest brewer for $560 mil.

Two men raise their beer mugs at a restaurant in Yangon on Aug. 20, 2015. Japan's Kirin Holdings Co. said the previous day in Tokyo it has bought Myanmar Brewery Ltd., the biggest brewer in the country, for $560 million as part of its move to enhance its presence in Southeast Asian markets. (Kyodo) ==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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Suntory becomes top-selling Japanese brewer

TOKYO, Japan - Senji Miyake, president of Kirin Holdings Co., briefs reporters about the company's earnings report for the January-June period at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 6, 2014. Kirin's sales were surpassed by those of Suntory Holdings Ltd. in the period for the first time since 2009. (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 Brewery chief warns of possible risks to merger

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Matsuzawa, president of Kirin Holdings Co.'s core unit Kirin Brewery Co., speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo. He warned of risks the planned integration of Kirin Holdings Co. and Suntory Ltd. may face when they review their product line-ups. (Kyodo)