Kirin Brewery to launch friendly tender offer for Mercian shares

Kirin Brewery to launch friendly tender offer for Mercian shares

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyasu Kato (L), president of Kirin Brewery Co., and Yuji Okabe, president of Mercian Corp., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16. They announced that Kirin will launch a friendly tender offer for Mercian shares for a capital and business alliance to create the strongest liquor business group in Japan.

Kirin Brewery to launch friendly tender offer for Mercian shares

Kirin Brewery to launch friendly tender offer for Mercian shares

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyasu Kato (L), president of Kirin Brewery Co., and Yuji Okabe, president of Mercian Corp., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16. They announced that Kirin will launch a friendly tender offer for Mercian shares for a capital and business alliance to create the strongest liquor business group in Japan. (Kyodo)

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

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

Yamanashi winery produces Japanese wine from domestic grapes

Yamanashi winery produces Japanese wine from domestic grapes

Workers sort out grapes at a Mercian Corp. winery in Koshu in the central Japanese prefecture of Yamanashi in October 2015. The winery produces Japanese wine using only domestically produced grapes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Further growth expected for Japanese wine market

Further growth expected for Japanese wine market

Workers sort out grapes at a Mercian Corp. winery in Koshu in the central Japanese prefecture of Yamanashi in October 2015. The wine market in Japan is expected to grow further once the Trans-Pacific Partnership enters into force. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo