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Ransomware attack at Japan beverage giant Asahi

Photo taken on Oct. 3, 2025, shows Asahi beer cans at a supermarket in Yokohama near Tokyo. Major Japanese beverage maker Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. came under a ransomware attack in late September, leaving most of the company's order-taking and shipping operations halted and raising fears of stock shortages among retailers.

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Ransomware attack at Japan beverage giant Asahi

Photo taken on Oct. 3, 2025, shows Asahi beer cans at a supermarket in Yokohama near Tokyo. Major Japanese beverage maker Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. came under a ransomware attack in late September, leaving most of the company's order-taking and shipping operations halted and raising fears of stock shortages among retailers.

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Rain and Smoke from South of Port Alberni - Canada

Cigarette butts and beer cans are seen in a campfire pit, on the shore of the Alberni Inlet, looking towards Mount Underwood where a wildfire continues to burn, south of Port Alberni, B.C., on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Photo by Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Korean canned beer in Mongolia

Photo taken on June 5, 2024, shows cans of South Korean beer on sale at a convenience store in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

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Nato beer, Golden Edition

Toasting with Nato-branded OTAN beer cans (Gold Edition) by Olaf Brewing Company, pictured in Helsinki, Finland on April 4, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Nato beer, Golden Edition

Toasting with Nato-branded OTAN beer cans (Gold Edition) by Olaf Brewing Company, pictured in Helsinki, Finland on April 4, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Nato beer, Golden Edition

Toasting with Nato-branded OTAN beer cans (Gold Edition) by Olaf Brewing Company, pictured in Helsinki, Finland on April 4, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Nato beer, Golden Edition

Toasting with Nato-branded OTAN beer cans (Gold Edition) by Olaf Brewing Company, pictured in Helsinki, Finland on April 4, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Nato beer, Golden Edition

Toasting with Nato-branded OTAN beer cans (Gold Edition) by Olaf Brewing Company, pictured in Helsinki, Finland on April 4, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Chinese beer takes on name of disputed isles

SHANGHAI, China - Cans of Diaoyudao Beer sold in southern China by a brewery in Guangzhou since 2012 show the slogan "Diaoyudao, Territory of China," as seen in this photo taken on Dec. 9, 2014. Diaoyudao or Diaoyu Islands is the Chinese name for the Senkaku Islands, a set of uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea which China also claims.

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Kirin's beer-flavored drink logs 10 bil.-unit sales

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. President Koichi Matsuzawa (L) and comedian Tomomitsu Yamaguchi (R) attend an event in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2011 to commemorate cumulative sales of Kirin's Nodogoshi Nama brand of beer-flavored drink surpassing 10 billion units in terms of 350-milliliter cans since its launch in April 2005. Yamaguchi appears in the product's TV commercials.

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Aeon, Suntory to launch 100-yen beer-like drink in July

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Hisaki, an executive of supermarket chain operator Aeon Co., shows off cans of private brand beer-like drinks, which were co-developed with Suntory Liquors Ltd., during a press conference in Tokyo on June 29. Aeon, the operator of Jusco and MaxValu supermarket stores, will sell the drink for 100 yen, about 20 percent lower than similar drinks produced by major brewers.

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1,402 bureaucrats received favors from cabbies, 151 punished

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 25. Machimura said that a total of 1,402 ministry and agency bureaucrats have received favors in such forms as cash and cans of beer from taxi drivers when being taxied home late at night after work using taxpayer money, adding that the government has punished 151 of them.

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Beer wholesalers, retailers in turmoil

TOKYO, Japan - A variety of beer cans are on sale at a major supermarket in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward.

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(2)Yachtsman Horie completes 7th solo trans-Pacific voyage

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Kenichi Horie is surrounded by reporters at San Francisco port on July 17 after completing a two-month voyage across the Pacific aboard his yacht MALT's Mermaid 3. The Mermaid 3 is made of recycled beer cans, whiskey barrels, plastic bottles and other materials. It is the same shape and size as the boat Horie used in his first Pacific voyage 40 years ago. The adventurer has made seven solo trips across the Pacific.

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BELGIUM-BRUGES-BEER-MUSEUM

(220514) -- BRUGES, May 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Beer cans are seen at the Bruges Beer Experience in Bruges, Belgium, May 13, 2022. The Bruges Beer Experience is a popular tourist spot in Bruges where visitors could learn about the rich beer culture and history in its museum, bar and gift shop. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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1,402 bureaucrats received favors from cabbies, 151 punished

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 25. Machimura said that a total of 1,402 ministry and agency bureaucrats have received favors in such forms as cash and cans of beer from taxi drivers when being taxied home late at night after work using taxpayer money, adding that the government has punished 151 of them. (Kyodo)

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Japanese beer in South Korea

Photo taken on March 12, 2021, shows cans of beer produced in Japan at a supermarket in Incheon, South Korea. Beer imports from Japan have been growing in South Korea, with shipments in January reaching the highest level since August 2019 when demand was dented significantly due to a boycott for made-in-Japan products amid the trade dispute between Seoul and Tokyo.

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Japanese beer in South Korea

Photo taken on March 12, 2021, shows cans of beer produced in Japan at a supermarket in Incheon, South Korea. Beer imports from Japan have been growing in South Korea, with shipments in January reaching the highest level since August 2019 when demand was dented significantly due to a boycott for made-in-Japan products amid the trade dispute between Seoul and Tokyo.

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Chinese beer takes on name of disputed isles

SHANGHAI, China - Cans of Diaoyudao Beer sold in southern China by a brewery in Guangzhou since 2012 show the slogan "Diaoyudao, Territory of China," as seen in this photo taken on Dec. 9, 2014. Diaoyudao or Diaoyu Islands is the Chinese name for the Senkaku Islands, a set of uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea which China also claims. (Kyodo)

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Kirin's beer-flavored drink logs 10 bil.-unit sales

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. President Koichi Matsuzawa (L) and comedian Tomomitsu Yamaguchi (R) attend an event in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2011 to commemorate cumulative sales of Kirin's Nodogoshi Nama brand of beer-flavored drink surpassing 10 billion units in terms of 350-milliliter cans since its launch in April 2005. Yamaguchi appears in the product's TV commercials. (Kyodo)

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