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Moutai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 15, 2023 - Photo taken on Nov 15, 2023 shows a person buying a 100-milliliter bottle of 53 degrees Flying Moutai through the mobile app of i Moutai in Shanghai, China.

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Moutai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 15, 2023 - Photo taken on Nov 15, 2023 shows a person buying a 100-milliliter bottle of 53 degrees Flying Moutai through the mobile app of i Moutai in Shanghai, China.

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Moutai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 15, 2023 - Photo taken on Nov 15, 2023 shows a person buying a 100-milliliter bottle of 53 degrees Flying Moutai through the mobile app of i Moutai in Shanghai, China.

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Moutai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 15, 2023 - Photo taken on Nov 15, 2023 shows a person buying a 100-milliliter bottle of 53 degrees Flying Moutai through the mobile app of i Moutai in Shanghai, China.

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Moutai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 15, 2023 - Photo taken on Nov 15, 2023 shows a person buying a 100-milliliter bottle of 53 degrees Flying Moutai through the mobile app of i Moutai in Shanghai, China.

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Moutai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 15, 2023 - Photo taken on Nov 15, 2023 shows a person buying a 100-milliliter bottle of 53 degrees Flying Moutai through the mobile app of i Moutai in Shanghai, China.

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Moutai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 15, 2023 - Photo taken on Nov 15, 2023 shows a person buying a 100-milliliter bottle of 53 degrees Flying Moutai through the mobile app of i Moutai in Shanghai, China.

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Hot spring inns' proprietresses-to-be promote Japanese sake

YONAGO, Japan - Two young women undergoing training to become owners of Japanese inns in the Kaike hot spring area in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, pose with bottles of locally made Japanese sake on Feb. 27, 2014. Each 500-milliliter bottle of the "Kamidai" brand sake sells for 2,100 yen.

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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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Red Sox donates drinking water for disaster victims in Japan

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) holds a water bottle during a ceremony before a ball game at Fenway Park in Boston on May 9, 2011. The team announced that it has donated 100,000 500-milliliter bottles of water to the areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Aeon to sell plastic bottled Beaujolais wine at 980 yen

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 9, 2009, in Tokyo shows Beaujolais Nouveau wines which Supermarket chain operator Aeon Co. will release nationwide on Nov. 19 in 750 milliliter plastic bottles for as little as 980 yen each at Jusco and other outlets to attract thrifty consumers.

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Otsuka Beverage to recall 8 million bottles of Crystal Geyser

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Crystal Geyser brand, 500-milliliter bottle of mineral water which Otsuka Beverage Co. will voluntarily recall. The company said Nov. 17 it will recall an estimated 8 million of the bottles of mineral water due to consumer complaints that the bottled water gave out a strange smell. The company imported a total of 47.17 million bottles of the water from the United States. Eligible for the recall are bottles with the consume-by dates of June 1, 2010, through Aug. 19 of the same year printed on them.

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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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Ishikawa Pref. brewer to sell low-alcohol sake

KANAZAWA, Japan - A brewer in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, will on Dec. 12 start selling sake with almost no alcohol content but with the taste and flavor unimpaired, the brewer said Dec. 5. Fukumitsuya, the largest brewer in the prefecture, says its ''Enkai Kibun (party mood),'' to be sold in 200-milliliter bottles and priced at 250 yen, is the first of its kind in the industry.

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Record-high Beaujolais Nouveau imports expected in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Customs officials examine bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Nov. 15. The first shipment of the wine arrived at Kansai and Narita airports for sale Nov. 21. Imports this year are expected to reach a record-high 600,000 cases of 12 750-milliliter bottles.

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Chinese drink found to contain Viagra element

NAGOYA, Japan - The Aichi prefectural government has found a so-called health drink imported from China (photo) contains an active ingredient of the anti-impotence drug Viagra and directed the importer in Nagoya to recall the product, officials said Feb. 8. The importer, ASG in Nagoya's Meito Ward, imported 47,000 20-milliliter bottles of the drink from China between February last year and January and has sold 43,000 bottles, mostly in drugstores in Aichi and other prefectures.

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Another Snow Brand product found contaminated

OSAKA, Japan - Snow Brand Milk Products Co., whose contaminated products have caused widespread food poisoning since late June, announced on July 7 that a yogurt drink produced at its Osaka plant has also been found to be contaminated by toxin-producing bacteria. The photo shows the affected yogurt, sold in 1-liter and 500-milliliter packages under the brand 'Nomu Yoguruto Mainichi Honebuto.'

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New hair loss treatment on market-replace

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. puts long-awaited new hair loss treatment on sale June 3 throughout the nation. Newly developed ''RiUP'' is similar to popular ''Rogaine'' of Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc., containing minoxidil for the first time in Japan. A 60-milliliter bottle costs 5,500.

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Poison 'medicine' mailed by 15-year-old girl

Police report Sept. 8 that a 15-year-old junior high school girl has confessed to mailing bottles containing fake diet medicine to 26 students and one female teacher at her school in Tokyo's Minato Ward in late August. The picture shows the 20-30 milliliter plastic bottle that contained the brown liquid, which was actually the disinfectant cresol.

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Poison 'medicine' sample mailed

A junior high school student in Tokyo falls ill Aug. 26 after trying a ''diet medicine'' sent to him in the mail that was later found to be poison. Twenty-two other students and a teacher received similar packages, and police have begun investigating the case. The picture shows the 20-30 milliliter plastic bottle that contained the brown liquid, which was actually the disinfectant cresol.

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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. (Kyodo)

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Otsuka Beverage to recall 8 million bottles of Crystal Geyser

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Crystal Geyser brand, 500-milliliter bottle of mineral water which Otsuka Beverage Co. will voluntarily recall. The company said Nov. 17 it will recall an estimated 8 million of the bottles of mineral water due to consumer complaints that the bottled water gave out a strange smell. The company imported a total of 47.17 million bottles of the water from the United States. Eligible for the recall are bottles with the consume-by dates of June 1, 2010, through Aug. 19 of the same year printed on them. (Kyodo)

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The season's first Beaujolais Nouveau

NARITA, Japan - The first shipment of Beaujolais Nouveau arrives at Narita airport on Nov. 15. The wine will be on sale Nov. 21. This year's imports are expected to reach a record 600,000 cartons, each containing a dozen 750 milliliter bottles. (Kyodo)

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The season's first Beaujolais Nouveau

NARITA, Japan - The first shipment of Beaujolais Nouveau arrives at Narita airport on Nov. 15. The wine will be on sale Nov. 21. This year's imports are expected to reach a record 600,000 cartons, each containing a dozen 750 milliliter bottles. (Kyodo)

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Suntory's zero-carb beer

Photo shows Suntory Beer Ltd.'s zero-carbohydrate beer unveiled to the media on Feb. 24, 2021. Perfect Suntory Beer will be launched on April 13 at a suggested price of 218 yen for a 350-milliliter can.

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Red Sox donates drinking water for disaster victims in Japan

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) holds a water bottle during a ceremony before a ball game at Fenway Park in Boston on May 9, 2011. The team announced that it has donated 100,000 500-milliliter bottles of water to the areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. (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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Aeon to sell plastic bottled Beaujolais wine at 980 yen

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 9, 2009, in Tokyo shows Beaujolais Nouveau wines which Supermarket chain operator Aeon Co. will release nationwide on Nov. 19 in 750 milliliter plastic bottles for as little as 980 yen each at Jusco and other outlets to attract thrifty consumers. (Kyodo)

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Ishikawa Pref. brewer to sell low-alcohol sake

KANAZAWA, Japan - A brewer in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, will on Dec. 12 start selling sake with almost no alcohol content but with the taste and flavor unimpaired, the brewer said Dec. 5. Fukumitsuya, the largest brewer in the prefecture, says its ''Enkai Kibun (party mood),'' to be sold in 200-milliliter bottles and priced at 250 yen, is the first of its kind in the industry. (Kyodo)

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Record-high Beaujolais Nouveau imports expected in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Customs officials examine bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Nov. 15. The first shipment of the wine arrived at Kansai and Narita airports for sale Nov. 21. Imports this year are expected to reach a record-high 600,000 cases of 12 750-milliliter bottles. (Kyodo)

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Record-high Beaujolais Nouveau imports expected in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Customs officials examine bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Nov. 15. The first shipment of the wine arrived at Kansai and Narita airports for sale Nov. 21. Imports this year are expected to reach a record-high 600,000 cases of 12 750-milliliter bottles. (Kyodo)

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Record-high Beaujolais Nouveau imports expected in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Customs officials examine bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Nov. 15. The first shipment of the wine arrived at Kansai and Narita airports for sale Nov. 21. Imports this year are expected to reach a record-high 600,000 cases of 12 750-milliliter bottles. (Kyodo)

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Chinese drink found to contain Viagra element

NAGOYA, Japan - The Aichi prefectural government has found a so-called health drink imported from China (photo) contains an active ingredient of the anti-impotence drug Viagra and directed the importer in Nagoya to recall the product, officials said Feb. 8. The importer, ASG in Nagoya's Meito Ward, imported 47,000 20-milliliter bottles of the drink from China between February last year and January and has sold 43,000 bottles, mostly in drugstores in Aichi and other prefectures.

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Another Snow Brand product found contaminated

OSAKA, Japan - Snow Brand Milk Products Co., whose contaminated products have caused widespread food poisoning since late June, announced on July 7 that a yogurt drink produced at its Osaka plant has also been found to be contaminated by toxin-producing bacteria. The photo shows the affected yogurt, sold in 1-liter and 500-milliliter packages under the brand 'Nomu Yoguruto Mainichi Honebuto.'

E

New hair loss treatment on market-replace

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. puts long-awaited new hair loss treatment on sale June 3 throughout the nation. Newly developed ''RiUP'' is similar to popular ''Rogaine'' of Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc., containing minoxidil for the first time in Japan. A 60-milliliter bottle costs \5,500.

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Poison 'medicine' sample mailed

A junior high school student in Tokyo falls ill Aug. 26 after trying a ''diet medicine'' sent to him in the mail that was later found to be poison. Twenty-two other students and a teacher received similar packages, and police have begun investigating the case. The picture shows the 20-30 milliliter plastic bottle that contained the brown liquid, which was actually the disinfectant cresol.