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Asahi Breweries Ltd.

(2502) is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.2B

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Asahi brews up a good business for the revelry-minded. Founded in 1889 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Asahi Breweries Ltd. (Tokyo: 2502) is one of Japan's largest beer-makers. The company makes several brands, of which Asahi Super Dry is the country's best-selling. Most of the revenue comes from beer sales. Other, smaller business includes soft drinks, wine, hard liquor, food, pharmaceutical, and real estate. The company has annual revenue of about (Yen)1.43 trillion and employs about 15,000 people. In 2005, it acquired a stake in teas and yogurt drink maker LB Ltd.

Chairman & CEO

Number of Employees 3,607

Contact Information

Tokyo

(81) 3 5608 5126

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NAICS Code Spice and Extract Manufacturing: 311942

Recent Events

Asahi Breweries Could Spend Up to $4.6 Billion on M&A

12/02/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Asahi Breweries 9-Mo Group Net Profit Y41.72 Billion Vs Y41.80 Billion Profit Year Earlier

10/30/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Asahi denies it's wooing Orangina

9/11/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

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Asahi Breweries proposes merger with Sapporo: report

- 2007-02-15

TOKYO AFP — Japan's largest brewer, Asahi Breweries, could become a "white knight" merger partner for Sapporo Holdings, now the target of a takeover offer from a US hedge fund, according to a newspaper. Asahi Breweries Ltd. denied the report in the Yomiuri Shimbun, which said Japan's top brewer...

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Beer Shipments at Japan's Top Brewers Slip 0.4 Percent in March.

- 2004-04-12

Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 12--Beer shipments by Japan's top five brewers in March edged down 0.4 percent from a year earlier after posting the first year-on-year rise in 47 months in February, according to reports released Monday...

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Japanese brewers to raise beer prices

- 2003-01-27

Asahi Breweries Ltd. and Kirin Brewery Co. said last week that they may raise prices on their low-malt "happoshu" beer due to an impending tax increase. Japan's deflationary economy has promoted demand for the cheap low-malt beer among Japanese consumers. A tax loophole allowed brewers to churn out the...

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Beer, 'happoshu' shipments drop 3.1% in March.

- 2002-04-15

TOKYO, April 10 Kyodo Shipments of beer and ''happoshu,'' a low-malt, beer-like beverage, dropped 3.1% in March from a year earlier as demand for beer declined notably while that for happoshu continued to show strong growth, according to data released Wednesday by Japan's five-top...

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Sales of brewers Asahi, Suntory up, Kirin, Sapporo fizzle.

- 2002-02-25

TOKYO, Feb. 22 Kyodo Two of Japan's four major beer brewers boosted sales in 2001, helped by the strong performance of non-beer beverages, while the other two saw their sales drop slightly, according to their consolidated business results released by Friday. In...

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Asahi beer sales outlook positive in '93

- 1993-03-01

Despite Asahi Breweries Ltd.'s report that its unconsolidated pre-tax profit fell 20 percent in 1992, the Japanese brewer expects its beer sales will continue on a positive track this year.For the year, Asahi forecasted a 3.3-percent rise in its pretax profit to 14.5 billion yen. Likewise, it expects its net...

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Japanese brewers report increases

- 1992-03-02

Japan's Asahi Breweries Ltd., has reported a 1991 pretax profit rise of 1.2 percent, or 17.45 billion yen ($136.5 million), according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Asahi's net income was up 1.6 percent to 6.22 billion yen, while sales edged up 1.1 percent to 739.13 billion...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio)	Position
Hitoshi Ogita	President
Akira Ohara	Senior Managing Director
Hikaru Kawamura	Managing Director
Masaaki Okada	Senior Managing Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer
Naoki Izumiya	Managing Director
Yoshifumi Nishino	Managing Director
Yoshihiro Goto	Senior Managing Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer
Akira Matsunobu	Executive Officer
Fumio Yamasaki	Executive Officer
Hideyuki Ishibashi	Managing Executive Officer
Hiroshi Yamashita	Executive Officer
Hisai Tominaga	Executive Officer
Kazuo Motoyama	Executive Officer
Kimiko Pajima	Executive, Public Relations
Masahiko Osawa	Managing Executive Officer
Masakazu Eto	Executive Officer
Masakiko Ozeki	Managing Executive Officer
Masanori Kameno	Managing Executive Officer
Masaru Karaguchi	Senior Managing Executive Officer
Masato Miyake	Executive Officer
Masatoshi Takahashi	Managing Executive Officer
Nagayuki Akimoto	Managing Executive Officer
Noboru Ninomiya	Executive Officer
Nobukazu Yoshioka	Executive Officer
Nobuo Nagura	Executive Officer
Osamu Sasaki	Managing Executive Officer
Sakae Mitani	Executive Officer
Seikou Takahashi	Executive Officer
Shigeru Hada	Executive Officer
Shin Iwakami	Executive Officer
Susumu Hihei	Executive Officer
Tadashi Tamada	Executive Officer
Toshifumi Ishii	Executive Officer
Tsugiya Iwasaki	Managing Executive Officer
Yoshito Tomita	Executive Officer
Yuji Ninomiya	Executive Officer
Yutaka Nakamura	Senior Managing Executive Officer

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio)	Position
Kouichi Ikeda	Chairman & CEO
Nobuo Yamaguchi	Board of Directors
Shigeo Fukuchi	Board of Directors
Tomoyo Nonaka	Board of Directors
Yukio Okamoto	Board Member

Organization	Position	Status
Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Chairman & CEO	Current
Asahi Breweries Ltd.	COO	Former
Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Board of Directors	Former

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Asahi Breweries Ltd.	President	Current
Asahi Beer U.S.A., Inc.	President & COO	Current

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Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Senior Managing Director	Current
Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

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Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

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Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Executive Officer	Current

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Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Executive Officer	Current

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Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Senior Managing Executive Officer	Current

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Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current

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Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Board of Directors	Current
Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Chairman & CEO	Former

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Organization	Position	Status
Pacifica Fund	Managing Director	Current
Pacifica Fund	Co-Founder	Current
Ntt Docomo, Inc.	Board Member	Current
Asahi Breweries Ltd.	Board Member	Current
Toshiba Corporation	Board Member	Current
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation	Board of Directors	Current
Hitotsubashi University	Graduate	Former

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