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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

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Brewer to try dairying

- 2007-06-01

Japan's Asahi Breweries Ltd. will start producing high quality milk at a farm in the Shandong province, eastern China, starting this month. In a joint venture, it has imported 400 dairy cows from Australia, and expects to produce 5,500 tons of raw milk and will supply all the milk to...

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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...

Tags: Asahi Breweries Ltd., brewer, brewery, FINANCE, Investment, Japan, merger, Sapporo, Sapporo Holdings Ltd., Steel
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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Kochi Pref., Asahi Breweries mend fences over liquor

- 2001-02-12

KOCHI, Japan, Feb. 5 Kyodo Kochi Prefecture and Asahi Breweries Ltd. mended fences Monday over the prefecture's protest against the company's use of deep-sea water from Toyama Prefecture in its ''happoshu'' low-malt beer-like liquor, Kochi Gov. Daijiro Hashimoto said. Hashimoto told reporters after meeting at...

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Sapporo seeks U.S. brewing partner

- 1999-12-20

Japan's third-largest beer producer, Sapporo Breweries Ltd, said on Wednesday that it was in talks about brewing its "Black Label" beer in the United States. Sapporo said it was holding discussions with several U.S. breweries, but a spokesman said the firm had not yet chosen a partner or decided...

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Asahi Breweries Ltd

- 1999-12-13

Japan's Asahi Breweries Ltd. will start selling a new low-calorie, low-alcohol beer in Japan next month. Asahi aims for annual sales of 5 million cases of "Asahi Super Malt," a 100-percent malt beer without additives.

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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
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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.	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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