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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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SUNTORY, ASAHI TO BOOST 'SHOCHU' EXPORTS TO U.S., U.K.

- 2004-06-10

TOKYO, June 10 Asia Pulse - Suntory Ltd. and Asahi Breweries Ltd. (TSE:2502) will crank up exports of "shochu" spirits to the U.S. and U.K., respectively, to tap the growing popularity of Japanese food in those countries. The companies already market products such as whiskey and beer there. ...

Tags: Asahi Breweries Ltd., bottle, Manufacturing, SALES, U.K., U.S.
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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Asahi Breweries to Invest 100 Billion Yen under Three-Year Business Plan.

- 2004-02-24

Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 24--TOKYO -- Asahi Breweries Ltd. said Tuesday it plans to invest a total of 100 billion yen mainly in non-beer businesses such as soft drinks, food and pharmaceuticals under a three-year business plan ...

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Asahi Breweries, Japan Trader Itochu to Launch Joint Venture with Chinese Firm.

- 2004-01-04

Kyodo News International, Tokyo Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4--TOKYO--Asahi Breweries Ltd. and Itochu Corp. said Sunday they have agreed with China's leading food company, Tingyi Holding Corp., to establish a joint venture in March to produce cold drinks. Under...

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JAPAN'S ASAHI BREWERIES TO BUY LIQUOR BUSINESS FROM ASAHI KASEI.

- 2002-04-16

TOKYO, April 16 Asia Pulse - Asahi Breweries Ltd (TSE:2502) announced Monday that it will purchase the "Shochu" distilled liquor and low-alcohol beverage business of Asahi Kasei Corp. (TSE:3407) for between 3 and 4 billion yen ($US30.42 million). The top domestic maker of beer and "happoshu" low-malt beer...

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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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Kyowa Hakko to sell liquor operations to Asahi Breweries

- 2002-02-25

TOKYO, Feb. 18 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING INFORMATION) Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., a fermented chemical manufacturer, has agreed to sell its alcoholic beverage operations to Asahi Breweries Ltd. for 20 billion yen, the two companies said Monday. Under the agreement, Kyowa Hakko's liquor sales division, which...

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KYOWA TRANSFERS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BUSINESS TO ASAHI BREWERIES.

- 2002-02-19

(Full text of this release can be found at http://www.asianet.com.au) Tokyo, February 18,--/KYODO JBN-AsiaNet/ -- Asahi Breweries, Ltd. (President: Kouichi Ikeda, Head office: Tokyo, Japan) and Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. (President: Tadashi Hirata, Head office: Tokyo, Japan) have reached a basic agreement to transfer Kyowa Hakko ("Kyowa")'s...

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Asahi Breweries, Ltd. pretax profit falls: company confirms commitment to Foster's

- 1993-04-05

Asahi Breweries Ltd. said consolidated pretax profit fell 2.7 percent to 19.12 billion yen in the year ended December 31, 1992 from the preceding year, as growth in demand slowed modestly amid Japan's economic slowdown.The company said unfavorable weather after August kept beverage sales, by volume, around the preceding year's...

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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

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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.	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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