Japan’s Kirin Holdings on Tuesday ... has called on the company to concentrate on beer, shed its investments in cosmetics and drugs, and use the proceeds to buy treasury shares worth 600 billion ...

Japanese drinks giant Kirin Holdings said on Friday it was scrapping its beer alliance with a top Myanmar conglomerate whose owners have been identified by the United Nations as members of the ...

Due to a secular volume decline in the Japanese beer market, Kirin had embarked on a journey of overseas acquisition hunt from late 2000. It appears management was so keen to buy volume growth ...

Asahi’s profit miss was primarily due to the Australian beer segment and group-level business integration expenses, whereas Kirin’s miss was attributed to recognition of losses in previously ...