JAPAN: Asahi Group FY profits up on lower sales
By Chris Mercer | 10 February 2012
Lower costs have lifted Asahi Group's full-year profits, offsetting a further decline in drinks sales and charges related to the Japanese earthquake.
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Lower costs have lifted Asahi Group's full-year profits, offsetting a further decline in drinks sales and charges related to the Japanese earthquake.

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