JAPAN: Kirin Holdings top on a sinking beer market
By Michael Fitzpatrick | 28 January 2010
Kirin Holdings has claimed victory against rival Asahi after securing a larger slice of Japan's beer market for the first time in nine years.
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Kirin Holdings has claimed victory against rival Asahi after securing a larger slice of Japan's beer market for the first time in nine years.

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