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In 2014, Asahi, with a 38% market share, was the largest of the four major beer producers in Japan followed by Kirin with 35% and Suntory with 15%. [10] In 2020, Kirin surpassed Asahi in the Japanese beer market, holding a 37.1% share compared to Asahi's 35.2%. [12] This marked the first time since 2001 that Kirin outperformed Asahi.
(キリンホールディングス株式会社) is a Japanese beer and beverage holding company. It is known for brands such as Kirin Beer, Kirin Lemon, Mets, and Gogo no Kōcha. The predecessor of the company, the Japan Brewery Company, was founded in Yokohama in 1885 by William Henry Talbot and Edgar Abbott. In 1888, they launched Kirin Beer.
Official website (in Japanese) Reuters' article "Alcohol-free brew surprise hit in beer-loving Japan" April 23, 2009 (in English) Wall Street Journal article "Coming to America: Kirin Beer With No Alcohol" January 24, 2011 (in English)
' sparkling alcoholic beverage '), or low-malt beer, is a tax category of Japanese liquor that most often refers to a beer-like beverage with less than 67% malt content. The alcoholic beverage is popular among consumers for having a lower tax than beverages that the nation's law classifies as "beer" ( ビール , bīru ) .
Kirin Ichiban, a 5% abv pale lager, brewed under licence for the Japanese brewing company Kirin. It is brewed using the unique Ichiban Shibori brewing process, the most expensive in the world. Estrella Damm – a 4.6% bottle and draught beer, now available in the UK. Wells and Young's import, market and distribute.
Kirin will sell just 200 of its Electric Salt Spoons online for 19,800 yen ($127) this month and a limited run at a Japanese retailer in June, but is hoping for 1 mill Kirin's electric spoon leaps ...
Kirin Cup Soccer, an association football tournament organised in Japan; Kirin Open, a Japanese golf tournament from 1974 to 2001; One of three shogi pieces in large shogi Kirin variants: Chu shogi, which uses one piece per player; Dai shogi, which uses one piece per player; Taikyoku shogi, which uses the Kirin (麒麟) and Kirin-master (麟師 ...
Kirin – A mythical creature in Asian mythology; in Shinto, the kirin are considered messengers of the kami. Kisshōten (吉祥天, lit. ' Auspicious Heavens ') – A Japanese goddess of good fortune, wealth and prosperity. Adapted, via Buddhism, from the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. Kisshōten is sometimes named as one of the Seven Gods of Fortune ...