Asahi Breweries, now organized as Asahi Group Holdings, is a Japanese beverage company headquartered in Sumida, Tokyo, tracing to a predecessor established in 1889 and reorganized as Asahi Beer Co., Ltd. on September 1, 1949. It holds the largest beer market share in Japan, roughly 37 percent, ahead of Kirin and Suntory, and also controls a substantial share of the Australian beer market. The 1987 launch of Asahi Super Dry is credited with transforming the modern Japanese beer industry and driving the company's turnaround, and it is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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Company Type Founded Year Headquarters Connections
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A brewery or alcoholic beverage producer; classified in the atlas alcoholic-beverage-industry.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, located there.
Sources
1. Asahi Breweries - Wikipedia
Infobox, Founded
Founded September 1, 1949
Infobox, Type
Type: Public
Infobox, Headquarters
Headquarters: Azumabashi, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
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