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Introduction

2-10-1 Shinkawa
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-8288
Japan
Telephone: (03) 5540-3411
Fax: (03) 5540-3547
Web site: http://www.kirin.co.jp

Public Company
Incorporated: 1907
Employees: 23,070
Sales: ¥1.60 trillion ($14.91 billion) (2003)
Stock Exchanges: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Fukuoka Sapporo London
Ticker Symbol: 2503
NAIC: 312120 Breweries; 422810 Beer and Ale Wholesalers; 312111 Soft Drink Manufacturing; 312112 Bottled Water Manufacturing; 312130 Wineries; 312140 Distilleries; 422820 Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Wholesalers; 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing; 551112 Offices of Other Holding Companies

1. Introduction
2. Early History
3. Postwar Ascendancy
4. Beginning to Diversify in the 1970s
5. Making Further Moves Overseas in the 1980s
6. Facing Heightened Domestic Competition in the Late 1980s and 1990s
7. Late 1990s and Early 2000s: Losing Market Share at Home, but Gaining Ground Overseas
8. Principal Subsidiaries
9. Principal Competitors
10. Further Reading
11. Copyright Page
12. About Page