Tag - liquor

 
 

LIQUOR

BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 12, 2017
Sapporo sues government for return of tax money paid on sale of beer-like drink
Sapporo Breweries Ltd. filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the government with the Tokyo District Court seeking a return tax money the company paid on its beer-like alcoholic beverage Goku Zero.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2017
Drunken monkeys and the evolution of boozing
If alcohol makes you feel sick rather than drunk, you may have a gene mutation that protects you from alcohol impairment and alcoholism.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2016
Japan may exempt foreign tourists from liquor tax
As part of the effort to boost regional economies, the Japan Tourism Agency plans to seek an exemption for domestically produced alcoholic drinks such as sake from the liquor tax when purchased by foreign tourists, agency officials said Saturday.
EDITORIALS
May 12, 2015
Protecting small liquor shops
The LDP should tread carefully in its effort to tighten liquor sales regulations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 5, 2014
Sapporo forecasting full-year loss due to additional tax
Sapporo Holdings Ltd. said Tuesday it will post a loss for the current year due to an extraordinary charge in the form of a higher tax imposed on one of the beer and beverage maker's products.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 8, 2013
Kagoshima 'shochu' makers seek growth via H.K. fair
Nine makers of "shochu" distilled liquor in Kagoshima Prefecture are pitching their products to a wider range of consumers in Asia, with their focus on the international liquor fair now under way in Hong Kong.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world