The top executive of Kirin Holdings Co. said Tuesday the company may ask the Japanese government for help to resolve a dispute over ending its beer business partnership with a Myanmar military-linked entity.

Kirin Holdings President and CEO Yoshinori Isozaki said in an interview that his company may need such support, depending on the ruling by a Yangon district court after its partner Myanma Economic Holdings Public Co. unilaterally filed a petition last month to liquidate a joint venture called Myanmar Brewery Ltd.

Isozaki said he hopes the dispute on the venture, the biggest beer company in Myanmar owned 51% by Kirin and 49% by the Myanmar entity, can be resolved by the end of June.