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Japan's four major beer brewers raided over suspected price-fixing cartel

Japanese authorities raided the premises of Asahi, Kirin, Suntory, and Sapporo over suspicions of colluding to fix beverage prices.

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High factuality (mean credibility of the reporting outlets)Latest report 8 Oct 2026, 03:54 UTC

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“Asahi, Sapporo, Kirin and Suntory confirmed to the BBC that their premises had been searched by the Japanese competition authority.”

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“Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages”

“Japan beer giants raided over alleged price-fixing cartel”
“Japan watchdog raids four major brewers over suspected beer price cartel - The Japan Times”

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Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages
Investigators probe Asahi, Kirin, Suntory and Sapporo breweries – which together control more than 90% of Japan’s beer marketJapanese authorities have raided the country’s four biggest breweries over...
The GuardianCentre-leftEnglish8 Oct, 03:54

Japan beer giants raided over alleged price-fixing cartel
Asahi, Sapporo, Kirin and Suntory confirmed to the BBC that their premises had been searched by the Japanese competition authority.

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