Myanmar accounts for less than 5 percent of Kirin’s global beer sales, but it is one of the few growing beer markets for Kirin as sales in its home market, Japan, continues to shrink due to an ...

Japanese beer giant Kirin said it is pulling out of a partnership in Myanmar which it runs with a conglomerate linked to the country's military. The company has a joint venture with Myanmar ...

according to Kirin officials. The move comes as Japan’s beer market shrinks due to the country’s declining population, pushing Kirin to search for other paths to profit. The strategy here is ...