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Kirin Freezes Beer Price Sheets After JFTC Raids as Sports Day Travel Promos Kick In
Japan’s Saturday slate mixes competition probes, holiday travel card deals, and arena openers—from wholesale beer lists to V.League volleyball at Musashino Forest.
BusinessKirin Holdings Suspends Three Wholesale Beer Price Sheets After JFTC Raid as Rivals Submit Compliance Memos
Kirin froze three distributor price lists within 48 hours of the Fair Trade Commission’s dawn searches, while Asahi and Suntory filed sworn statements on how they set wholesale beer margins.
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EntertainmentNHK Taiga Drama Premiere Pulls 19.2 Household Share on Sports Day Eve
HealthMHLW Opens Autumn RSV Antibody Window for Infants in Kanto as Pediatric Wards Report Bed Squeeze
ScienceRIKEN SPring-8 Team Maps Strain Fields in Solid-State Battery Prototype Electrodes
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