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Coverage dated October 7, 2026

Japan's 4 major beer companies raided for alleged price-fixing

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Japan's antitrust organization raided the country's four largest beer companies Wednesday on allegations of raising prices for wholesalers.

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  1. BBC News

    Japan beer giants raided over alleged price-fixing cartel (opens BBC News)

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    Asahi and Kirin confirmed their premises were searched by Japanese competition authorities.

  2. Quartz

    Japan raids four biggest beer makers in price-fixing probe (opens Quartz)

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    Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo, and Suntory are suspected of coordinating the timing and scale of price increases over several years

  3. UPI

    Japan's 4 major beer companies raided for alleged price-fixing (opens UPI)

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    Japan's antitrust organization raided the country's four largest beer companies Wednesday on allegations of raising prices for wholesalers.

  4. The Guardian

    Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages (opens The Guardian)

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    Investigators probe Asahi, Kirin, Suntory and Sapporo breweries – which together control more than 90% of Japan’s beer market Japanese authorities have raided the country’s four biggest breweries over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beer and other beverages – a practice media reports sa…

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