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 Headquarters in Nakano, Tokyo | |
Native name | キリンホールディングス株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Kirin Hōrudingusu kabushiki gaisha |
| Formerly | Japan Brewery Company, Limited |
| Company type | Public KK |
| Industry | Beverage |
| Predecessor | Spring Valley Brewery Company |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Founder | William Copeland Thomas Blake Glover |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
Key people | Hideki Horiguchi (President and CEO) |
| Services | Strategic management and oversight of the domestic beverage business. |
Number of employees | 30,464 (consolidated) |
| Website | www |
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The Kirin Holdings Company, Limited. (キリンホールディングス株式会社) is a Japanese beer and beverage holding company. It is known for brands such as Kirin Beer, Kirin Lemon, Mets, and Gogo no Kōcha.
The predecessor of the company, the Japan Brewery Company, was founded in Yokohama in 1885 by William Henry Talbot and Edgar Abbott. In 1888, they launched Kirin Beer. In 1907, the business of JBC[further explanation needed] was inherited[by whom?], and Kirin Brewery Company was established. In 2007, it became Kirin Holdings Company, a holding company, with Kirin Beer Company, Kirin Beverage Company, and Mercian Corporation as its main subsidiaries.