Beverage giant Kirin Holdings Co. will acquire Australian natural health products maker Blackmores Ltd. for 1.88 billion Australian dollars (167.59 billion yen, or $1.24 billion) in a major ...

Kirin is stepping up investment in pharmaceutical, health food, and cosmetics businesses due to secular volume decline in the domestic beer market. Management has completed the divestiture process ...

TOKYO: Japan’s Kirin Holdings has secured enough shares to take over supplement maker Fancl, its new president says, overcoming rival buying by an overseas fund and furthering the beermaker’s ...