Overview

• Kirin said on Oct. 7 it will begin adjusting restaurant shipments on Oct. 9 after a surge in orders following Asahi’s systems outage.
• Kirin president Hideki Horiguchi said keg and bottled Ichiban Shibori shipments to liquor wholesalers will be restricted.
• Asahi Group’s cyberattack-linked system failure has cut its beer shipments and had no clear recovery timetable as of Oct. 7.
• Reports said Sapporo Beer and Suntory are also curbing some product deliveries, an unusual move for multiple brewers at once.
• The shift in demand has raised concerns about stable supply for restaurants and wholesalers across the domestic market.