date:May 19, 2014
yen from spirits operations, he said.
The company expects sales this year to reach 2.5 trillion yen with 38% coming from the overseas market, Vice President Shigehiro Aoyama said.
Suntory, which makes Yamazaki whiskey and Premium Malts beer, began in 1899 as a wine store in Osaka in western Japan. Nobutada Saji, 68, is a grandson of founder Shinjiro Torii and has held the presidents job since 2001.
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