JAPANESE BREWERS WORK TO RESTORE PRODUCTION AFTER EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
April 1st, 2011
BY GAVIN BLAIR
JAPANESE brewers are working to get disaster-affected production back online in time for the summer months, halting sales of some brands to focus on core offerings. "The Kirin Sendai plant, which was hit by the earthquake and tsunami, suffered damage to storage tanks, but we have confirmed now that the main brewing equipment is functioning," said Kan Yamamoto a spokesman at Kirin's Tokyo headquarters. "The Toride plant [Ibaraki] is not as badly damaged as we'd thought and is now running. We think with extra production that can be ...
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