Sapporo is holding a "Don't Look Away" campaign where you watch an internet movie about a devious woman (騙す女) and her husband. You then have to answer difficult questions about what you have just seen and the questions change so that the same set of questions rarely comes up. If you answer the questions correctly, you get a change at 1,122,00 yen (about 13 thousand dollars) or cans of Suntory Golden low calorie happoshu beer (金のオフ) and are encouraged to drink them as a couple.
The web page has questions like, "what is the wife's aim?" (妻の狙いは？) and "what is the husband's fate?"(夫の運命は？). The giveaway amount of money comes from "good couple" or "いいふうふ" which can be read as 1-1-2-2. A well known female actress, Hiromi Nagasaku (永作博美), plays the lead.
http://www.sapporobeer.jp/kinnooff/minogasenai/index.html
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Sapporo is promoting Beringer Rose Wine from California with a giveaway of cooking items and clothes aimed at young females. Winners are determined by scratch off seals on the bottles.
http://www.sapporobeer.jp/wine/beringer/girlscp/campaign.html
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For Father's Day season, Suntory is holding a giveaway a chance at free samples of its high blood pressure reducing sesame barley tea (胡麻麦茶) to people who answer a simple quiz. This drink carries an authorized health claim, and middle-aged men are an obvious target for marketing. The timing of this promotion also coincides with the season when many people are watching their health extra closely in preparation for company physical check-ups, which are mandatory and focus on life-style disease related indicators such as high blood pressure.
http://www.suntory.co.jp/softdrink/gomamugicha/cp/index.html
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Meiji is cross promoting Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt (the best selling yogurt brand in Japan and a FOSHU product) with Meiji Amino Collagen (the best selling collagen supplement in Japan). In this "Beauty and Health" campaign mixing Amino Collagen supplement in with Bulgaria yogurt is promoted as one way to promote both beauty and health. Entry requires submission of a questionnaire and winners receive product coupons.
http://www.meiji.co.jp/health/amicolla/bikenshukan/cmp/120402_bikenshukan/
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To celebrate the annular or golden ring solar eclipse (金環日食), Sapporo is giving away T-shirt with the date and ads for their Barley and Hops happoshu beer (麦とホップ) which by coincidence carries a similar golden ring on its label. Entry involves mailing in proof of purchase marks on 6-packs.
http://www.sapporobeer.jp/mugitohop/nissyokutshirt/
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Suntory is promoting its Oolong Hicha Oriental Blend Tea (烏龍妃茶) by giving away five overnight stays (2 people each) at the Four Seasons Hotel in Tokyo and passes to the hotel's Yu Spa. The product name and product ingredients come from health foods said to have been consumed by Chinese empresses (中国王妃).
This tea is advertised to contain jujube (ナツメ), lotus leaf (ハスの葉) and Chinese wolfberry (クコ).
http://www.suntory.co.jp/softdrink/oolongtea/biryokucp/?fromid=topics
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Sapporo beer is conducting a Canon camera giveaway in conjunction with "Happiness +", a women's interest website and "withPhoto" a women's photo site. Entry requires registration on the "withPhoto" site. Not exactly sure how this promotes Sapporo products though.
http://www.sapporobeer.jp/hppla/campaign/withphoto/index.html
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Sapporo is offering a Summer Colors Premium beer (夏の彩) which is on sale only at convenience stores and uses Japanese malt, Furano Golden Star hops and Hokkaido rice. Hokkaido is often used to represent ideal seasons and colors in Japan. Summers are cool and colorful in Hokkaido, but hot and humid in much of the rest of Japan.
http://www.sapporobeer.jp/product/sapporo/nihonnoirodori_premium/index.html
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Meiji is promoting RakuRaku Cube infant formula with campaign where people mail in proof of purchases (20 or 35). All entrants receive free product and grand prize winners win 2 days at Disney Resort plus a night at a Disney hotel.
http://www.meiji-hohoemi.com/raku2/campaign/
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Sapporo will introduce Hokkaido Premium happoshu beer early next month. The product will use Hokkaido malt and Furano (富良野 also Hokkaido) region hops and is thus said to have a refreshing, umami-containing Hokkaido taste.
http://www.sapporobeer.jp/hokkaidopremium/index.html
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