As part of its infant food line, Meiji is promoting its line of developmental foods (first foods) with a giveaway of a variety of toys for infants and young children. Entry is by collecting proof of purchase seals and mailing them in.
http://www.meiji-hohoemi.com/y_cp/
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Sapporo beer in another promotion with "Happiness +", a women's interest website is giving away cans of its zero alcohol chuhai product Clear Fruit Zero (すっきり果実のZERO). Entry is via web form.
http://www.sapporobeer.jp/hppla/campaign/sukkirizero/index.html
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Bikkuri Donkey, a family restaurant chain that specializes in chopped steak as it is called in the US, is holding a promotion where they encourage people to eat more slowly by dimming the lights and lighting candles. The expect to serve 1 million people this way. Nothing is being given away and there are no discounts from what I can see, but I suppose it is a way to give a slightly more upscale image to the evening hours.
FYI, they serve "hanbagu" (ハンバーグ) which means chopped steak or hamburger steak. This is not to be confused with "hanbaga" ハンバーガー which is a hamburger.
http://www.bikkuri-donkey.com/campaign/
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Pepsi is introducing an interesting Pepsi variation for summer - Salty Watermelon. It is a red cola with a taste that fits summertime. It will be available nationwide July 24th.
http://topics.blog.suntory.co.jp/004491.html
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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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