Suntory Kinmugi happoshu beer Kyoto style canvas bag (京帆布) set giveaway. The bags are made by Ichizawa Shinzaburo Hanpu (一澤信三郎帆布), a famous maker to stylish canvas bags. Entry is by mailing in proof of purchase marks taken from packaging.
http://www.suntory.co.jp/beer/kinmugi/campaign05/obo.html?fromid=topics
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Suntory is conducting an online quiz. If you take the quiz, print out the certificate of completion and take it with you on a free factory tour (any of the participating Suntory's factories nationwide), you will receive a special glass and receive a chance at a bundle of Suntory products.
http://www.suntory.co.jp/quiz/naruhodo2012/
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Meiji is holding a giveaway of special water kettles, a mini ping-pong set, towels and other goods to promote their very popular Kinokonoyama (きのこの山) and Takenokonosato (たけのこの里) mushroom and bamboo shoot shaped chocolate-covered cookies. Entry requires going to a special webpage and entering a code printed on product boxes.
http://www.meiji.co.jp/sweets/chocolate/kinotake/cmp/12s/
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Suntory is selling two forms of branded ice cubes. One uses a process developed by Nichirei to which retains all the minerals in spring water while not adding any extra air, resulting in white cubes. The other uses a combination of ion exchange and reverse osmosis filtration to obtain water 1,000 times as pure as tap water, and thus extra clear cubes. These are being promoted for use with Suntory spirits and beverages.
http://www.suntory.co.jp/softdrink/icebar/product/index.html
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To mark the introduction of new packaging, Asahi is giving away 1,000 bottles of Black Nikka Clear. Black refers to the color (in relation to regular whiskey) and clear refers to the taste. Entry is by logging onto Asahi's web club and clicking an icon.
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やわらかな香りとまろやかな味わい。
Soft aroma and Mellow taste.
クセのないクリアな飲み心地。
A clear, uncluttered taste for comfortable drinking.
http://www.nikka.com/products/kob/campaign/120620-120717/index.html
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Asahi has chosen 10 recipes of all which were submitted for the theme "going well with ?? wine". Not immediately clear what the finalists receive, people are encouraged to vote on the ten finalists and when the winner is determined, 4 of the people who voted on that recipe win 6 packs of Clear Asahi happoshu beer.
http://www.asahibeer.co.jp/enjoy/recipe/contribution/vote.html
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On its wine club website, Asahi is featuring three wines from its サントネージュ株式会社 subsidiary. There is no English translation, but it looks like it stands for something like "Saint Snow Winery" and is located in Yamanashi. In any case, 30 members of the Asahi online wine club will receive three bottles of wine (red, rose, white) which are sold under the Rela line and are said to be good for a relaxing, casual time.
Looking around on the internet, Saint Snow wines are said to be known for being organic and not having added antioxidants.
http://www.asahibeer.co.jp/enjoy/wine/campaign/index.html
http://www.winery.or.jp/member/saint.html
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Luna uses 2 probiotic strains in its yogurts, Bifidobacterium HN019 (Danisco) and plant (cabbage) derived Lactobacillus plantarum HSK201 (Nippon Ham).
http://www.nipponluna.co.jp/lunachan/lactic/
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BOLS liqueur, "born in Amsterdam in 1575", goes through Asahi in Japan. Asahi is giving away 10 bottles of Raspberry BOLS to Asahi web service members to sign in and click on the giveaway.
http://www.asahibeer.co.jp/enjoy/liquorworld/campaign/
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Meiji has started a promotion for its Xylish brand of xylitol (a sweetener which actually promotes dental health) containing gum by opening a Xylish Inc. website. It is a pseudo company called Xylish Inc. and with a CEO named Fukuyama (福山CEO) and they are now taking suggestions for projects. Registering at the site does not require personal information. The company's goal is to support working people and project suggestions should support that goal. A number of projects will be selected. I assume that the selected projects will be addressed through online collaboration with people who register. Too early now to get a grip on exactly what this will look like. It does seem to be a fairly elaborate promotion though.
http://xylishinc.jp/
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