Asahi Group’s Net Profit Falls 36.7 Pct in 2025

Tokyo, July 8 (Jiji Press)–Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. said Wednesday that its consolidated net profit in 2025 fell 36.7 pct from the previous year to 121.5 billion yen, hit by reduced shipments caused by a system failure last September. The Japanese beverage maker’s sales slipped 1.5 pct to 2,894.6 billion yen. “The results are very severe,” President and Group CEO Atsushi Katsuki told a news conference in Tokyo. “I want to apologize as many times as I can” for the system failure, he said. In response to the incident, Katsuki and three other executives will return 20 pct of their monthly pay for three months. The impact of the system failure is estimated at nearly 40 billion yen. Shipments resumed for all goods by April. Katsuki emphasized that the company’s business foundation has not been damaged by the system failure. For this year, Asahi Group forecasts record sales and net profit thanks to efforts to strengthen high-value-added products. Net profit is expected to jump 59.6 pct to 194 billion yen, while sales are projected to rise 11.2 pct to 3.22 trillion yen. Asahi Group, which usually reports its full-year financial results around February, had delayed the release due to the fallout of the system failure. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]