{
  "id": 10418161,
  "title": "Beer Makers Prep for Battle as Japan Unifies Liquor Taxes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/beer-makers-prep-for-battle-as-japan-unifies-liquor-taxes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T09:35:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026092700144/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)--Major Japanese beer companies are revamping flagship products and reclassifying quasi-beer items as beer as they prepare for intensifying competition following Thursday's unification of liquor taxes on beer and related products. As the tax rate change will narrow the price differences among beer, \"happoshu\" quasi-beer products and beer-like beverages known as th...",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}