{
  "id": 872067,
  "title": "Asahi Group's Net Profit Hits Record in Jan.-June",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/asahi-groups-net-profit-hits-record-in-jan-june",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-14T12:49:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026081400832/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 14 (Jiji Press)--Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. said Friday that its consolidated net profit in January-June jumped 68.8 pct from a year before to 99.1 billion yen, hitting a first-half record high, thanks to a weaker yen and the sale of a factory site. The group's first-half sales increased 7.7 pct to 1,463.9 billion yen. Sales in Japan and East Asia fell 2.2 pct due to a system fail...",
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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."
}