Kirin Company

Kirin Holdings Company, Limited

Headquarters in Nakano, Tokyo
Native name	キリンホールディングス株式会社
Romanized name	Kirin Hōrudingusu kabushiki gaisha
Formerly	Kirin Brewery Company, Limited (1907-2007)
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 2503 NAG: 2503 FSE: 2503 SSE: 2503 TOPIX Large70 component (TYO) Nikkei 225 component (TYO)
Industry	Beverage
Predecessor	Spring Valley Brewery Company
Founded	1885; 140 years ago (1885) (as Japan Brewery Company) February 23, 1907; 117 years ago (1907-02-23) (as Kirin Brewery Company)
Founder	William Copeland Thomas Blake Glover
Headquarters	Nakano-ku, Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Hideki Horiguchi (President and CEO)
Services	Strategic management and oversight of the domestic beverage business.
Number of employees	30,464 (consolidated)
Subsidiaries	Kirin Brewery Company Kirin Beverage Company Mercian Corporation Kyowa Kirin (50.10%)
Website	www.kirinholdings.com

The Kirin Holdings Company, Limited. (キリンホールディングス株式会社) is a Japanese beer and beverage holding company. It is known for brands such as Kirin Beer, Kirin Lemon, Mets, and Gogo no Kōcha.

The predecessor of the company, the Japan Brewery Company, was founded in Yokohama in 1885 by William Henry Talbot and Edgar Abbott. In 1888, they launched Kirin Beer. In 1907, the business of JBC^{[further explanation needed]} was inherited^{[by whom?]}, and Kirin Brewery Company was established. In 2007, it became Kirin Holdings Company, a holding company, with Kirin Beer Company, Kirin Beverage Company, and Mercian Corporation as its main subsidiaries. As a result, the brewery division was taken over by the second incarnation of Kirin Brewery.