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In Japanese, kirin can refer to giraffes, or to Qilin, mythical hooved Chinese chimerical creatures. Kirin Brewery is named after the latter.
On July 14, 2009, Kirin announced that it was in negotiations with Suntory on a merger.[3] On February 8, 2010, it was announced that negotiations between the two were terminated.
In 2010, Kirin made 23.4 percent of sales abroad, the highest abroad revenue among Japanese breweries.
On October 2011, the court decided that Kir