Overview
Revenue
$10+ billion (USD) per year
Headquarters
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Category
Retail & Whsle - Discretionary
Takara, K.K. was founded in 1957. The Company's line of business includes the retail sale of household furniture. Takara Holdings Inc. produces distilled spirits, sake, soft drinks, and cooking wine. The Group also produces research reagents, scientific instruments, and functional foods. Also, the group provides constact research services with new genetic engineering technologies. Karaoke singers can find courage in bottles from Takara Holdings. Through its Takara Shuzo subsidiary, the company is a leading distiller of "shochu", a traditional Japanese liquor. It also produces sake, "mirin" (a sweet cooking wine used for seasoning), "happoshu" (a low-malt beverage), and low-alcohol beverages, including fruit-based and vitamin-fortified drinks. A second subsidiary, Takara Bio, conducts gene research and is a leading Japanese supplier of reagents for DNA research; it also produces health foods and seasonings for the Japanese consumer. Takara Holdings also owns cardboard box, label making, transportation, and real estate leasing, warehousing and logistics businesses, among others.
