Japan's brewery giant Kirin to withdraw from Myanmar according to statement

A man walks near an advertisement of a Kirin brand beer in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2020. Japanese beverage giant Kirin Holdings said Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 it has decided to withdraw from its joint venture in Myanmar. - AP

TOKYO, Feb 14, 2022 (AFP/AP): Japanese brewery Kirin said Monday it will pull out of Myanmar after a failed bid to "terminate" its joint venture with a junta-owned company, citing human rights concerns in the South-East Asian country.

Kirin said it had "expressed its regret over the actions of the military seizing power by force in Myanmar" last February, and would now withdraw from the country a year after a coup that it said contravened the company's human rights standards.