By HIROKI ITO/ Staff Writer
November 11, 2020 at 19:07 JST
Kazuhiro Sakurai, left, president of Asahi Shuzo Co., and Hiroshi Sakurai, chairman of the brewery, are clearly happy with the auction outcome. Photo was taken in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Nov. 10 when six bottles of sake from the company's premium Dassai collection were auctioned off. (Hiroki Ito)
A bottle of limited-edition sake from the renowned Dassai brand fetched the equivalent of 843,750 yen ($8,026) at auction in Hong Kong on Nov. 10. [Read More]
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