• TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    Is that true? That makes more sense then, actually! I thought they somehow resisted what I’m sure would be persistent high-priced offers to buy the domain from one of the largest beverage holding groups in Asia.

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      2 days ago

      TBF, “Asahi” is a better name for a newspaper than for a brewery 😅 (It means “morning sun” in Japanese)

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          Haha! Though they were probably more of a patriot than a drunk: Japan is the land of the rising sun, after all!

          And by that I mean that the name of the country (in Japanese) literally means “origin of the sun”, and that the emperor is traditionally considered a direct descendant of the sun goddess.

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      This is what i was told once upon a time. But upon actual research it sadly appears not. At least the newspaper is not on the list of properties of the asahi holdings that owns the beer company. (for some reason i am not able to paste the link onypjone)