Asahi Group reports 26% profit drop after cyberattack disrupts Japan operations
Asahi Group reports a 26% profit decline for the first nine months of 2025 following a cyberattack that disrupted operations in Japan and exposed more than 110,000 personal records.
JAPAN – Asahi Group Holdings has reported a 26% decline in net profit for the first nine months of 2025 after a cyberattack disrupted operations in Japan and delayed the release of its financial results.
The Japanese beverage group said net profit for the period fell to ¥103.96 billion (US$658.6 million), while operating profit declined 18% to ¥158.71 billion (US$1.01 billion).
The brewer of Super Dry also reported a 5.5% decrease in core operating profit, or 4.6% when calculated on a constant-currency basis.
Revenue during the first nine months of 2025 declined 0.6% to ¥2.15 trillion (US$13.6 billion). When exchange-rate movements are excluded, revenue increased by 0.6%.
Atsushi Katsuki, president and chief executive officer of Asahi Group Holdings, said the company continued to pursue growth initiatives across key regions despite the operational disruption.
“In Europe and Asia Pacific, we are making steady progress on initiatives to drive growth, including improved unit sales prices and earnings structure reforms,” Katsuki said.
“In Japan & East Asia, while the impact of the system disruption is unavoidable in the short term, we remain confident in the resilience of our business foundation, underpinned by a robust brand portfolio.”
In September, the company reported a systems failure linked to a cyber breach that disrupted production and distribution across its operations in Japan. The group said its factories resumed operations approximately one week later.
The cyberattack did not affect the company’s operations in Europe or the Asia-Pacific region.
On a constant-currency basis, revenue in the Japan and East Asia division rose 1.3% to ¥1.03 trillion (US$6.5 billion), supported by price revisions. However, the division’s core operating profit fell 3.1% due to the effects of the cyber incident.
In Europe, revenue declined 3% to ¥582.6 billion (US$3.7 billion) during the first nine months of the year, which the company attributed partly to unseasonal weather conditions.
Despite the decline in sales, cost efficiencies enabled the European division to increase its core operating profit by 1%.
Revenue in the Asia-Pacific region increased 3.1% to ¥531.3 billion (US$3.4 billion), supported by sales growth in non-alcoholic beverages. Core operating profit in the region declined slightly by 0.9%.
The company has yet to release its full-year 2025 financial results. However, it recently reported that overseas revenues remained largely unaffected by the cyberattack.
Last month, Asahi Group Holdings confirmed that more than 110,000 personal data records had been leaked online following the ransomware attack.
The company also said its domestic beer and spirits business expects to restart shipments of all products next month.
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