Introduction

Bottled Water in Japan industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Japan bottled water market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The bottled water market consists of the retail sale of sparkling flavored water, sparkling unflavored water, still flavored water and still unflavored water. The market is valued according to retail selling price (RSP) and includes any applicable taxes. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been

*The Japanese bottled water market generated total revenues of $5.4 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.2% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

*Still unflavored sales proved the most lucrative for the Japanese bottled water market in 2010, generating total revenues of $5 billion, equivalent to 92.3% of the market's overall value.

*The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 2.1% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to lead the market to a value of $6 billion by the end of 2015.

Features

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Japan economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Japan bottled water market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the Japan bottled water market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Japan bottled water market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

Who are the top competitiors in Japan's bottled water market?
 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 7
Market definition 7
Research highlights 8
Market analysis 9
MARKET VALUE 10
MARKET VOLUME 11
MARKET SEGMENTATION I 12
MARKET SEGMENTATION II 13
MARKET SHARE 14
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 15
Summary 15
Buyer power 16
Supplier power 17
New entrants 18
Substitutes 19
Rivalry 20
LEADING COMPANIES 21
Suntory Limited 21
Coca-Cola Company, The 23
Kirin Brewery Holdings Company, Limited 29
MARKET DISTRIBUTION 33
MARKET FORECASTS 34
Market value forecast 34
Market volume forecast 35
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 36
APPENDIX 38
Methodology 38
Industry associations 39
Related Datamonitor research 39
Disclaimer 40
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 41
Premium Reports 41
Summary Reports 41
Datamonitor consulting 41

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Japan bottled water market value: $ million, 2006–10(e) 10
Table 2: Japan bottled water market volume: million liters, 2006–10(e) 11
Table 3: Japan bottled water market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010(e) 12
Table 4: Japan bottled water market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010(e) 13
Table 5: Japan bottled water market share: % share, by volume, 2010(e) 14
Table 6: Suntory Limited: key facts 21
Table 7: Coca-Cola Company, The: key facts 23
Table 8: Coca-Cola Company, The: key financials ($) 26
Table 9: Coca-Cola Company, The: key financial ratios 27
Table 10: Kirin Brewery Holdings Company, Limited: key facts 29
Table 11: Kirin Brewery Holdings Company, Limited: key financials ($) 31
Table 12: Kirin Brewery Holdings Company, Limited: key financials (₯) 31
Table 13: Kirin Brewery Holdings Company, Limited: key financial ratios 31
Table 14: Japan bottled water market distribution: % share, by volume, 2010(e) 33
Table 15: Japan bottled water market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 34
Table 16: Japan bottled water market volume forecast: million liters, 2010–15 35
Table 17: Japan size of population (million), 2006–10 36
Table 18: Japan gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 36
Table 19: Japan gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 36
Table 20: Japan inflation, 2006–10 37
Table 21: Japan consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 37
Table 22: Japan exchange rate, 2006–10 37

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Japan bottled water market value: $ million, 2006–10(e) 10
Figure 2: Japan bottled water market volume: million liters, 2006–10(e) 11
Figure 3: Japan bottled water market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010(e) 12
Figure 4: Japan bottled water market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010(e) 13
Figure 5: Japan bottled water market share: % share, by volume, 2010(e) 14
Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the bottled water market in Japan, 2010 15
Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the bottled water market in Japan, 2010 16
Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the bottled water market in Japan, 2010 17
Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the bottled water market in Japan, 2010 18
Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the bottled water market in Japan, 2010 19
Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the bottled water market in Japan, 2010 20
Figure 12: Coca-Cola Company, The: revenues & profitability 27
Figure 13: Coca-Cola Company, The: assets & liabilities 28
Figure 14: Kirin Brewery Holdings Company, Limited: revenues & profitability 32
Figure 15: Kirin Brewery Holdings Company, Limited: assets & liabilities 32
Figure 16: Japan bottled water market distribution: % share, by volume, 2010(e) 33
Figure 17: Japan bottled water market value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 34
Figure 18: Japan bottled water market volume forecast: million liters, 2010–15 35