Coca-Cola Japan to take soda giant’s only alcoholic drink nationwide

Lemon-Do to hit stores in October as group weans itself off pop

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Coca-Cola enters the canned cocktail market with a lemon chuhai, a popular drink in "izakaya" Japanese-style pubs.

RYOMA KASHIWAGI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Coca-Cola in October will take an alcoholic drink nationwide in Japan as the global soft drink giant attempts to diversify its way out of the mature and crowded soda pop market with an "alcopop" offering.

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