Suntory pours $56m into whisky-aging cellar to meet demand

Storehouse for 40,000 barrels will be added to Shiga, Japan facility

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Suntory Holding will expand capacity to age whisky to 1.58 million barrels. (Photo by Takeru Goto)

TAKERU GOTO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese beverage producer Suntory Holdings will spend about 6 billion yen ($56 million) to expand a domestic whisky-aging facility, the group's latest effort to keep up with rising international demand for the spirit.

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