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Soft Drinks Packaging in Japan

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    Report

  • 9 Pages
  • July 2025
  • Region: Japan
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1801745
In 2024, total soft drinks packaging retail volumes declined in Japan, driven by the falling population, as well as economic, environmental, and consumer behaviour factors. The series of price hikes implemented by beverage companies like Kirin, in response to rising costs, contributed to decline, as consumers curtailed their spending on non-essential items despite a hot summer.

This Soft Drinks Packaging in Japan report offers insight into key trends and developments driving packaging across the category. The report also examines trends and prospect for various pack types and closures: metal packaging, rigid plastic, glass, liquid cartons, paper-based containers; flexible packaging.

Product coverage: Asian Speciality Drinks, Bottled Water, Carbonates, Concentrates, Energy Drinks, Juice, RTD Coffee, RTD Tea, Sports Drinks.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Soft Drinks Packaging market;
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

KEY DATA FINDINGS

2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Shifting demographic, economic, environmental, and consumer dynamics impact soft drinks packaging
  • Japan is making a steady push towards circularity in PET bottle recycling and recycled content use
  • Smaller pack sizes increasingly popular among consumers, to the detriment of the biggest packs
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Shifting consumer trends, sustainability, and economic pressures set to affect soft drinks packaging
  • Japan set to accelerate PET packaging circularity, with shift towards 50% bottle-to-bottle recycling
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