- Second consecutive year for a Suntory Whisky brand to be awarded top out of all entries -
- Suntory Whisky Toki and Kakubin receives their first gold –
- Chief Blender Shinji Fukuyo recognized as the Master Blender of the Year for the first time -

- First successful CCU pilot demonstration using solid sorbent process(*1) in the beverage industry in Japan -

- Three uniquely themed outlets, based on the Corporate Slogan “Sustained by nature and water” -