the bbc�*s mariko 0i caught up with the boss of the country's biggest brewer, asahi to find out more.holic beverages sales injapan will continue to decline because we cannot go against the shrinking population, which means we cannot expect the japanese market to grow massively. so our growth opportunities are overseas. the simplest market to tackle is europe and not a market which many have called are missing. a market which many have called our missing piece is the us so we are keen to increase our presence. i want to ask you about the weakness of the japanese yen, which has pros and cons, i guess, for your company. has the weak yen forced you to change your strategy already, or are you concerned that if this persists, it would force you to change your strategy? translation: overseas sales account _ for 51% of our overall sales. our overseas profits account for 65% of our total profits. so the weak yen is welcoming news, but it means the strong dollar. and that's the fact that the cost of raw materials. i also don't think the current situation of extremely weak yen is good for the ja

the ceo of asahi there.nd lululemon — an atheltics clothes maker that rose to fame as the go—to shop for your stretchable yoga gear and sportswear. something of an underperfomer on the us stock market of late, their latest numbers saw the share price jump over 10% in after—hours trade on wednesday. impressive or not? i'm joined by poonam goyal — senior research retail analyst at bloomberg. welcome to the bbc. lululemon, i have read various analyst reports offer the back of their earnings, some positive, some negative. what do you make of the numbers? i negative. what do you make of the numbers?— the numbers? i think the results are _ the numbers? i think the results are quite - the numbers? i think the results are quite positive j the numbers? i think the i results are quite positive but i think what was most encouraging about the results was that some of the missteps of the reason growth slowed in the first quarter from the fourth quarter, so it gives opportunity to believe in correcting these missteps espe