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Hot Drinks in Japan

Publisher MarketLine
Published Jan 29, 2026
Length 46 Pages
SKU # MTLN21076736

Description

Hot Drinks in Japan

Summary

Hot Drinks in Japan industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value 2020-25, and forecast to 2030). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Key Highlights
  • The hot drinks market includes retail sales of hot coffee, hot tea, and other hot drinks. The hot coffee segment includes coffee beans, decaffeinated instant coffee, standard instant coffee, ground coffee, and ground coffee pods. Hot tea segment covers black specialty tea, fruit and herbal tea, green tea, instant tea, tea pods, etc. Other hot drinks segment includes chocolate-based hot drinks, malt-based hot drinks, mate, roasted grain hot drinks, etc. The market is valued according to retail selling price (RSP) and includes any applicable taxes.
  • The Japanese hot drinks market recorded revenues of $14,993.6 million in 2025, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -4.9% between 2020 and 2025.
  • Market consumption volumes declined with a negative CAGR of 1.3% between 2020 and 2025, reaching a total of 449.6 million kilograms in 2025.
  • The Japanese hot drinks market experienced contraction during 2020-25, primarily due to rising production and import costs, driven by a weakened Japanese currency and global supply chain issues, which led to price increases across tea and coffee products.
Scope
  • Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the hot drinks market in Japan
  • Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the hot drinks market in Japan
  • Leading company profiles reveal details of key hot drinks market players’ global operations and financial performance
  • Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Japan hot drinks market with five year forecasts
Reasons to Buy
  • What was the size of the Japan hot drinks market by value in 2025?
  • What will be the size of the Japan hot drinks market in 2030?
  • What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Japan hot drinks market?
  • How has the market performed over the last five years?
  • Who are the top competitors in Japan's hot drinks market?

Table of Contents

46 Pages
1 Executive Summary
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Market volume
1.4. Market volume forecast
1.5. Category segmentation
1.6. Geography segmentation
1.7. Market share
1.8. Market rivalry
1.9. Competitive landscape
2 Market Overview
2.1. Market definition
2.2. Market analysis
3 Market Data
3.1. Market value
3.2. Market volume
4 Market Segmentation
4.1. Category segmentation
4.2. Geography segmentation
4.3. Market distribution
5 Market Outlook
5.1. Market value forecast
5.2. Market volume forecast
6 Five Forces Analysis
6.1. Summary
6.2. Buyer power
6.3. Supplier power
6.4. New entrants
6.5. Threat of substitutes
6.6. Degree of rivalry
7 Competitive Landscape
7.1. Market share
7.2. Who are the leading players in the Japanese hot drinks market?
7.3. Which companies have been most successful in increasing their market shares during 2020-25?
7.4. Which companies' market shares have suffered during 2020-25?
7.5. What are the most popular brands in the Japanese hot drinks market?
8 Company Profiles
8.1. Nestle SA
8.2. Ajinomoto Co Inc
8.3. UCC Ueshima Coffee Co Ltd
8.4. ITO EN Ltd
9 Macroeconomic Indicators
9.1. Country data
10 Appendix
10.1. Methodology
10.2. Industry associations
10.3. Related MarketLine research
10.4. About MarketLine
List of Tables
Table 1: Japan hot drinks market value: $ million, 2020-25
Table 2: Japan hot drinks market volume: million kilograms, 2020-25
Table 3: Japan hot drinks market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2020-25
Table 4: Japan hot drinks market category segmentation: $ million, 2020-25
Table 5: Japan hot drinks market geography segmentation: $ million, 2025
Table 6: Japan hot drinks market distribution: % share, by value, 2025
Table 7: Japan hot drinks market value forecast: $ million, 2025-30
Table 8: Japan hot drinks market volume forecast: million kilograms, 2025-30
Table 9: Japan hot drinks market share: % share, by value, 2025
Table 10: Nestle SA: Key Facts
Table 11: Nestle SA: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 12: Nestle SA: Key Employees
Table 13: Ajinomoto Co Inc: Key Facts
Table 14: Ajinomoto Co Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 15: Ajinomoto Co Inc: Key Employees
Table 16: UCC Ueshima Coffee Co Ltd: Key Facts
Table 17: ITO EN Ltd: Key Facts
Table 18: ITO EN Ltd: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 19: ITO EN Ltd: Key Employees
Table 20: Japan Size of Population (Million), 2021-24
Table 21: Japan Real GDP (Constant 2010 Prices, $ Billion), 2021-24
Table 22: Japan GDP (Current Prices, $ Billion), 2021-24
Table 23: Japan Inflation, 2021-24
Table 24: Japan Consumer Price Index (Absolute), 2021-24
Table 25: Japan Exchange Rate, 2020-25
List of Figures
Figure 1: Japan hot drinks market value: $ million, 2020-25
Figure 2: Japan hot drinks market volume: million kilograms, 2020-25
Figure 3: Japan hot drinks market category segmentation: $ million, 2020-25
Figure 4: Japan hot drinks market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2025
Figure 5: Japan hot drinks market distribution: % share, by value, 2025
Figure 6: Japan hot drinks market value forecast: $ million, 2025-30
Figure 7: Japan hot drinks market volume forecast: million kilograms, 2025-30
Figure 8: Forces driving competition in the hot drinks market in Japan, 2025
Figure 9: Drivers of buyer power in the hot drinks market in Japan, 2025
Figure 10: Drivers of supplier power in the hot drinks market in Japan, 2025
Figure 11: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the hot drinks market in Japan, 2025
Figure 12: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the hot drinks market in Japan, 2025
Figure 13: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the hot drinks market in Japan, 2025
Figure 14: Japan hot drinks market share: % share, by value, 2025

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