TOKYO: Asahi Group said Tuesday it will pay about $7.7 billion for AB InBev’s beer assets in five Eastern European countries, as the Japanese brewer expands its presence in Europe.

The purchase—Asahi’s biggest overseas acquisition—includes popular Czech beer Pilsner Urquell and other businesses in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

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