The first beer monopoly was held from 1922 to 1946 under Japanese rule by Takasago Beer.
As the discovery and introduction of new odorants is very costly, only the big fragrance companies, such as Givaudan, Firmenich, IFF, Symrise and Takasago, can afford this strategy.
Takasago (Chinese: 高砂, Japanese: タカサゴ) is an ancient Japanese name for Taiwan.
Asashio Tarō III (1929-1988) the 46th yokozuna and 5th Takasago-oyakata
Tsukuda graduated from the School of Engineering of the University of Tokyo in 1968 with an advanced degree in marine mechanical engineering and joined Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) immediately after graduation.After years with the company he eventually became deputy general manager of Takasago Machinery Works and, later, general manager of Nagoya Machinery Works.
Most perfumers are employed by several large fragrance corporations in the world including Mane, Firmenich, IFF, Givaudan, Takasago, and Symrise.
In 2001, Takasago's Professor Ryōji Noyori won the 2001 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the study of chirally catalyzed hydrogenations.