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<a href="https://smartkarma.com/entities/japan-tobacco-inc">Japan Tobacco</a> (JT) is a global tobacco leader facing a pivotal transition. While its traditional combustible cigarette business, led by powerhouse brands like Winston, Camel, and Mevius, remains a significant cash generator, it faces secular decline in developed markets, particularly its home market of Japan.</li>
  <li>The company's future growth hinges on the successful expansion of its Reduced-Risk Products (RRPs), primarily the Ploom brand of heated tobacco products (HTPs). JT is intensifying investment in RRPs to capture share in this growing segment, aiming for these products to significantly contribute to revenue by 2025.</li>
  <li>Strategic acquisitions and a focus on international markets are key pillars of JT's strategy to offset domestic volume declines. The international tobacco business, JTI, is the primary growth engine, contributing over 60% of group profits.</li>
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Japan Tobacco (JT) is a global tobacco leader facing a pivotal transition. While its traditional combustible cigarette business, led by powerhouse brands like Winston, Camel, and Mevius, remains a significant cash generator, it faces secular decline in developed markets, particularly its home market of Japan.
  The company's future growth hinges on the successful expansion of its Reduced-Risk Products (RRPs), primarily the Ploom brand of heated tobacco products (HTPs). JT is intensifying investment in RRPs to capture share in this growing segment, aiming for these products to significantly contribute to revenue by 2025.
  Strategic acquisitions and a focus on international markets are key pillars of JT's strategy to offset domestic volume declines. The international tobacco business, JTI, is the primary growth engine, contributing over 60% of group profits.
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프라이머: Japan Tobacco (2914 JP) - 2025년 9월