6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of June 2017

Commission File Number 333-216213

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Midtown Tower 11F 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-Ku

Tokyo 107-6241 Japan

(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  ☒  Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

Materials Contained in this Report:

1. Press release titled “Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Announces Strategic Business Plan, Earnings and Dividends Forecast of Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2017,” dated June 5, 2017

2. Press release titled “Notice Regarding Shareholder Benefit Program,” dated June 5, 2017

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc.
By:	/s/ Tamio Yoshimatsu
Name	Tamio Yoshimatsu
Title	Representative Director & President

Date:  June 5, 2017

EX-99.1

This document is a summary translation of the Japanese language original version. In the event of any discrepancy, errors and/or omissions, the Japanese language version shall prevail.

June 5, 2017

To Whom It May Concern:

Company Name:	Coca‐Cola Bottlers Japan Inc.
Representative:	Tamio Yoshimatsu,
	Representative Director and President
	(Ticker 2579, First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Fukuoka Stock Exchange)
Inquiry:	Shigeki Okamoto
	Executive Officer
	Head of Corporate Communication
	(TEL. 03‐6896‐1707)

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Announces Strategic Business Plan,

Earnings and Dividends Forecast of Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2017

Coca‐Cola Bottlers Japan Inc. (“CCBJI”) resolved “Growth Roadmap for 2020 and beyond” a strategic business plan toward 2020 as well as earnings and dividends forecast for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 (FY2017) in its Board of Directors meeting held today, of which earnings and dividends forecast for FY2017 were not included in FY2016 earnings release of former Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. dated February 6, 2017.

1. Growth Roadmap for 2020 and beyond

Growth Roadmap for 2020 and beyond (the roadmap) is aiming to achieve sustainable business growth and to capture integration synergies. In the roadmap initiatives, CCBJI will focus on profitable revenue growth, capturing of integration synergies, establishment of new operating model and holistic financial framework to create shareholder value while investing in people capability development and shared value with local communities for the long term.

Through the initiatives, CCBJI targets to achieve followings by 2020;

- Revenue growth 1.8% YoY in CAGR

- Value share growth ahead of volume share growth

- Growth of small and immediate consumption package volume

- 10%+ EBITDA margin

- 6%+ ROE

- Capturing 25B JPY of accumulated synergies

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2. Earnings Forecast

(1) Earnings Forecast for FY2017 (January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017)

	Revenue	Operating Income	Ordinary Income	Net Income Attributable to Owners of Parent	Net Income Per Share
FY2017 Earnings Forecast	Million JPY	Million JPY	Million JPY	Million JPY	JPY
	906,500	40,100	38,100	21,500	122.85
FY2016 Earnings Results (Note)	460,455	21,143	20,602	5,245	48.05
YoY (Note)	96.9%	89.7%	84.9%	309.9%

(Note) FY2016 results are former Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd and YoY calculated on former Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. results.

(2) Overview of the Earnings Forecast

CCBJI resolved FY2017 earnings forecast considering the three years strategic business plan and current business situation. The forecast is sum of first quarter results of former Coca-Cola West and forecast of CCBJI from second quarter.

3. Dividends Forecast

Former Coca-Cola West has prioritized stable dividend payment while maintaining its basic policy to provide a return to the shareholders in a positive manner. Based on the basic policy and the earnings forecast, CCBJI plans to pay 44 yen per share as annual dividends for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017, comprised of an interim dividend of 22 and a year-end dividend of 22 yen. The per share dividend will not fall below the level of 2016 dividend (excluding commemorative dividend) for former Coca-Cola West and Coca-Cola East Japan.

	Dividend Per Share
	End of Q1	End of Q2	End of Q3	Year-end	Annual
FY2017 Forecast	Yen　Sen	Yen　Sen	Yen　Sen	Yen　Sen	Yen　Sen
	―	22.00	―	22.00	44.00
FY2016 Dividends (Note)	―	22.00	―	24.00	46.00

(Note) FY2016 dividends are results of former Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. and include commemorative dividends (Annual JPY 2, comprised of JPY1 for end of Q2 and JPY 1 for year-end).

CCBJI will host a kick-off presentation to explain its mission, vision and values, strategy and business plan as well as the three years strategic business plan and FY2017 earnings and dividend forecast on 13:30, Tuesday, June 6, 2017 (JST). Presentation material as well as a live webcast and replay will be available on the CCBJI investor relations website (https://en.ccbji.co.jp/ir/).

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The target of the roadmap as well as earnings forecast were created based on information currently available to CCBJI, and actual results may differ from these estimates due to various factors occurring in the future.

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EX-99.2

June 5, 2017

To whom it may concern
	Name of Company	Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan, Inc.
	Representative	Representative Director & President	Tamio Yoshimatsu
	(Code: 2579; First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange/Fukuoka Stock Exchange)
	Direct Enquiries to	Head of General Affairs	Kenji Harack
			Tel. (03)6896-1709

Notice Regarding Shareholder Benefit Program

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan, Inc. was formed by the integration of the businesses of the then Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (now Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan, Inc.) and Coca-Cola East Japan Co., Ltd. effective April 1, 2017, by way of an exchange of shares combined and an absorption-type company split.

The newly-formed Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan today passed the following resolution on the shareholder benefit program adopted by the new company.

1. Reasons for Adoption of Shareholder Benefit Program

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan decided to adopt a shareholder benefit program in order to encourage more shareholders to retain their Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan shares in the mid to long term, and as a way of showing its appreciation to its shareholders and improving shareholders’ perception of Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan.

The shareholder benefit program adopted by Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan represents a continuation of the shareholder benefit program formerly adopted and implemented by Coca-Cola West, including the long-term holder benefit program.

2. Details of Shareholder Benefit Program

Item		Detail
①	Details	①	Shareholders who own 100 shares or more as of December 31 of each year will be awarded “shareholder benefit points (including long-term ownership benefit points)” (equivalent to 60 yen per point) according to the number of shares owned and holding period.
		②	The following year, shareholders can exchange their shareholder benefit points with Coca-Cola products, Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan merchandise, or donate them to a social contribution activity (Ichimura Shizenjuku Kyushu) from late March through September 30.
②	Reference Date	December 31
③	Shareholder benefit points to be awarded in:	Late March in the following year
④	Term during which shareholder benefit program service may be used	From late March until September 30, in the following year

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⑤	Points awarded
		Number	Holding period of less than 3 years		Holding period of three years or more
		of shares owned	Shareholder benefit points		Shareholder benefit points ①	Long-term holder benefit points ②	Shareholder benefit points＋ long-term holder benefit points total ①＋②
		100 shares or more; less than 500 shares	45 points	Equivalent to 2,700 yen	45 points	30 points	75 points	Equivalent to 4,500 yen
		500 shares or more; less than 1,000 shares	60 points	Equivalent to 3,600 yen	60 points	45 points	105 points	Equivalent to 6,300 yen
		1,000 shares or more; less than 5,000 shares	90 points	Equivalent to 5,400 yen	90 points	60 points	150 points	Equivalent to 9,000 yen
		5,000 shares or more	180 points	Equivalent to 10,800 yen	180 points	120 points	300 points	Equivalent to 18,000 yen

3. Shareholders Eligible for the Long-Term Holder Benefit Program

The long-term holder benefit program covers persons who hold 1 unit (100 shares) or more in Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan, Inc. for an uninterrupted period of at least three years.

1) Any shareholder who as of December 31 of the year in question is listed or recorded on the register of shareholders of Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan as having held 1 unit (100 shares) or more shares for an interrupted period of at least 3 years under the same shareholder number (i.e. who is listed or recorded on the register of shareholders under the same shareholder number as of March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 in the years in question, on 13 consecutive occasions).
   However, if a different shareholder number/information is unintentionally written in the shareholders list due to marriage or a change of address, those shareholders will be eligible to receive long-term holder benefits if they submit an application themselves.

2) Because Coca-Cola East Japan, Co. Ltd. only performed checks of shareholders listed or recorded on its register of shareholders twice a year (as of June 30 and December 31), shareholding status cannot be verified as of March 30 and September 30 in a given year. By way of an extraordinary measure, however, a shareholder’s eligibility under the long-term holder benefit program for the period up until March 31, 2017 will be determined by verifying the listing or record of that shareholder on the register or shareholders as having held 1 unit (100 shares) or more shares as of the aforementioned two dates, with the provision that from April 2017, a shareholder must be listed or recorded on the register of shareholders every quarter in order for that shareholder to be eligible under the long-term holder program.

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(Ref (Image): How to accommodate for CCEJ shareholders regarding the application conditions for the long� term holder benefit program) a) How to accommodate for shareholders benefits on 2018 Exchange of shares possible from April 1, 2017 Next reference date Next shareholder benefits Dec 31, 2014 Jun 30, 2014 Dec 31, 2015 Jun 30, 2016 Dec 31, 2016 Jun 30, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Dec 31, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Late March 2018 Continued holding oft unit (100 shares) or more under the same shareholder number Continued holding oft unit (100 shares) or more under the same shareholder number b) How to accommodate for shareholder benefits on 2019 2019 reference date 2019 shareholder benefits Dec 31, 2015 Jun 30, 2016 Dec 31, 2016 Jun 30, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Dec 31, 2017 Mar 31, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Dec 31, 2018 Late March 2019 Continued holding of I unit (100 shares) or more under the same shareholder number Continued holding of I unit (100 shares) or more under the same shareholder number c) How to accommodate for shareholder benefits on 2020 2020 reference date 2020 shareholder benefits Dec 31, 2016 Jun 30, 2017 Sep 30, 2017 Dec 31, 2017 Mar 30, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2017 Dec 31, 2018 Mar 31, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Dec 31, 2019 Late March 2020 Holding l unit (100 shares) or more Continued holding of 1 unit (100 shares) or more under the same shareholder number

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