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Not mirin - "sweet cooking rice seasoning"
From the name, you might think that this is Mirin, or sweet cooking rice wine. It's not. Here's the ingredient list: "Glucose syrup, Water, Alcohol, Rice, Corn syrup, salt". What you're buying here is glorified sugar-water. It's a scam that this product has mirin in the name, but is a cheap substitue "sweet cooking rice seasoning" instead.
From reference, from About.com, here's what mirin is supposed to be: "Mirin is a Japanese condiment which contains about 14% alcohol. To make mirin, steamed mochi-gome (glutinous rice), kome-koji (cultured rice), and shochu (distilled alcoholic beverage) are mixed and fermented for about 2 months." [...]
