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NAIC: 551111 Holding Companies, Bank. Company History: Part of the Mitsui group, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. is the largest of Japan's general trading companies, known as sogo shosha. It was also the first such company, having been founded in 1876, and created the model for other sogo shosha that were formed later. These companies are general in nature ...
Sojitz. 111. 923. Sogo shosha (総合商社, sōgō shōsha, or general trading companies) are Japanese wholesale companies that trade in a wide range of products and materials. In addition to acting as intermediaries, sōgō shōsha also engage in logistics, plant development and other services, as well as international resource exploration.
Feb 11, 2023 · Sogo Shosha means “General (=Sogo) Trading Company (=Shosha)”. The name itself doesn’t carry a lot of meaning but today it specifically refers to seven large-caps: Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Itochu, Sumitomo, Marubeni, Toyota Tsusho, and Sojitz. All are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (and have US-listed ADRs too).
Apr 25, 2023 · This text is mainly inspired by Marubeni Research Institute’s excellent research papers on the matter (2014, 2017), the 12-part Sogo Shosha series from Patrick Ryan at the Japan Times (2018), and Nikkei Asia’s coverage of the resurgence of the Sogo Shosha (2019,2021). I have also taken inspiration from multiple smaller articles and videos that can be found in the appendix.
The company is the largest sogo shosha by revenue (¥21.57tn), consolidated net income (¥1.18tn) and market cap (¥6.8tn) for the year ending March 2023, with the kind of performance indicators ...
Dec 11, 2018 · Actually, the emergence of the sōgō shōsha is quite easy to understand. In the late 1860s Japan emerged from a semi-civil war, after more than 250 years of isolation from the rest of the world, with a new samurai-controlled government under the auspices of the young Emperor Meiji. Having been forced to open its doors to the West by superior ...
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d by domestic industry.11.After the establishment of 10-major SOGO SHOSHA framework, the future of profit structure centered on trade (exports and imports, domestic, and triangular traditional trade) did not give SOGO S. OSHA a bright prospect. When the high growth ended, as Japanese economy faced various problems and difficulties, SOGO SHOSHA ...
