Sojitz
Sign in to saveis a sogo shosha (general trading company) based in Tokyo, Japan. It is engaged in a wide range of businesses globally, including buying, selling, importing, and exporting goods, manufacturing and selling products, providing services, and planning and coordinating projects, in Japan and overseas. Sojitz also invests in various sectors and conducts financing activities. The broad range of sectors in which Sojitz operates includes automobiles, energy, mineral resources, chemicals, foodstuff resources, agricultural and forestry resources, consumer goods, and industrial parks.
Key facts
- Company.location
- Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
- Company.key_people
- Masayoshi Fujimoto (president & CEO)
- Company.industry
- Conglomerate (Sogo shosha)
- Company.revenue
- JP¥4,006 billion (2016)
- Company.net_income
- JP¥36.5 billion (2016)
- Company.num_employees
- 14,330 (2016)
- Company.name
- Sojitz Corporation
- Company.image_caption
- Headquarters in Uchisaiwaichō, Chiyoda, Tokyo
- Company.native_name
- 双日株式会社
- Company.native_name_lang
- ja
- Company.romanized_name
- Sōjitsu kabushiki gaisha
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.logo
- Sojitz logo.svg
- Company.image
- Iino_Building.jpg
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Nichimen
- Nissho Iwai
- Merger
- Current operations
- Australian investments
- ADV Films acquisition
- References
- External links
is a sogo shosha (general trading company) based in Tokyo, Japan. It is engaged in a wide range of businesses globally, including buying, selling, importing, and exporting goods, manufacturing and selling products, providing services, and planning and coordinating projects, in Japan and overseas. Sojitz also invests in various sectors and conducts financing activities. The broad range of sectors in which Sojitz operates includes automobiles, energy, mineral resources, chemicals, foodstuff resources, agricultural and forestry resources, consumer goods, and industrial parks.
Sojitz was formed in 2004 by the merger of and . The name "Sojitz" is derived from the names of Nissho Iwai and Nichimen, both of which include the character "日" (sun). "Sojitz", literally meaning "twin suns", implies a merger of equals between the two companies. The corporate logo is a stylized version of the first character in its Japanese name.