Nissho Iwai

Sojitz Corporation
双日株式会社

Type	Public KK
Traded as	:
Industry	Conglomerate (Sogo shosha)
Founded	August 2004 (August 2004)
Headquarters	Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Yutaka Kase, Chairman Yoji Sato, President & CEO
Revenue	JPY3,956 billion (2012)
Net income	JPY14.3 billion (2012)
Number of employees	15,922 (2013)
Website	Official website

Sojitz Corporation (Japanese: 双日株式会社, Hepburn: Sōjitsu Kabushiki-gaisha^?) 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 Nissho Iwai Corporation (日商岩井株式会社, Nisshō Iwai Kabushiki-gaisha^?) and Nichimen Corporation (ニチメン株式会社, Nichimen Kabushiki-gaisha^?). 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.