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Nissho Iwai

Sojitz Corporation
双日株式会社
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 IncreaseJPY3,956 billion (2012)
IncreaseJPY14.3 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 "" (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.


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