Mitsubishi Corporation
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| Type | Trading Company |
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| Traded as | TYO: 8058 LSE:MBC |
| Industry | Business Innovation Financial Services Machinery Chemicals Construction Energy Metal Food Consumer Goods |
| Founded | Incorporated in 1918 (reinstated after World War II in 1954) |
| Headquarters | Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Area served | Global (80 Countries) |
| Key people | Yorihiko Kojima, Chairman Ken Kobayashi, President & CEO |
| Revenue |  ¥19,233,443 million[1] (March 2011) |
| Operating income | ¥316,141 million[1] (March 2011) |
| Net income | ¥463,188 million[1] (March 2011) |
| Total assets | ¥11,347,442 million[1] (March 2011) |
| Total equity | ¥3,600,990 million[1] (March 2011) |
| Parent | Mitsubishi Group |
| Website | www.mitsubishicorp.com |
Mitsubishi Corporation (三菱商事株式会社 Mitsubishi Shōji Kabushiki Kaisha) TYO: 8058 is Japan's largest trading company (sogo shosha), a member of the Mitsubishi keiretsu. Mitsubishi Corporation employs over 50,000 people and has seven business segments including finance, banking, energy, machinery, chemicals, food and more.
In 2008 Mitsubishi Corporation was crowned In-House of the Year - Trading Company In-House Team of the Year at the 2008 ALB Japan Law Awards.[2]
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[edit] Corporate affairs
The head office is in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo.[3] The head office is located in two buildings in Marunouchi: Mitsubishi Shoji Building (三菱商事ビル Mitsubishi Shōji Biru) and Marunouchi Park Building (丸の内パークビル Marunouchi Pāku Biru).[4]
[edit] Business sections
Mitsubishi Corporation businesses are divided into seven business sections:
- Business Innovation Group
- Industrial Finance, Logistics and Development Group
- Energy Business Group
- Metals Group
- Machinery Group
- Chemicals Group
- Living Essentials Group
[edit] Environmental record
In March 1998 the Mitsubishi Corporation received the quarterly Greenwash Award. It was awarded to them for their efforts to portray its businesses, which are actually some of the most destructive on earth, as environmentally friendly. Through the use of public relations the corporation tried to convince the world that their subsidiaries facility off the coast of Mexico was environmentally benign. The facility is a salt evaporation factory and is in a lagoon that also holds the last pristine Grey Whale calving ground.[5]. Mitsubishi(as of 2009), holds between 35% to 40% of the worldwide market for bluefin tuna, a highly endangered species of fish.[6].
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e "Financial Results for Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2011". Mitsubishi Corporation. May 10, 2011. http://www.mitsubishicorp.com/jp/en/ir/library/earnings/pdf/201105e.pdf.
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- ^ "Fact Sheet." Mitsubishi Corporation. Retrieved on September 28, 2011. Page in Japanese
- ^ "Mitsubishi Office: Access Details." Mitsubishi Corporation. Retrieved on September 28, 2011. Page in Japanese
- ^ "Mitsubishi Corporation's 'Award'"
- ^ "[http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/revealed-the-bid-to-corner-worlds-bluefin-tuna-market-1695479.html." The Independant.Retrieved on February 24, 2012
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