Sumitomo Corporation (住友商事, Sumitomo Shōji) TYO: 8053 is one of the largest worldwide trading companies Sogo shosha, and is a diversified corporation. Sumitomo is headquartered in the Harumi Island Triton Square Office Tower Y in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan.[1] Incorporated in 1919, it is a member company of the Sumitomo Group.
In 1996, the company disclosed a loss of 2.6 billion dollars, blaming unauthorized trades by its chief copper trader, Yasuo Hamanaka, over a period of more than ten years (see Sumitomo copper affair).
Today, the company is one of the top three Sogo shosha companies in the world.
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Members of Hakusuikai are bolded. Hakusuikai is an association of the presidents of the Sumitomo companies.
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