Yamato Transport
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Native name | ヤマトホールディングス株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Yamato Hōrudingusu kabushiki gaisha |
| Company type | Public KK |
| TYO: 9064 | |
| Industry | Courier |
| Founded | 1919 |
| Headquarters | Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Toshizo Kurisu, President |
| Revenue | JP¥ 1,625,315 million (2019) [1] |
| JP¥ 58,345 million (2019) [1] | |
| JP¥ 54,259 million (2019) [1] | |
| Total assets | JP¥ 1,123,659 million (2019) [1] |
| Total equity | JP¥ 565,841 million (2019) [1] |
Number of employees | 171,888 (2018) |
| Website | www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp |
The Yamato Transport Company, Ltd. (ヤマト運輸株式会社, Yamato Un'yu kabushiki gaisha, YTC) is one of Japan's largest door-to-door delivery service companies, with a market share of 41%,[2] competing closely with Sagawa Express and Nippon Express. Their head office is in Ginza, Tokyo. The company's trademarked term for their express door-to-door delivery service, TA-Q-BIN (宅急便, takkyūbin) was used, with permission, in the original Japanese title of Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便, Majo no Takkyūbin, lit. 'Witch's Express Home Delivery') instead of the generic term takuhaibin (宅配便). Takkyūbin is sometimes used in Japan as a generic term for all express home delivery services, but the company defends the trademark to avoid it becoming genericized.
The company's logo is a yellow oval with a black cat carrying her kitten in her mouth, symbolizing the company's promise that they take care of items entrusted to them as though the items were their own family. The company is often colloquially referred to as 黒ねこ (Kuroneko) which means "black cat" in Japanese. The logo is as familiar in Japan as the Coca-Cola logo is in the United States. [citation needed] The logo was developed by founder Yasuomi Ogura.[3]
Gallery
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The headquarters of Yamato Holdings and Yamato Transport. -
A Yamato Toyota Quick Delivery delivery truck -
A Yamato Suzuki Carry delivery truck -
Yamato Transport donated this bus to East Timor. It is used there as school bus.
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References
- ^ a b c d e "Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "Yamato Transport Co. Ltd." International Directory of Company Histories. 1992. Encyclopedia.com. 8 Oct. 2010 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.
- ^ "Yamato Transport Europe BV". Retrieved July 12, 2014.
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