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List of companies of Japan

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This is a list of notable companies based in Japan. For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see "Business entities in Japan". Note that 株式会社 can be (and frequently is) read both kabushiki kaisha and kabushiki gaisha (with or without a hyphen).

Former companies, including acquired and merged ones

  • Japanese National Railways 日本国有鉄道 - Reorganized into Japan Railways Group
  • Japan Post 日本郵政公社 - Reorganized into Japan Post Group
  • Square and Enix 株式会社スクウェア - Merged to form Square Enix
  • Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co. and Sankyo Co. 第一三共株式会社 - Merged to form Daiichi Sankyo
  • Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical and Fujisawa Pharmaceutical アステラス製薬株式会社 - Merged to form Astellas Pharma
  • Tomen - Acquired by Toyota Tsusho
  • Nichimen and Nissho Iwai - Merged to form Sojitz

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