In 2024, ************ held foreign assets worth around ***** billion U.S. dollars, making it the leading non-financial multinational enterprise (MNE) from Japan based on foreign assets. *********** ranked second with about ***** billion dollars in foreign assets.

Other-Long-Term-Assets Time Series for Hyakujushi Bank Ltd. The Hyakujushi Bank, Ltd. primarily engages in banking activities in Japan. It operates through two segments: Banking and Leasing. The Banking segment provides deposits, loans, foreign currency exchange services, marketable securities, and related investment services. The Leasing segment engages in leasing operations. The Hyakujushi Bank, Ltd. was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Takamatsu, Japan.

As of March 2024, Mitsubishi Corporation was the leading trading company in Japan, managing assets valued at over ** trillion Japanese yen. Mitsubishi is one of the largest general trading companies known as a sôgô shôsha in Japan, generating over 19 trillion Japanese yen in revenue through its varied business fields. General traders – the unique players in Japanese trade Sôgô shôsha are large trading conglomerates that manage a broad product and service portfolio. The business model is unique to the Japanese economy and the companies are involved in a wide range of activities. They form the top of Japanese trading businesses, with Mitsui, Itochu, Sumitomo, Marubeni, Toyota, and Sojitz being categorized as sôgô shôsha as well. With logistics, finance, and real estate development commonly being part of their activities, general traders carry significant importance for the domestic retail and wholesale industries, where their subsidiaries develop, distribute, and sell products to consumers. Building the bridge to global markets Due to their diversified business activities and presence in overseas markets, general trading companies are key players in Japan’s foreign trade. They are heavily involved in the flow of goods from and to Japan, owing to their subsidiaries that operate fleets of maritime transportation vessels in the logistics industry. As the country has exhausted its natural oil reserves, fossil fuels are the leading import commodities to Japan, which works in favor of the large multinational conglomerates that have invested in the infrastructure to supply the Japanese energy sector. Other markets in which the sôgô shôsha are represented include the metals, machinery, automotive, construction, and chemical markets.

Return-On-Assets Time Series for Orient Corp. Orient Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides consumer finance services in Japan. It operates through five segments: Overseas; Credit Cards and Cash Loans; Settlement and Guarantee; Installment Credit; and Bank Loan Guarantee. The company offers auto loans and leasing, and shopping credit. It also provides credit collection, installment credit, and credit cards and cash loans, as well as credit-related outsourcing services. In addition, the company offers settlement and guarantee services for rent settlement guarantee and accounts receivable, guarantee service for small leases, and collection agent service; and bank loan guarantee services for personal loans provided by affiliated financial institutions. The company was formerly known as Orient Finance. Orient Corporation was incorporated in 1951 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Intagible-Assets Time Series for KakakuCom Inc. Kakaku.com, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of purchase support, restaurant review, and other services in Japan. The company operates Kakaku.com, that provides prices, specifications, and user reviews, on various products and services, such as computers, home appliances, fashion, interior goods, and finance and communications; and Tabelog.com, a restaurant search and reservation site. It also operates Kyushu Box and Jobcube, job classified websites; Smaity, a residential real estate website; 4 travel, a travel review and comparison site; Sumaity, an online travel site; icotto, an online travel Information media site; Bus Comparison Navi, a comparison search site for nationwide express buses and night buses and bus tours; and low-price trips, a price comparison site for domestic travel and overseas airline tickets. In addition, the company operates kinarino; eiga.com; and webCG. Kakaku.com, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Other-Current-Assets Time Series for Modec Inc. MODEC, Inc., a general contractor, engages in the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of floating production systems for the offshore oil and gas production industries in Brazil, Guyana, Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mexico, and internationally. The company offers floating production storage and offloading units; floating storage and offloading units; FLNGs; tension leg platforms; production semi-submersibles; mooring systems; floating offshore wind power generation; and other technologies. It also provides operation and maintenance; digital and analytics; innovation; and supply chain services, including supply relationship management and supplier registration services. MODEC, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Goodwill-and-Other-Intagible-Assets Time Series for Hakuten Corp. Hakuten Corporation provides contact point communications development and marketing solutions in Japan. It offers event promotion services, such as product promotion, user events, and PR events; exhibitions comprising domestic joint exhibitions, academic-corporate events, and overseas events; business meetings and private shows, including company sponsored business events, new product launch exhibitions, company anniversary exhibitions, joint exhibitions, and recruiting and education fairs; and conferences and conventions consist of roadshows, meeting events, conferences, and ceremonies. The company also provides various services for commercial spaces comprising showrooms, retail stores, office design, apartment galleries, pop-up shops, and promotional furniture; and digital marketing and contents, including web marketing, social media marketing, database marketing, and event-related digital content services. It serves information technology (IT), communications, precision engineering, machinery, electricity, food, toy, and fashion companies, as well as government agencies. Hakuten Corporation was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Total-Assets Time Series for Ezaki Glico Co Ltd. Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells confectionery, food, dairy products, and food ingredients in Japan, China, Southeast Asia, the United States, and internationally. The company operates through Health and Food Business; Dairy Business; Nutritional Confectionery Business; Food Ingredients Business; Other Domestic Business; and Overseas Business segments. It produces and sells health-related products, retort-packed foods, ice creams, milk, dairy products, western-style fresh confectioneries, chocolate, cookies, wheat protein, and starch, and food coloring. The company also offers fruit juice/soft drinks, baby formula, and processed foods. It sells its products in offices and stores, as well as through e-commerce. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Total-Current-Assets Time Series for The 77 Bank Ltd. The 77 Bank, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides banking products and services to corporate and individual customers in Japan. It offers various deposit products, such as savings, time deposits, foreign currency deposits, tax reserve, and fixed deposits, as well as certificates of deposit; and various loans, including mortgage, housing, home, reverse mortgage, car, education, student, car, agribusiness, and medical and welfare loans. The company also provides interest-bearing government bonds, local, municipal, and other bonds; investment trusts; pension; online services; and financial product intermediation activities. The 77 Bank, Ltd. was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Sendai, Japan.

Other-Long-Term-Assets Time Series for Kasumigaseki Capital Co Ltd. Kasumigaseki Capital Co.,Ltd. engages in real estate consulting businesses in Japan. The company develops and operates power generation business through natural energy sources, including solar, wind, and biomass power plants. It also develops and operates apartment hotels under FAV HOTEL name. In addition, the company offers logistics and warehousing facilities, such as cold storage, automated, and dry warehouses. Further, it engages in the provision of social infrastructure to healthcare facilities, as well as overseas business. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.