Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Group

Native name	三菱グループ
Romanized name	Mitsubishi Gurūpu
Formerly	List Tsukumo Shokai (1870)[1] Mitsukawa Shokai Mitsubishi Shokai (1873) Mitsubishi Kisen Kaisha (1875) Yubin Kisen Mitsubishi Kaisha (1875) Mitsubishi Goshi Kaisha
Company type	Private conglomerate
Industry	List Automotive Chemical Electronics Food Financial Metallurgy Mining Petroleum
Founded	1870; 154 years ago (1870)[1]
Founder	Yatarō Iwasaki
Headquarters	Tokyo , Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Products	List Aircraft Automobiles Chemical substances Electronic devices Gasoline Home appliances
Services	List Financial Insurances Investment management Mortgage loan Personal banking
Subsidiaries	List Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation Mitsubishi Aluminum Co. Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Mitsubishi Corporation Mitsubishi Electric[2] Mitsubishi Estate Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Mitsubishi Logistics Mitsubishi Materials Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Steel Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group BHP Mitsubishi Alliance Fuso Tokio Marine Rockefeller Group
Website	mitsubishi.com

The Mitsubishi Group (三菱グループ, Mitsubishi Gurūpu) is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries.

Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group traces its origins to the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company that existed from 1870 to 1946. The company, along with other major zaibatsu, was disbanded during the occupation of Japan following World War II by the order of the Allies. Despite the dissolution, the former constituent companies continue to share the Mitsubishi brand and trademark.

While the group of companies engages in limited business cooperation, most notably through monthly “Friday Conference” executive meetings, they remain formally independent and are not under common control. The three main entities (gosanke) are Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (the largest bank in Japan), Mitsubishi Corporation (a general trading company), and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (diversified manufacturing companies).^[3] A 2020 estimate concluded that all the Mitsubishi companies combined generate 7.7% of the total revenue of all publicly traded companies in Japan, and the group’s assets amount to 433 trillion yen.^[4]