Sojitz

Sojitz Corporation

Headquarters in Uchisaiwaichō, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Native name	双日株式会社
Romanized name	Sōjitsu kabushiki gaisha
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 2768
Industry	Conglomerate (Sogo shosha)
Founded	August 2004; 19 years ago (2004-08)
Headquarters	Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Masayoshi Fujimoto, President & CEO
Revenue	JP¥4,006 billion (2016)
Net income	JP¥36.5 billion (2016)
Number of employees	14,330 (2016)
Website	Official website

Sojitz Corporation (Japanese: 双日株式会社, Hepburn: Sōjitsu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a sogo shosha (general trading company) based in Tokyo, Japan. It is engaged in a wide range of businesses globally, including buying, selling, importing, and exporting goods, manufacturing and selling products, providing services, and planning and coordinating projects, in Japan and overseas. Sojitz also invests in various sectors and conducts financing activities. The broad range of sectors in which Sojitz operates includes automobiles, energy, mineral resources, chemicals, foodstuff resources, agricultural and forestry resources, consumer goods, and industrial parks.

Sojitz was formed in 2004 by the merger of Nissho Iwai Corporation (日商岩井株式会社, Nisshō Iwai Kabushiki-gaisha) and Nichimen Corporation (ニチメン株式会社, Nichimen Kabushiki-gaisha).^[1] The name "Sojitz" is derived from the names of Nissho Iwai and Nichimen, both of which include the character "日" (sun). "Sojitz", literally meaning "twin suns", implies a merger of equals between the two companies. The corporate logo is a stylized version of the first character in its Japanese name.