Mitsui

Mitsui Group
三井グループ

Mitsui Main Building and Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower
Company type	Keiretsu
Founded	1876; 148 years ago (1876) (foundation of Mitsui & Co.)
Founder	Mitsui Takatoshi
Headquarters	Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Food and beverage, industrial products
Services	Financial services, real estate, retail, shipping, and logistics
Website	www.mitsui.com/jp/en/index.html

Mitsui Group (三井グループ, Mitsui Gurūpu) is a Japanese corporate group and keiretsu that traces its roots to the zaibatsu groups that were dissolved after World War II. Unlike the zaibatsu of the pre-war period, there is no controlling company with regulatory power. Instead, the companies in the group hold shares in each other, but they are limited to exchanging information and coordinating plans through regular meetings.

The major companies of the group include Mitsui & Co. (general trading company), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Nippon Paper Industries, Pokka Sapporo Holdings, Toray Industries, Mitsui Chemicals, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Mitsui Fudosan.^[1]