Nissui

Nissui Corporation
Company typePublic KK
TYO: 1332
Nikkei 225 Component
Industry
FoundedShimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan (1911; 113 years ago (1911))
FounderIchiro Tamura
HeadquartersNishi-Shimbashi Square, 1-3-1, Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8676, Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Shingo Hamada, (CEO and President)
Products
RevenueIncrease ¥ 768.1 billion (FY 2022) [1]
Increase ¥ 27.78 billion (FY 2022)
Number of employees
10,175 (consolidated) (as of March 31, 2013)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
[2][3][4]

Nissui Corporation (株式会社ニッスイ, Kabushiki-gaisha Nissui), is a marine products company based in Tokyo, Japan. Formerly known as Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd. (日本水産株式会社, Nippon Suisan Kabushiki-gaisha) from 31 March 1937 to 30 November 2022, it officially changed its name to its common abbreviation on 1 December 2022.

The company was established as the fishery division of Tamura Steamship Company in March 1911 by Ichiro Tamura (田村市郎), a cousin of the head of the Fujita Zaibatsu (zaibatsu were large conglomerates in pre-war Japan). Its former headquarters, built in Tobata (Kita Kyushu) in 1929, is now an exhibit center.[5]

It has been listed on the Tokyo Exchange since 16 May 1949, when Japan's stock market was resumed after the Second World War (TYO: 1332). It is the only component of the Nikkei 225 index from the country's fishery sector.[6]

With 768 billion yen annual sales in FY2022,[7] it is now the second largest commercial fishing and marine product procurement corporation in the country by revenue, only surpassed by the Maruha Nichiro Holdings.[8] Its founding principles state 'A tap water supply system is exactly what marine products should be like in their production and distribution'.[9]

In 2005, the company divested its whaling fleet following controversy for its role in the modern global whaling industry (see Whaling in Japan).[10]

As of 2013, the company has 61 subsidiaries and 44 associated companies across Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and North and South America.[11]

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  2. ^ "Nissui Corporate Information". Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Nissui Financial Information". Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Nissui Corporate History". Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Opening of the Nissui Pioneer Exhibition as part of Nissui's centennial celebrationns". Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  7. ^ "IR News". Nissui. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  8. ^ "水産業界 売上高ランキング（企業一覧）". バフェット・コード (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Our Founding Principles". Nissui. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  10. ^ Leitner, Ryan (7 September 2021). "Greenpeace and Sea Shepherds force Japanese seafood company Nissui to sell stakes in whale hunting ships 2005-2006". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Nissui Group Companies". Nissui. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.