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 Headquarters in Tokyo | |
Native name | 日本たばこ産業株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Nihon Tabako Sangyō kabushiki gaisha |
| Formerly | Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation Japanese: 日本専売公社 Hepburn: Nippon Senbai Kōsha |
| Company type | 1985–Present: Public (kabushiki gaisha) 1949–1985: Statutory corporation |
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| Industry | Food Tobacco |
| Founded | 1898 (as Imperial Japanese Tobacco Company) 1 June 1949 (as Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation) 1 April 1985 (privatized) |
| Founder | Government of Japan |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Mitsuomi Koizumi (President and CEO) Hiroshi Kimura (Chairman) |
| Products | See below |
| Revenue |  ¥2.033 trillion (2012) |
| ¥459.18 billion (2012) | |
| ¥328.55 billion (2012) | |
| Total assets |  ¥3.667 trillion (2012) |
| Total equity | ¥1.714 trillion (2012) |
Number of employees | 48,529 (2011) |
| Parent | Government of Japan (37.57% by law; as of 31 December 2023)[1] |
| Subsidiaries | Japan Tobacco International PT Karya Dibya Mahardhika (Indonesia) Mighty Corporation (Philippines) Donskoy Tabak Companies (Russian) Gallaher Group |
| Website | www.JT.com |
The Japan Tobacco Inc. (日本たばこ産業株式会社, Nihon Tabako Sangyō kabushiki gaisha) (JT) is a Japanese diversified tobacco company. It was established in 1985 as a tokushu gaisha (特殊会社, lit. "special company") that inherited the right to monopolize and manufacture cigarettes from the Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation and required the government to hold at least 50% of its shares. In addition to tobacco, JT diversified its businesses, establishing the pharmaceutical research institute in 1993 and making a full-scale entry into the food and beverage industry in 1998. In 2008, it acquired the food manufacturer Katokichi, now TableMark, as a wholly-owned subsidiary, integrating its food business.
It is part of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX Large70 indices. In 2009 the company was listed at number 312 on the Fortune 500 list. The company is headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo,[2] and Japan Tobacco International's headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.[3] As of 2012 the chairman is Hiroshi Kimura and the CEO is Mitsuomi Koizumi.[4]
- ^ https://www.jt.com/investors/results/integrated_report/report/2023/about/info/index.html
- ^ "Corporate Data (as of June 22 2012) Archived 2 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine." Japan Tobacco. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ^ Japan Tobacco International JTI Information for Journalists Archived 29 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 27 September 2012
- ^ Japan Tobacco Members of the Board, Auditors, and Executive Officers 22 June 2012 Archived 13 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 27 September 2012