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Multinational companies headquartered in Japan
- NissanIn November 2024, a Nissan executive told the Financial Times that Nissan would cease to exist in "12 to 14 months" without a turnaround. Nissan is a Japanese automaker headquartered in Yokohama. In 2017, it ranked as the sixth largest car…
- SegaSega began in 1940 by supplying slot machines to American military bases in Hawaii. It later made Sonic the Hedgehog.
- HondaHonda has built and sold more of one machine, the Super Cub, than any maker has ever sold of any other motor vehicle. The Japanese company has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959. Its motorcycle production reached…
- FujifilmFujifilm began in 1934 as a film maker and now also makes drugs and stem cells.
- ToyotaToyota Motor Corporation had built 300 million vehicles by September 2023. It was the first car maker ever to pass 10 million in a single year, a mark it reached in 2012. That same year it announced its 200 millionth vehicle. Today the…
- NintendoNintendo began in 1889 as a maker of handmade playing cards. Fusajiro Yamauchi opened the shop in Kyoto.
- Square EnixIn 2022, Square Enix sold Tomb Raider and Deus Ex to Embracer Group for $300 million.
- SonySony built the PlayStation after Nintendo dropped it as a partner in 1991.
- NamcoNamco began with two hand-cranked rocking horses on a Yokohama rooftop. He spent his entire 300,000 yen budget.
- SoftBank GroupIn 2000, Masayoshi Son wired $20 million to a young Chinese startup called Alibaba.
- Kadokawa CorporationKadokawa began in 1945 as a small postwar book publisher. It now owns anime studios, game makers and a streaming site.