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This article lists the largest companies in Japan in terms of their revenue, net profit and total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes.

2022 Fortune list

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This list displays all 45 Japanese companies that are in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2021.[1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.

Rank Fortune 500
rank
Name Industry Revenue
(USD millions)
Profits
(USD millions)
Assets
(USD millions)
Employees Headquarters
Steady1 Decrease10 Toyota Automotive 279,377 25,371 557,522 372,817 Toyota
Increase2 Increase41 Mitsubishi Conglomerate 153,690 8,345 180,479 80,728 Tokyo
Decrease3 Decrease61 Honda Automotive 129,546 6,294 197,456 204,035 Tokyo
Increase4 Decrease78 Itochu Trading 109,215 7,302 100,104 136,722 Tokyo
Increase5 Decrease83 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Telecommunications 108,215 10,513 196,542 333,840 Tokyo
Increase6 Increase88 Mitsui Conglomerate 104,664 8,142 122,916 44,336 Tokyo
Decrease7 Decrease94 Japan Post Holdings Conglomerate 100,278 4,466 2,502,652 232,112 Tokyo
Increase8 Decrease113 Hitachi Conglomerate 91,374 5,194 114,385 368,247 Tokyo
Increase9 Increase116 Sony Conglomerate 88,320 4,781 79,468 41,852 Tokyo
Increase10 Decrease140 ENEOS Holdings Oil and Gas 80,132 4,781 79,468 41,852 Tokyo
Increase11 Increase147 Seven & I Holdings Co. Retail 78,458 1,890 75,888 127,196 Tokyo
Decrease12 Decrease148 AEON Retail 78,155 58.3 101,016 288,064 Chiba
Increase13 Increase157 Marubeni Trading 75,742 3,777 67,997 49,623 Tokyo
Decrease14 Decrease161 Nissan Automotive 74,994 1,918 134,844 141,983 Yokohama
Decrease15 Decrease164 Nippon Life Insurance 74,392 3,086 727,962 92,737 Osaka
Steady16 Decrease167 Dai-ichi Life Insurance 73,082 3,644 542,633 62,294 Tokyo
Increase17 Increase172 Toyota Tsusho Trading 71,464 1,978 50,598 65,218 Nagoya
Decrease18 Decrease193 Panasonic Electronics 65,774 2,273 66,086 240,198 Osaka
Increase19 Decrease214 Nippon Steel Steel 60,612 5,673 72,089 115,667 Tokyo
Decrease20 Decrease234 SoftBank Group Conglomerate 55,383 −15,204 391,604 59,721 Tokyo
Decrease21 Decrease240 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Financials 54,087 10,066 3,078,263 135,042 Tokyo
Increase22 Decrease250 Idemitsu Kosan Oil and Gas 52,335 2,488 37,897 16,606 Tokyo
Steady23 Decrease253 Tokio Marine Insurance 52,198 3,743 224,411 43,048 Tokyo
Increase24 Decrease278 Denso Automotive 49,098 2,349 61,216 167,950 Kariya
Increase25 Decrease279 Sumitomo Group Trading 48,916 4,127 78,924 74,253 Tokyo
Decrease26 Decrease290 Tokyo Electric Power Company Electric utility 47,268 50.2 105,868 37,939 Tokyo
Increase26 Decrease309 MS&AD Insurance Group Insurance 45,685 2,339 206,192 39,962 Tokyo
Increase27 Decrease351 Mitsubishi Electric Electronics 39,851 1,811 42,072 145,696 Tokyo
Increase28 Decrease354 Daiwa House Construction 39,520 2,005 45,072 48,831 Osaka
Increase29 Increase358 JFE Holdings Steel 38,858 2,564 43,554 64,296 Tokyo
Increase30 Decrease377 Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance 37,515 1,618 397,022 48,179 Tokyo
Increase31 Decrease383 Sompo Holdings Insurance 37,098 2,001 113,564 47,776 Tokyo
Decrease32 Decrease388 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Banking 36,596 6,290 2,122 101,023 Tokyo
Increase33 Decrease401 Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Chemicals 35,402 1,577 45,909 69,784 Tokyo
Steady34 Decrease404 Mizuho Financial Group Banking 35,279 4,722 1,952,608 52,464 Tokyo
Increase35 Decrease409 Aisin Seiki Automotive 34,872 221 119,535 Kariya
Increase36 Decrease418 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Industrials 34,363 1,010 42,141 77,991 Tokyo
Increase37 Decrease442 Sumitomo Life Insurance Insurance 32,041 406 354,124 42,954 Osaka
Increase38 Decrease444 Canon Inc. Electronics 32,005 1,956 41,265 184,034 Tokyo
Increase39 Decrease446 Fujitsu Telecommunications 31,929 1,626 27,442 124,216 Tokyo
Increase40 Decrease448 Takeda Pharmaceutical Pharmaceuticals 31,771 2,048 108,541 47,347 Tokyo
Increase41 Decrease449 Suzuki Motor Automotive 31,765 1,427 34,224 69,193 Hamamatsu
Increase42 Decrease476 Sumitomo Electric Industries Electronics 28,578 669 283,910 Osaka
Increase43 Decrease480 Toshiba Electronics 29,705 1,732 30,759 116,224 Tokyo
Decrease44 Decrease484 Bridgestone Automotive 29,570 3,589 39,736 135,636 Tokyo
Increase45 Decrease489 Medipal Holdings Retail 29,295 261.9 14,080 14,454 Tokyo

2022 Forbes list

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This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies. The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2021. The top 50 companies in the Forbes 2000 from Japan are listed.[2]

Rank Forbes
2000 rank
Name Headquarters Revenue
(billions
US$)
Profit
(billions
US$)
Assets
(billions
US$)
Value
(billions
US$)
Industry
Steady1 Increase10 Toyota Toyota 281.75 28.15 552.46 237.73 Automotive
Increase2 Increase44 SoftBank Group Tokyo 96.86 20.87 418.94 71.69 Conglomerate
Decrease3 Decrease52 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Tokyo 110.39 10.15 204.46 103.98 Telecommunications
Steady4 Increase56 Sony Tokyo 89.90 7.99 260.48 108.84 Conglomerate
Decrease4 Decrease59 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Tokyo 48.29 11.29 3,176.37 75.75 Financials
Increase5 Decrease103 Honda Tokyo 130.16 7.24 193.22 44.99 Automotive
Increase6 Steady104 Mitsubishi Tokyo 146.94 5.90 178.13 50.87 Conglomerate
Steady7 Increase127 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Tokyo 35.50 6.40 2,176.62 42.33 Banking
Increase8 Increase140 Mitsui Tokyo 65.50 3.70 114.30 24.10 Conglomerate
Increase9 Increase141 Itochu Osaka 107.99 6.52 102.18 45.95 Trading
Increase10 Decrease145 Hitachi Tokyo 82.90 1.80 94.60 29.30 Conglomerate
Decrease11 Decrease146 KDDI Tokyo 47.80 5.90 86.50 66.90 Telecommunications
Decrease12 Decrease157 Japan Post Holdings Tokyo 103.58 3.93 2,614.33 26.56 Conglomerate
Decrease13 Decrease178 Tokio Marine Tokyo 50.57 3.85 234.91 35.19 Insurance
Increase14 Increase186 Mizuho Financial Group Tokyo 26.76 5.42 1,957.58 31.38 Banking
Increase15 Increase213 Dai-ichi Life Tokyo 66.73 4.47 571.45 19.9 Insurance
Increase16 Increase213 Takeda Pharmaceutical Tokyo 31.55 3.99 110.27 45.32 Pharmaceuticals
Increase17 Decrease260 Seven & I Holdings Co. Tokyo 78.47 1.89 75.88 39.19 Retail
Increase18 Increase265 Denso Kariya 49.49 2.51 61.51 45.14 Automotive
Increase19 Increase312 Marubeni Tokyo 72.32 3.51 63.99 19.70 Trading
Increase20 Decrease320 Sumitomo Group Tokyo 48.22 2.69 77.8 20.28 Trading
Increase21 Increase331 Nippon Steel Tokyo 57.54 5.45 74.59 14.92 Steel
Increase22 Decrease342 Panasonic Osaka 65.97 2.10 64.06 20.98 Electronics
Increase23 Decrease343 MS&AD Insurance Group Tokyo 41.89 1.81 216.37 16.51 Insurance
Steady24 Decrease344 Orix Osaka 22.73 2.38 122.37 21.71 Financials
Decrease25 Decrease364 Japan Tobacco Tokyo 21.16 3.08 50.14 30.53 Tobacco
Increase26 Decrease381 Shin-Etsu Chemical Tokyo 17.2 3.95 32.64 57.46 Chemicals
Decrease27 Decrease384 ENEOS Holdings Tokyo 90.31 3.45 79.99 11.38 Oil and Gas
Increase28 Decrease386 Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Tokyo 35.67 2.19 119.93 13.91 Insurance
Decrease29 Decrease406 Mitsubishi Electric Tokyo 40.34 2.13 41.12 22.76 Electronics
Increase30 Increase407 Nissan Motor Yokohama 79.17 1.10 136.86 16.36 Automotive
Increase31 Decrease417 Daikin Osaka 26.88 1.88 30.45 46.78 Electrical equipment
Decrease32 Decrease421 Canon Inc. Tokyo 31.98 1.95 41.26 24.66 Electronics
Increase33 Decrease454 Recruit Holdings Tokyo 24.80 2.39 20.94 62.03 Electronics
Increase34 Increase459 Toyota Tsusho Tokyo 69.53 2.05 50.05 13.04 Trading
Increase35 Decrease460 Toyota Industries Kariya 23.32 1.73 39.73 25.70 Machinery
Decrease36 Decrease464 Bridgestone Tokyo 29.54 1.47 39.73 25.70 Automotive
Decrease37 Decrease466 Daiwa House Osaka 38.86 1.89 47.86 15.82 Construction
Increase38 Decrease473 Fujitsu Tokyo 32.83 1.93 27.06 29.14 Real estate
Increase39 Increase481 Nintendo Kyoto 15.24 4.29 21.77 58.01 Video game
Decrease40 Decrease493 Mitsui Fudosan Tokyo 18.26 1.40 71.09 20.04 Real estate
Decrease41 Decrease495 Komatsu Tokyo 24.51 1.78 34.97 22.06 Industrials
Decrease42 Decrease498 Fast Retailing Yamaguchi 19.27 1.89 22.93 51.27 Retail
Increase43 Decrease503 Fujifilm Tokyo 22.57 1.93 32.36 22.93 Consumer goods
Increase44 Increase513 Murata Manufacturing Kyoto 16.28 2.83 23.07 38.94 Electronic
Increase45 Increase536 Toshiba Tokyo 30.13 1.69 30.76 18.19 Electronic
Increase46 Increase544 Tokyo Electron Tokyo 17.09 3.60 14.97 67.25 Electronic
Increase47 Increase549 Kubota Osaka 19.99 1.60 32.77 21.19 Agricultural machinery
Increase48 Decrease560 Suzuki Motor Hamamatsu 32.56 1.54 34.68 15.39 Automotive
Increase49 Increase573 Asahi Group Tokyo 20.35 1.40 39.49 17.94 Beverage
Decrease50 Decrease603 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Tokyo 10.67 1.43 553.78 11.81 Financials

References

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  1. ^ "Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  2. ^ CONTRERAS", "ANDREA MURPHY"," ISABEL. "The Global 2000 2022". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-09-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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