11 Most Profitable Japanese Companies

How much money do most profitable Japanese companies make? As you can imagine billions are in question here. Also, because these companies are investing huge amounts of money in new technologies and advertisement, they are more efficient. This leads to increases in production and profits. The country is well-known for its industry and employees who work more than the employees in other countries. Some of them work 12-14 hours per day, 6 days a week. Also, vacations are usually long weekends. You can see most profitable industries in Canada, if you are not interested in Japan.

Although, Japan is a small country, it has a lot of successful companies. You probably heard about Toyota, Sony, Toshiba, etc. The revenues of these companies are huge. For example, Toyota has a total revenue of $326 billion. The company also employs 326.000 employees. With a revenue of $119 billion, Honda is another big company in the country.

Due to the fact that competition is tough in the country, some companies invest a lot of money in advertisement. The leader in this field is Sony, with $3.7 billion invested in the advertisement. Of course, we must mention Nintendo. The company spent $460 million (10% of its revenue) on advertisements.

Now, you can find out all about most profitable Japanese companies. In order to provide you the most accurate list, we used the best sources, Fortune (Global 500) and Forbes (Biggest public companies). All values you can see are average values, based on aforementioned sources. In addition, these values represent profits, companies made during this year.

11. Itochu – $2.7 billion

Itochu is a trading company located in Osaka. The market value is around $19 billion. It was founded in 1858, which makes it one of the oldest companies in Japan. The company employs more than 100.000 employees.

10. Mitsubishi Corporation – $3.7 billion

Mitsubishi Corporation hires around 70.000 employees. This is a trading company, founded in 1950 in Tokyo. The market value is around $31 billion.

9. KDDI – $3.8 billion

The market value is $54 million. This company provides telecommunication services. It is located in Tokyo. More than 26.000 people work for this company.

8. Nissan – $4.2 billion

Nissan was founded in 1933. It is a well-known car manufacturer. However, this company also produces marine equipment. The company is located in Yokohama. The market value is $45.5 billion.

7. Nippon – $4.9 billion

Nippon was founded in 1952. They provide telecommunication services. Also, they are one of the most profitable Japanese companies for many years. If we know that technology and telecommunication services are more than wanted in this country, we can say that Nippon is going to increase profit in future years.

6. Honda – $5.1 billion

Honda is the best-known car and Motorcycle Company. It is also the oldest motorcycle company in Japan. Many motorcycle riders claim that this company makes the best motorcycles in the world. An interesting fact is that Honda Motorcycles have more engineers that all other motorcycle companies from Japan, altogether.

5. Mizuho Financial – $5.8 billion

Mizuho Financial was founded in 2003. It is a holding company from Tokyo that provides banking services. The market value is $45 billion.

4. Softbank – $5.9 billion

Softbank provides telecommunication and information services. It was founded in 1981, and currently they have more than 70.000 employees. The HQ is also located in Tokyo.

3. Sumitomo Mitsui – $7.2 billion

Sumitomo Mitsui was founded in Tokyo, in 2002. The company is constantly rated as one of the most successful companies in the country. This is a holding company that provides business services.

2. Mitsubishi UFJ – $10 billion

The market value of this company is $90 billion. For 14 years, it is ranked as one of the most successful companies in Japan. The company operates in the financial sector (Commercial and Savings).

1. Toyota – $19.4 billion

Toyota is one of the most profitable Japanese companies and one of the biggest car manufacturer in the world. The company is so big that it has its own city (Toyota City), where employees live and work. They make some of the best and most reliable cars in the world.