The Nikkei 225, or , more commonly called the ''Nikkei'' or the ''Nikkei index'' (), is a

stock market index In finance, a stock index, or stock market index, is an index that measures a stock market, or a subset of the stock market, that helps investors compare current stock price levels with past prices to calculate market performance. Two of the ...

for the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). It has been calculated daily by the ''

Nihon Keizai Shimbun ''The Nikkei'', also known as , is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies. The Nikkei 225, a stock market index for the Tok ...

'' (''The Nikkei'') newspaper since

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. It is a price-weighted index, operating in the

Japanese Yen The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar (US$) and the euro. It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the ...

(JP¥), and its components are reviewed once a year. The Nikkei measures the performance of 225 large, publicly owned companies in Japan from a wide array of industry sectors. Another major index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange is the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX).

History

The Nikkei 225 began to be calculated on , retroactively calculated back to May 16th

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

, when the average price of its component stocks was 176.21 yen. Since January

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, the index is updated every 15 seconds during trading sessions. The Nikkei 225 Futures, introduced at Singapore Exchange (SGX) in

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

, the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) in

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

Chicago Mercantile Exchange The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) (often called "the Chicago Merc", or "the Merc") is a global derivatives marketplace based in Chicago and located at 20 S. Wacker Drive. The CME was founded in 1898 as the Chicago Butter and Egg Board, an a ...

(CME) in

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

, is now an internationally recognized futures index. The Nikkei average has deviated sharply from the textbook model of stock averages, which grow at a steady exponential rate. The average hit its all-time high on 29 December 1989, during the peak of the

Japanese asset price bubble The was an economic bubble in Japan from 1986 to 1991 in which real estate and stock market prices were greatly inflated. In early 1992, this price bubble burst and Japan's economy stagnated. The bubble was characterized by rapid acceleration ...

, when it reached an intra-day high of 38,957.44, before closing at 38,915.87, having grown sixfold during the decade. Subsequently, it lost nearly all these gains, closing at 7,054.98 on March 10th, 2009 — 81.9% below its peak nearly twenty years earlier. On March 15th

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, the second working day after the massive earthquake in the northeast part of Japan, the index dropped over 10% to finish at 8605.15, a loss of 1,015 points. The index continued to drop throughout 2011, bottoming out at 8160.01 on November 25th, putting it at its lowest close since March 31st, 2009. The Nikkei fell over 17% in 2011, finishing the year at 8455.35, its lowest year-end closing value in nearly thirty years, when the index finished at 8016.70 in

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. The Nikkei started

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near 10,600, hitting a peak of 15,942 in May. However, shortly afterward, it plunged by almost 10% before rebounding, making it the most volatile

among the developed markets. By

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, it has reached over 20,000 mark; marking a gain of over 10,000 in two years, making it one of the fastest growing stock market indexes in the world. However, by 2018, the index growth has been more moderate at around the 22,000 mark. There is concern that the rise since 2013 is artificial and due to purchases by the Bank of Japan ("BOJ"). From a start in 2013, by end 2017, The BOJ owned circa 75% of all Japanese Exchange Traded Funds ("ETFs"), and are a top 10 shareholder of 90% of the Nikkei 225 constituents. On February 15, 2021, the Nikkei average breached the 30,000 benchmark, its highest level in 30 years, due to the levels of monetary stimulus and asset purchase programs executed by the Bank of Japan to mitigate the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Weighting

The index is a price-weighted index. As of early

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, the company with the largest influence on the index is Fast Retailing ().

Contract Specifications

The Nikkei 225 is traded as a future on the Osaka exchange. The contract specifications for the Nikkei 225 (ticker symbol JNK) are listed below:

Annual returns

The following table shows the annual development of the Nikkei 225, which was calculated back to 1914.

Components

As of October

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, the Nikkei 225 consists of the following companies: (Japanese securities identification code in parentheses)

Fishery

* Nissui Corporation () * Maruha Nichiro Holdings, Inc. ()

Mining

* Inpex Corp. ()

Construction

* Comsys Holdings Corp. () *

Daiwa House Industry is Japan's largest homebuilder, specializing in prefabricated houses. The company is also engaged in the construction of factories, shopping centers, health care facilities, the management and operation of resort hotels, golf courses and fitnes ...

Co., Ltd. () * Haseko Corp. () *

JGC Corporation JGC Holdings Corporation, formerly , and before that , is a global engineering company headquartered in Yokohama, Japan. The company was founded on 25 October 1928. In 1976, it changed its original name from Japan Gasoline Co. to JGC Corp. In ...

() * Kajima Corp. () *

Obayashi Corp. is one of five major Japanese construction companies along with Shimizu Corporation, Takenaka Corporation, Kajima Corporation, and Taisei Corporation. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is one of the Nikkei 225 corporations. Its head ...

() * Sekisui House, Ltd. () * Shimizu Corp. () * Taisei Corp. ()

Foods

* Ajinomoto Co., Inc. () * Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. () * Japan Tobacco Inc. () * Kikkoman Corp. () * Kirin Holdings Company, Limited () *

Meiji Holdings is a Japanese holding company established on April 1, 2009, after the stock transfer from Meiji Seika and Meiji Dairies and is the fourth largest confectionery company in the world. Reorganization Meiji Holdings held a press conference on Septemb ...

Company, Limited () *

Nichirei is one of Japan's top producers of frozen foods and a leader in cold storage warehousing, headquartered in Tokyo. Operating through around 80 subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide, its businesses include processed food; logistics; marine product ...

Corp. () * NH Foods, Ltd. () * Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. () * Sapporo Holdings Ltd. () * Takara Holdings Inc. ()

Textiles & apparel

* Teijin Ltd. () *

Toray Industries is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan that specializes in industrial products centered on technologies in organic synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and biochemistry. Its founding business areas were fibers and textiles, ...

, Inc. () * Toyobo Co., Ltd. () *

Unitika is a Japanese company based in Osaka. Primarily, the company produces various textiles, glass, plastics, and carbon fiber products. They are also known for their films, which are used in consumer products like athletic apparel and food packag ...

, Ltd. ()

Pulp & paper

Nippon Paper Industries is a Japanese paper manufacturing company. The company's stock is listed on the Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchange and on the Osaka Securities Exchange. The stock is also constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index. As of April 2013 the company has ...

Co., Ltd. () * Oji Holdings Corporation ()

Chemicals

* Asahi Kasei Corp. () *

Denki Kagaku Kogyo ; formerly is a Japanese chemical company, established in 1915 and headquartered in Tokyo, manufacturing organic and inorganic chemicals, cement, special cement additives, electronic component transfer materials and food packaging materials. The c ...

K.K. () * DIC Corporation () * Fujifilm Holdings Corp. () * Kao Corp. () * Kuraray Co., Ltd. () * Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. () * Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. () *

Nissan Chemical Industries is a Japanese company and constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index. History The company was founded in 1887 as the Tokyo Jinzo Hiryo (Tokyo Artificial Fertilizer Company) by Jokichi Takamine, Eiichi Shibusawa and Takashi Masuda Baro ...

, Ltd. () * Nitto Denko () * Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. () *

Shiseido is a Japanese multinational cosmetic company founded in Tokyo, Japan in 1872. Its product categories consist of: skin care, makeup, body care, hair care, and fragrances. The company is one of the oldest cosmetic companies in the world and ...

Co., Ltd. () * Showa Denko K.K. () *

Sumitomo Chemical is a major Japanese chemical company. The company is listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the on the Nikkei 225 stock index. It's a member of the Sumitomo group and was founded in 1913 as a fertilize ...

Co., Ltd. () *

Tokuyama Corporation is a Japanese, Tokyo-based chemical company and the world's fourth largest silicon manufacturer. The company was founded as Nihon Soda Kogyo Co., Ltd., a producer of soda ash in 1918 by Katsujiro Iwai. It changed name in 1936 to Tokuyama Soda C ...

() * Tosoh Corp. () * Ube Industries, Ltd. ()

Pharmaceuticals

* Astellas Pharma Inc. () * Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. () * Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited () *

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma is a pharmaceutical company based in Japan. Its headquarters are in Chuo-ku, Osaka. The original Dainippon Pharmaceuticals (Dainippon Seiyaku) was established in 1885 by Nagayo Sensai, a graduate of Tekijuku – the first private medical school ...

Co., Ltd. () *

Eisai Co. is a Japanese pharmaceutical company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It has some 10,000 employees, among them about 1,500 in research. Eisai is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a member of the Topix 100 and Nikkei 225 stock indices. ...

, Ltd. () * Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. () * Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. () * Shionogi & Co., Ltd. () * Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited ()

Petroleum

* Eneos Holdings () *

Idemitsu Kosan is a Japanese petroleum company. It owns and operates oil platforms, refineries, produces and sells petroleum, oils and petrochemical products, and also operates gas stations under the brand and (until 2023) in its own ''Idemitsu'' and ''Shell ...

Co., Ltd ()

Rubber

Bridgestone is a Japanese multinational tire manufacturer founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi (1889–1976) in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. The name Bridgestone comes from a calque translation and transposition of , meaning 'stone bridge' in Japan ...

Corp. () *The

Yokohama Rubber is a tire company based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded and began on October 13, 1917, in a joint venture between Yokohama Cable Manufacturing and B.F. Goodrich. In 1969, the company expanded to the United States as Yokohama Tire C ...

Co., Ltd. ()

Glass & Ceramics

AGC Inc. , formerly Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.'(旭硝子株式会社), is a Japanese global glass manufacturing company, headquartered in Tokyo. It is the largest glass company in the world and one of the core Mitsubishi companies. The company is listed on t ...

() *

NGK Insulators is a Japanese ceramics company. It primarily produces insulators but also produces other products, especially ceramic products. NGK is headquartered in Tokyo (Marunouchi Bldg. 25F, 2-4-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100–6325) and is list ...

, Ltd. () *

Nippon Electric Glass , also known as NEG, is a Japanese glass manufacturer. The company is a manufacturer of glass for flat panel displays (FPD). It has about 20% share in the world's production of glass for liquid crystal displays (LCD). The company is listed on th ...

Co., Ltd. () * Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. () * Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. () * Taiheiyo Cement Corp. () *

Tokai Carbon is a Japanese company. The company is a developer and stockist of graphite material for use in nuclear power, particularly electrical discharge machining electrode, high temperature, and mechanical applications. The company was founded in 1918 ...

Co., Ltd. () * Toto Ltd. ()

Steel

* JFE Holdings, Inc. () * Kobe Steel, Ltd. () * Nippon Steel Corp. () *

Pacific Metals Pacific Metals Co Ltd. is a Japanese company. It is listed on the Nikkei 225. The company manufactures and sells ferronickel Ferroalloy refers to various alloys of iron with a high proportion of one or more other elements such as manganese (Mn), a ...

Co., Ltd. ()

Nonferrous metals

* Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd. () * Fujikura Ltd. () *The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. () * Mitsubishi Materials Corp. () *

Mitsui Mining & Smelting is one of the largest ''keiretsu'' in Japan and one of the largest corporate groups in the world. The major companies of the group include Mitsui & Co. (general trading company), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Nippon Paper Industries, ...

Co., Ltd. () *

Nippon Light Metal is a Japanese multinational public industrial holding company that through its subsidiaries is mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of aluminum and chemical products. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nik ...

Co., Ltd () * SUMCO Corp. () * Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. () *

Sumitomo Metal Mining The is one of the largest Japanese '' keiretsu'', or business groups, founded by Masatomo Sumitomo (1585-1652) around 1615 during the early Edo period. History The Sumitomo Group traces its roots to a bookshop in Kyoto founded circa 1615 by Mas ...

Co., Ltd. () *

Toho Zinc is a Economy of Japan, Japanese manufacturer of zinc related products. Established in 1937, it smelts nonferrous metals such as lead and zinc and produces electronic components. There are seven branches in Japan and two branches in China, in Hon ...

Co., Ltd. ()

Machinery

* Amada Co. Ltd. () *

Daikin Industries is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational air conditioner, air conditioning manufacturing company headquartered in Osaka. It has operations in Japan, China, Australia, the United States, India, Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle Eas ...

, Ltd. () *

Ebara Ebara Corporation is a publicly traded manufacturing company based in Tokyo, Japan which makes environmental and industrial machinery such as pumps and turbines. It is the owner of the Elliott Company in the United States and Sumoto S.r.l. in It ...

Corp. () * Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. () * Hitachi Zōsen Corporation () *

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Corp. () *The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. () * JTEKT Corp. () * Komatsu Ltd. () * Kubota Corp. () * Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. () * NSK Ltd. () * NTN Corp. () *

Okuma Holdings is a machine tool builder based in Ōguchi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It has global market share in CNC machine tools such as CNC lathes, machining centers, and turn-mill machining centers. The company also offers FA (factory automation) prod ...

, Inc. () *

Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) is an integrated manufacturer of industrial machinery, automatic weaponry, ships, bridges and steel structure, equipment for environmental protection, including recycling, power transmission equipment, plastic molding machines, laser proces ...

, Ltd. ()

Electric machinery

* Advantest Corp. () *

Alps Electric is a Japanese multinational corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, producing electronic devices, including switches, potentiometers, sensors, encoders and touchpads. The company was established in 1948 as Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd. an ...

Co., Ltd. () * Canon Inc. () * Casio Computer Co., Ltd. () * Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. () * Denso Corp. () * FANUC Corp. () * Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. () *

Fujitsu is a Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation, established in 1935 and headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu is the world's sixth-largest IT services provider by annual revenue, and the la ...

Ltd. () * GS Yuasa Corp. () *

Hitachi () is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the parent company of the Hitachi Group (''Hitachi Gurūpu'') and had formed part of the Ni ...

, Ltd. () *

Keyence is a direct sales organization that develops and manufactures automation sensors, vision systems, barcode readers, laser markers, measuring instruments, and digital microscopes. Keyence is fablessalthough it is a manufacturer; it specializes ...

Corp. () * Kyocera Corp. () *

MinebeaMitsumi is a Japanese multinational corporation and a major producer of machinery components and electronics devices. The company was founded as in 1951. As of June 30, 2019, MinebeaMitsumi comprises 121 consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates. NMB (U ...

, Inc. () *

Mitsubishi Electric , established on 15 January 1921, is a Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the core companies of Mitsubishi. The products from MELCO include elevators an ...

Corp. () * Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. () * NEC Corp. () * Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. () * Omron Corp. () * Panasonic Corp. () * Ricoh Co., Ltd. ()

* Seiko Epson Corp. () * Sharp Corp. () * Sony Corp. () * Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. () * TDK Corp. () * Tokyo Electron Ltd. () * Yaskawa Electric Corporation, Limited () * Yokogawa Electric Corp. ()

Shipbuilding

* Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. () * Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. ()

Automotive

Hino Motors Hino Motors, Ltd., commonly known as Hino, is a Japanese manufacturer of commercial vehicles and diesel engines (including those for trucks, buses and other vehicles) headquartered in Hino, Tokyo. The company was established in 1942 as a corpora ...

, Ltd. () *

Honda Motor is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a producti ...

Co., Ltd. () * Isuzu Motors Ltd. () * Mazda Motor Corp. () * Mitsubishi Motors Corp. () *

Nissan , trade name, trading as Nissan Motor Corporation and often shortened to Nissan, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer headquartered in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan. The company sells ...

Motor Co., Ltd. () *

Subaru ( or ; ) is the automaker, automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate (company), conglomerate Subaru Corporation (formerly known as Fuji Heavy Industries), the Automotive industry#By manufacturer, twenty-first ...

Corp. () * Suzuki Motor Corp. () * Toyota Motor Corp. () * Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd. ()

Precision instruments

* Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. () * Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. () * Nikon Corp. () *

Olympus Olympus or Olympos ( grc, Ὄλυμπος, link=no) may refer to: Mountains In antiquity Greece * Mount Olympus in Thessaly, northern Greece, the home of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greek mythology * Mount Olympus (Lesvos), located in Les ...

Corp. () * Terumo Corp. ()

Trading companies

* Itochu Corp. () *

Marubeni (, OSE: 8002, NSE: 8002) is a ''sōgō shōsha'' (general trading company) headquartered in Nihonbashi, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the largest ''sogo shosha'' and has leading market shares in cereal and paper pulp trading as well as a st ...

Corp. () *

Mitsubishi The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries. Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group historically descended from the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company which existed from 1870 ...

Corp. () * Mitsui & Co., Ltd. () * Sojitz Corp. () *

Sumitomo The is one of the largest Japanese ''keiretsu'', or business groups, founded by Masatomo Sumitomo (1585-1652) around 1615 during the early Edo period. History The Sumitomo Group traces its roots to a bookshop in Kyoto founded circa 1615 by Masa ...

Corp. () *

Toyota Tsusho is a sōgō shōsha (trading company), a member of the Toyota Group. Toyota Tsusho has a worldwide presence through its many subsidiaries and operating divisions, including over 150 offices, and 900 subsidiaries and affiliates around the world ...

Corp. ()

Other manufacturing

Bandai Namco Holdings also known as the Bandai Namco Group and generally Bandai Namco, is a Japanese multinational holding company, production enterprise and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, formed from the merger of Bandai and Namco on S ...

, Inc. () *

Dai Nippon Printing , established in 1876, is a Japanese printing company. Dai Nippon operates its printing in three areas: information communications, lifestyle and industrial supplies, and electronics. The company is involved in a wide variety of printing processe ...

Co., Ltd. () *

Toppan Printing or simply Toppan is a Japanese global printing company. Toppan was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Tokyo. History As of March 2013 the company has 169 subsidiary and affiliate companies. Toppan is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ...

Co., Ltd. () * Yamaha Corp. ()

Retail

* Aeon Co., Ltd. () * Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. () * Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. () *

J. Front Retailing is a major holding company in Japan, headquartered in Yaesu, Chūō, Tokyo. It was established with a capitalization of 30 billion yen on September 3, 2007. It holds 100% of the stock in Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, which operates the ...

Co., Ltd. () * Marui Group Co., Ltd. () * Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd. () * Takashimaya Co., Ltd. ()

Banking

Aozora Bank is a Japanese commercial bank that offers service in 19 branches in Japan and in 2 overseas representative offices (as of July 2012). History Aozora Bank is the successor of the Nippon Credit Bank (NCB), which was founded in 1957 as the Nippon ...

, Ltd. () *The Chiba Bank, Ltd. () * Concordia Financial Group, Inc. () *

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings , formerly Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., is a Japanese financial holding company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It provides an assortment of financial products to retail and wholesale customers, with a focus on asset management, financial ...

, Inc. () * Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. () * Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. () * Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. () * Resona Holdings, Inc. () * Shinsei Bank, Ltd. () *The

Shizuoka Bank is a Japanese regional bank headquartered in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture. One of the largest regional banks in Japan, it has over 190 domestic branches, primarily concentrated in the Tokai region between Tokyo and Osaka and overseas offices i ...

, Ltd. () * Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. ()

Securities

* Daiwa Securities Group Inc. () *

Matsui Securities is a Japanese financial company. It is listed on the Nikkei 225 The Nikkei 225, or , more commonly called the ''Nikkei'' or the ''Nikkei index'' (), is a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). It has been calculated daily by ...

Co., Ltd. () * Nomura Holdings, Inc. ()

Insurance

* Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited () *

MS&AD Insurance Group () is a Japanese insurance company. Its businesses include Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance. It is listed on the Nikkei 225 The Nikkei 225, or , more commonly called the ''Nikkei'' or the ''Nikkei index'' (), is a sto ...

, Inc. () *

Sompo Holdings () is a Japanese insurance holdings company. It is listed on the Nikkei 225. The firm is considered one of three top insurers in Japan. See also * Sompo Japan Nipponkoa , formerly NKSJ Holdings and , is a Japanese insurance company. It is t ...

, Inc. () * T&D Holdings, Inc. () * Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. ()

Other financial services

* Credit Saison Co., Ltd. () *

Japan Exchange Group , abbreviated as JPX or Nippon Torihikijo, is a Japanese "financial instruments exchange holding company" subject to the regulations of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act enforced by the Financial Services Agency. JPX owns three licensed ...

Inc. ()

Real estate

* Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. () * Mitsui Fudosan Co.,Ltd () * Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd. () * Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. () * Tokyu Land Corp. ()

Railway/bus

Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical ...

() *

East Japan Railway Company The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

() * Keio Corp. () * Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. () * Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. () * Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. () * Tokyu Corp. () * West Japan Railway Company ()

Land transport

Nippon Express is a Japanese global logistics services company. It is based in Tokyo and is owned by Nippon Express Holdings (). Its shareholding is dominated by banks and financial institutions mostly related to the Mizuho (Mizuho Financial Group) and Sumi ...

Co., Ltd. () * Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. ()

Marine transport

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha is a Japanese transportation company. It owns a fleet that includes dry cargo ships (bulk carriers), container ships, liquefied natural gas carriers, Ro-Ro ships, tankers, and container terminals. It used to be the fourteenth largest containe ...

, Ltd. () * Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. () * Nippon Yusen K.K. ()

Air transport

ANA Holdings , also known as ANA (''Ē-enu-ē'') or is an airline in Japan. Its headquarters are located in Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area of Minato ward of Tokyo. It operates services to both domestic and international destinations and had mo ...

Inc. ()

Warehousing

* Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. ()

Communications

* KDDI Corp. () *

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone , commonly known as NTT, is a Japanese telecommunications company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Ranked 55th in ''Fortune'' Global 500, NTT is the fourth largest telecommunications company in the world in terms of revenue, as well as the third la ...

Corp. () * NTT Data Corp. () * SoftBank Corp. () * SoftBank Group Corp. ()

Electric power

* Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. () *The

Kansai Electric Power , also known as , is an electric utility with its operational area of Kansai region, Japan (including the Keihanshin megalopolis). The Kansai region is Japan's second-largest industrial area, and in normal times, its most nuclear-reliant. Befo ...

Co., Inc. () *

Tokyo Electric Power Company , also known as or TEPCO, is a Japanese electric utility holding company servicing Japan's Kantō region, Yamanashi Prefecture, and the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture. This area includes Tokyo. Its headquarters are located in Uchisaiw ...

Holdings, Incorporated ()

Gas

Osaka Gas , commonly written as 大阪ガス, is a Japanese gas company based in Osaka, Japan. It supplies gas to the Kansai region, especially the Keihanshin area when an advert of 1986 used the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves. Osaka Gas is also engag ...

Co., Ltd. () * Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. ()

Services

* Cyberagent Inc. () * Dena Co., Ltd. () * Dentsu Inc. () * Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. () * Konami Corp. () * M3 Inc. () * Nexon Co., Ltd. () *

Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...

Co., Ltd. () *

Rakuten () is a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997. Centered around Rakuten Ichiba, its businesses include financial services utilizing financial technology, as well as digital content and communicati ...

Inc. () *

Recruit Holdings is a human resources Company (law), company headquartered in Japan. It was founded as "Daigaku Shimbun Koukokusha" in 1960 as an advertisement company that specialized in university newspapers. It owns the job search engine Indeed and the empl ...

Co., Ltd. () * Secom Co., Ltd. () * Toho Co., Ltd. () * Trend Micro Inc. () * Z Holdings Corp. ()

References

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