Meiwa Corporation (明和産業株式会社; ''Meiwa Sangyō Kabushiki Gaisha'') is a Japanese trading company in

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, related to

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 ...

group. The company was established in 1947, by members from chemicals and some other departments of former

Mitsubishi Corporation is Japan's largest trading company (sogo shosha) and a member of the Mitsubishi keiretsu. As of 2022, Mitsubishi Corporation employs over 80,000 people and has ten business segments, including finance, banking, energy, machinery, chemicals, an ...

, that was liquidated under order of General Headquarters of the Allied Forces after

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. After merging Sansho Co., Ltd. in 1959 and listing in friendship trading company with

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in 1962, the company developed into an all-round trading company with business mainly with socialist countries. It was later listed on the Second Section of the

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in 1973, and on the First Section in 1975. Owing to social changes such as normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China, the company once narrowed down the focus of business lines and trading partner countries. After expanding business in

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, it now has 3 liaison offices and 2 subsidiary companies in

, liaison offices in

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

and

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

and 4 subsidiary companies in Vietnam,

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and

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. Main lines of trading have specialized to

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s, petroleum products, functional materials and building materials. There are some related companies in chemicals, plastics, building materials and glass ware, too. The capital is 4,024 million Yen, the president is Nobuhiko Ohtomo. The main stockholders are

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation , or MCC, is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation. It is a Japanese corporation, that merged with Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation in 2005 to create Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation. Mitsubishi Chemical is the largest ...

, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. Company motto : Bright and Friendly

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