Mitsubishi Corporation

Japan's largest general trading house, and one of the five sogo shosha in which Berkshire Hathaway holds a long-term stake.

Mitsubishi Corporation headquarters

Business Description

Mitsubishi Corporation is a general trading company — a sogo shosha — that both trades goods and owns the assets behind them. Its ten business groups span natural gas, industrial materials, petroleum and chemicals, mineral resources, industrial infrastructure, automotive and mobility, food industry, consumer industry, power solutions and urban development.

Earnings are anchored by upstream resource interests, above all Australian coking coal through the BMA joint venture and LNG projects, balanced by a large consumer arm that includes the Lawson convenience-store chain. Berkshire Hathaway began buying into Mitsubishi and the other four major trading houses in 2020 and has since raised its holdings, a vote of confidence that reshaped how global investors view the sector.

Corporate Data

Ticker8058
ExchangeTokyo Stock Exchange
Market SegmentPrime Market
SectorWholesale Trade
Head Office2-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8086, Japan
FoundedApril 1, 1950
Fiscal Year EndMarch 31
WebsiteOfficial website

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