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| company_name = Japan Tobacco Inc. |
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| company_logo = [[Image:Japan Tobacco logo.svg|120px|Logo]] |
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| company_type = [[Public company|Public]] [[Kabushiki kaisha|KK]] ({{tyo|2914}}) |
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| foundation = [[1985]] |
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| location_city = [[Tokyo]] |
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| location_country = [[Japan]] |
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| key_people = [[Yoji Wakui]], Chairman<br />[[Hiroshi Kimura]], President & CEO<br />[[Pierre de Labouchere]], CEO of JT International SA |
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| industry = [[Tobacco industry|Tobacco]], [[Pharmaceutical company|Pharmaceuticals]], [[Food Industry|Food]] |
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| products = [[#Brands|See below]] |
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| revenue = {{gain}}¥4,637.657 billion [[Japanese yen|JPY]] ([[2005]]) |
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| net_income = {{gain}}¥201.542 billion [[Japanese yen|JPY]] ([[2005]]) |
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| num_employees = 31,476 ([[2005]]) |
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| slogan = ''The Delight Factory'' |
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| homepage = [http://www.jti.co.jp/JTI_E/Welcome.html www.jti.co.jp] |
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}} |
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[[Image:JT Building.jpg|thumb|200px|Japan Tobacco Headquarters building in Tokyo]] |
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== History == |
== History == |
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[[Amadis]], [[Arsenal]], [[Aspen]], [[Belomorkanal (cigarette)|Belomorkanal]], [[Cabin]], [[Caster]], [[Club]], [[Contessa]], [[Crescent & Star]], [[Doral]], [[Dorchester (disambiguation)|Dorchester]], [[Embassy]], [[Export A]], [[Frontier]], [[Genghis Khan]], [[Gold Coast]], [[hi-lite]], [[Islands]], [[Kosmos]], [[Luch]], [[Lviv]], [[MacDonald]], [[Magna]], [[Mercedes]], [[Mi-Ne]], [[Monte Carlo]], [[More]], [[Nasha Prima]], [[Nevskie]], [[North Star]], [[Now]], [[Overstolz]], [[Peace]], [[Peter 1]], [[Premier]], [[Prima]], [[Russian Style]], [[Seven Stars]], [[Slavia]], [[Sportsman]], [[St. Michel]], [[Sweet Menthol]], [[Vantage]], [[Wave]], [[Winchester (cigarette)|Winchester]], [[Wings]], YSL. |
[[Amadis]], [[Arsenal]], [[Aspen]], [[Belomorkanal (cigarette)|Belomorkanal]], [[Cabin]], [[Caster]], [[Club]], [[Contessa]], [[Crescent & Star]], [[Doral]], [[Dorchester (disambiguation)|Dorchester]], [[Embassy]], [[Export A]], [[Frontier]], [[Genghis Khan]], [[Gold Coast]], [[hi-lite]], [[Islands]], [[Kosmos]], [[Luch]], [[Lviv]], [[MacDonald]], [[Magna]], [[Mercedes]], [[Mi-Ne]], [[Monte Carlo]], [[More]], [[Nasha Prima]], [[Nevskie]], [[North Star]], [[Now]], [[Overstolz]], [[Peace]], [[Peter 1]], [[Premier]], [[Prima]], [[Russian Style]], [[Seven Stars]], [[Slavia]], [[Sportsman]], [[St. Michel]], [[Sweet Menthol]], [[Vantage]], [[Wave]], [[Winchester (cigarette)|Winchester]], [[Wings]], YSL. |
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== References == |
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* ''[http://www.jti.co.jp/JTI_E/IR/06/annual2006/annual2006_E_all.pdf Annual Report 2006]''. Japan Tobacco Inc. March 31, 2006. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 11:52, 10 May 2007
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| Company type | Public KK (TYO: 2914) |
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| Industry | Tobacco, Pharmaceuticals, Food |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Yoji Wakui, Chairman Hiroshi Kimura, President & CEO Pierre de Labouchere, CEO of JT International SA |
| Products | See below |
| Revenue |  ¥4,637.657 billion JPY (2005) |
| ¥201.542 billion JPY (2005) | |
Number of employees | 31,476 (2005) |
| Website | www.jti.co.jp |
Japan Tobacco Inc. (日本たばこ産業株式会社, Nihon Tabako Sangyō Kabushiki-gaisha, TYO: 2914), JT for short, is a cigarette manufacturing company. It is part of the Nikkei 225 index.
History
The company traces its origins to 1898. Incorporated in 1949 as the Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation, Japan Tobacco was a state monopoly until 1985, when it became a public company. It was two-thirds owned by the Japanese Ministry of Finance until June 2004, and the Japanese government share is presently 50%.
JT International (JTI), acquired in 1999 from R.J. Reynolds, is an operating division of Japan Tobacco Inc., handling the international production, marketing and sales of the group's cigarette brands. It sells Camel, Salem, and Winston brands outside the USA.
Japan Tobacco also operates in foods, pharmaceuticals, agribusiness, engineering, and real estate.
Japan Tobacco is expected to complete the largest ever foreign takeover in Japanese history through acquisition of Gallaher Group plc in April 2007.
Market
Japan Tobacco controls 66.4% of the cigarette market in Japan.[1][2]
Brands
Flagship brands
Other brands
Amadis, Arsenal, Aspen, Belomorkanal, Cabin, Caster, Club, Contessa, Crescent & Star, Doral, Dorchester, Embassy, Export A, Frontier, Genghis Khan, Gold Coast, hi-lite, Islands, Kosmos, Luch, Lviv, MacDonald, Magna, Mercedes, Mi-Ne, Monte Carlo, More, Nasha Prima, Nevskie, North Star, Now, Overstolz, Peace, Peter 1, Premier, Prima, Russian Style, Seven Stars, Slavia, Sportsman, St. Michel, Sweet Menthol, Vantage, Wave, Winchester, Wings, YSL.
References
- ^ Japan Tobacco website, 2006. "JT holds approximately two-thirds of the domestic cigarette market share, which is built on its best-selling brands: Mild Seven, Cabin, Caster, Seven Stars, Peace, Camel, and Salem." [1]
- ^ Hoover's business report, 2006, on Japan Tobacco Inc. "Japan Tobacco has plenty to puff about. The company controls more than 70% of the cigarette market in a country where about half of the male population smokes."
- Annual Report 2006. Japan Tobacco Inc. March 31, 2006.