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title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">双日株式会社</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Romanization" title="Romanization">Romanized</a> name</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Sōjitsu kabushiki gaisha</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Public_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Company">Public</a> <a href="/wiki/Kabushiki_gaisha" title="Kabushiki gaisha">KK</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange" title="Tokyo Stock Exchange">TYO</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/StockSearch.do?callJorEFlg=1&method=topsearch&topSearchStr=2768">2768</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)" title="Conglomerate (company)">Conglomerate</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sogo_shosha" title="Sogo shosha">Sogo shosha</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">August 2004<span class="noprint">; 20 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2004-08</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Masayoshi Fujimoto, President & CEO</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">JP¥</a>4,006 billion (2016)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">JP¥</a>36.5 billion (2016)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">14,330 (2016)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sojitz.com/en/">Official website</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sojitz Corporation</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">双日株式会社</span>, <a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Hepburn</a>: <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Sōjitsu Kabushiki-gaisha</i></span>)</span> is a <i><a href="/wiki/Sogo_shosha" title="Sogo shosha">sogo shosha</a></i> (general trading company) based in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. It is engaged in a wide range of businesses globally, including buying, selling, importing, and exporting goods, manufacturing and selling products, providing services, and planning and coordinating <a href="/wiki/Projects" class="mw-redirect" title="Projects">projects</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> and overseas. Sojitz also <a href="/wiki/Invests" class="mw-redirect" title="Invests">invests</a> in various sectors and conducts financing activities. The broad range of sectors in which Sojitz operates includes <a href="/wiki/Automobiles" class="mw-redirect" title="Automobiles">automobiles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Energy" title="Energy">energy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mineral" title="Mineral">mineral</a> resources, <a href="/wiki/Chemicals" class="mw-redirect" title="Chemicals">chemicals</a>, foodstuff resources, agricultural and forestry resources, consumer goods, and <a href="/wiki/Industrial_parks" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial parks">industrial parks</a>. </p><p>Sojitz was formed in 2004 by the <a href="/wiki/Merger" class="mw-redirect" title="Merger">merger</a> of <b>Nissho Iwai Corporation</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">日商岩井株式会社</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nisshō Iwai Kabushiki-gaisha</i></span>)</span> and <b>Nichimen Corporation</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">ニチメン株式会社</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nichimen Kabushiki-gaisha</i></span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name "Sojitz" is derived from the names of Nissho Iwai and Nichimen, both of which include the character "<a href="/wiki/%E6%97%A5" class="mw-redirect" title="日">日</a>" (sun). "Sojitz", literally meaning "twin suns", implies a merger of equals between the two companies. The corporate logo is a stylized version of the first character in its Japanese name. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sojitz&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nichimen">Nichimen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sojitz&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Nichimen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beginning around 1878, the Japanese government promoted the development of <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> spinning as an initial means of developing modern industry in Japan in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a>. Japan's native raw cotton supply proved inadequate to meet demand, and there was only one Japanese importer of raw cotton at the time, making the industry highly reliant on foreign merchants. To improve this situation, a group of spinning companies established <b>Japan Cotton Trading Co., Ltd.</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">日本綿花株式会社</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nippon Menka Kabushiki Kaisha</i></span>)</span> in <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a> in 1892 under the leadership of Tsuneki Sano, a 38-year-old former government official.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a>, Nichimen expanded its business from importing. The company began cotton spinning operations in the <a href="/wiki/Kwantung_Leased_Territory" title="Kwantung Leased Territory">Kwantung Leased Territory</a> and established offices in China, Korea, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom to supply local markets. In 1910, Nichimen opened a subsidiary in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth, Texas</a> to enter the raw cotton trade in the United States. <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> strained cotton supply in Europe, boosting Nichimen's international business further. In the late 1910s the company expanded into South America and Africa, trading in cotton as well as wool, food products, and machinery. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> harmed Nichimen's cotton business, spurring the company's diversification beyond cotton to trade in silk, rayon and other materials. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Nichimen was tapped by the Japanese military to manage production of flour, matches and starch. The company changed its name to Nichimen Enterprise (Nichimen Jitsugyo) in 1943 to reflect its more diverse business.<sup id="cite_ref-fu_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fu-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The largest <i><a href="/wiki/Zaibatsu" title="Zaibatsu">zaibatsu</a></i> trading companies were dismantled after the war, giving Nichimen an early lead among the <i><a href="/wiki/Sogo_shosha" title="Sogo shosha">sogo shosha</a></i> in the 1950s and a six percent share of Japanese foreign trade by 1958. Nichimen became closely affiliated with Osaka-based <a href="/wiki/Sanwa_Bank" title="Sanwa Bank">Sanwa Bank</a> in 1955, which financed all of Nichimen's domestic business. Nichimen was not the main trading company for the Sanwa <i><a href="/wiki/Keiretsu" title="Keiretsu">keiretsu</a></i> as that position was already held by Iwai & Co. Nichimen Jitsugyo.<sup id="cite_ref-fu_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fu-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1970, Nichimen was trading in steel, electronics, motor vehicles and fibers in addition to textiles. Nichimen served as the joint venture partner for <a href="/wiki/Nabisco" title="Nabisco">Nabisco</a> when it began operations in Japan in the 1970s. Nichimen Co., Ltd. changed its name to <b>Nichimen Corporation</b> in 1982. Nichimen, like other <i>sogo shosha</i>, was hit hard by the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_asset_price_bubble" title="Japanese asset price bubble">Japanese asset price bubble</a> in the early 1990s, and subsequently made a strategic shift from the "soft" businesses of lumber, food, and chemicals trading to the "hard" businesses of machinery, steel, and construction.<sup id="cite_ref-fu_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fu-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nissho_Iwai">Nissho Iwai</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sojitz&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Nissho Iwai"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nissho Iwai was formed in 1968 by the merger of Nissho Company and Iwai Sangyo Company.<sup id="cite_ref-nic_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nic-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Nissho Company</b> was founded in <a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a> in 1902 as <b>Suzuki & Company</b>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8%E5%95%86%E5%BA%97" class="extiw" title="ja:鈴木商店">ja:鈴木商店</a>) under the leadership of Naokichi Kaneko(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90%E7%9B%B4%E5%90%89" class="extiw" title="ja:金子直吉">ja:金子直吉</a>) when died this company's predecessor shop's founder, Iwajiro Suzuki(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%88%B4%E6%9C%A8%E5%B2%A9%E6%B2%BB%E9%83%8E" class="extiw" title="ja:鈴木岩治郎">ja:鈴木岩治郎</a>)(1837–1894). Suzuki was originally a sugar trading firm but later diversified into flour, steel, tobacco, beer, insurance, shipping and shipbuilding; it became the second Japanese member of the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Exchange" title="Baltic Exchange">Baltic Exchange</a> in London. <b>Iwai & Company</b>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E4%BA%95%E5%95%86%E5%BA%97" class="extiw" title="ja:岩井商店">ja:岩井商店</a>) was founded as a steel trading firm in 1901 and established a number of prominent group enterprises including <a href="/wiki/Daicel" title="Daicel">Daicel</a>, Nisshin Steel, Tokuyama Soda, <a href="/wiki/Kansai_Paint" title="Kansai Paint">Kansai Paint</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fuji_Photo_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Fuji Photo Film">Fuji Photo Film</a>. It changed its name to Iwai Sangyo Company in 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-nic_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nic-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both Nissho and Iwai emerged as metals and machinery trading companies after World War II but were significantly smaller than the four largest <i>sogo shosha</i> competitors (<a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Corporation" title="Mitsubishi Corporation">Mitsubishi Corporation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mitsui_%26_Co." title="Mitsui & Co.">Mitsui & Co.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Itochu" title="Itochu">Itochu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marubeni" title="Marubeni">Marubeni</a>). Iwai was poorly managed after the war and was on the brink of failure in the early 1960s, while Nissho was profitable and successfully expanding overseas. The Japanese government directed the merger of the two companies in 1968, forming the fifth largest trading company in Japan (falling back to sixth place in 1972 behind <a href="/wiki/Sumitomo_Corporation" title="Sumitomo Corporation">Sumitomo Corporation</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-funi_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-funi-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sanwa_Bank" title="Sanwa Bank">Sanwa Bank</a> played a role in the merger and the combined firm became the trading arm of the <a href="/wiki/Sanwa_Group" title="Sanwa Group">Sanwa Group</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Keiretsu" title="Keiretsu">keiretsu</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nissho Iwai was involved in a <a href="/wiki/Douglas-Grumman_scandal" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas-Grumman scandal">corruption scandal</a> in 1979 after it passed on a 500 million yen bribe from <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas" title="McDonnell Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a> to the director general of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_(Japan)" title="Ministry of Defense (Japan)">Japan Defense Agency</a> in an attempt to influence the sale of <a href="/wiki/F-4_Phantom" class="mw-redirect" title="F-4 Phantom">F-4 Phantom</a> aircraft to the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Air Self-Defense Force">Japan Air Self-Defense Force</a>. In the wake of the scandal, one Nissho Iwai executive committed suicide by jumping from the company's headquarters building. The scandal was uncovered only three years after a similar scandal involving <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Corporation" title="Lockheed Corporation">Lockheed</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marubeni" title="Marubeni">Marubeni</a> conspiring to bribe Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Kakuei_Tanaka" title="Kakuei Tanaka">Kakuei Tanaka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In subsequent years, the company had a strong focus on <a href="/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas" title="Liquefied natural gas">liquefied natural gas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steel" title="Steel">steel</a> trading, as well as industrial project development.<sup id="cite_ref-funi_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-funi-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merger">Merger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sojitz&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Merger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nichimen and Nissho Iwai consolidated on a holding company level in 2003 and consolidated their operating units in 2004, adopting the <b>Sojitz</b> name at that time. The merged holding company, <b>Sojitz Holdings</b>, combined with the merged operating company, <b>Sojitz Corporation</b>, in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-history_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_operations">Current operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sojitz&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Current operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iinobuilding.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Iinobuilding.jpg/220px-Iinobuilding.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Iinobuilding.jpg/330px-Iinobuilding.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Iinobuilding.jpg/440px-Iinobuilding.jpg 2x" data-file-width="548" data-file-height="730" /></a><figcaption>The current headquarters of Sojitz Corporation, Iino Building in <a href="/wiki/Kasumigaseki" title="Kasumigaseki">Kasumigaseki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda</a>, Tokyo.</figcaption></figure> <p>Today, the Sojitz Group consists of approximately 440 <a href="/wiki/Subsidiaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Subsidiaries">subsidiaries</a> and <a href="/wiki/Affiliates" class="mw-redirect" title="Affiliates">affiliates</a> located in Japan and throughout the world, and it is developing its wide-ranging general trading company operations in roughly 50 countries and regions across the globe. </p><p>Sojitz (through its subsidiary <i>Sojitz Aerospace Company</i>) is the largest seller of commercial aircraft in Japan, as it acts as a sales agent for both <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Aerospace" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombardier Aerospace">Bombardier Aerospace</a>. It distributes <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Motors" title="Mitsubishi Motors">Mitsubishi Motors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hyundai_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyundai Motors">Hyundai Motors</a> automobiles in various countries, and also develops and operates power plants, industrial plants in various countries. In 2013 it received an order to develop a section of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Dedicated_Freight_Corridor" title="Western Dedicated Freight Corridor">Western Dedicated Freight Corridor</a> between <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> in India.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sojitz Aerospace Company also acts as Sojitz's primary arm for defense related business. </p><p>Sojitz has also invested in Hyundai Nishat, the <a href="/wiki/Pakistani" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani">Pakistani</a> arm of <a href="/wiki/Hyundai_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyundai Motors">Hyundai Motors</a> in partnership with <a href="/wiki/Nishat_Group" title="Nishat Group">Nishat Group</a>. </p><p>Sojitz owns oil and natural gas concessions in the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>. It owns the <a href="/wiki/Gregory_coal_mine" title="Gregory coal mine">Gregory coal mine</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and most of the Minerva Coal Mine in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> and distributes <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_fuel" title="Nuclear fuel">nuclear fuel</a> in Japan for <a href="/wiki/Orano" title="Orano">Orano</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Its operations in the chemicals sector include <a href="/wiki/Methanol" title="Methanol">methanol</a> production in <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barite" class="mw-redirect" title="Barite">barite</a> mining in <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Industrial_salt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Industrial salt (page does not exist)">industrial salt</a> trading in various markets worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2010, it signed an agreement with the Australian <a href="/wiki/Rare_earths" class="mw-redirect" title="Rare earths">rare earths</a> mining company <a href="/wiki/Lynas" title="Lynas">Lynas</a> to import $350 million worth of rare earth minerals from Lynas' mine in <a href="/wiki/Mount_Weld" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Weld">Mount Weld</a>, Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Its consumer business operations include trading in grains, feed, sugar, coffee, fish, wood and paper. It owns the Japanese rights to several consumer brands such as <a href="/wiki/Eastpak" title="Eastpak">Eastpak</a> and McGregor.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="ADV_Films_acquisition">ADV Films acquisition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sojitz&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: ADV Films acquisition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2006, Sojitz acquired a 20% stake in <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> anime distributor <a href="/wiki/A.D._Vision#ADV_Films" title="A.D. Vision">ADV Films</a>. This was done as a means of acquiring more titles in the Japanese market.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From this point on, virtually all titles that ADV acquired were under Sojitz's ownership. However, in January 2008, ADV mysteriously removed a large number of titles from their website.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All the titles removed were titles acquired since the Sojitz acquisition including <i><a href="/wiki/Gurren_Lagann" title="Gurren Lagann">Gurren Lagann</a></i>, which had test disks sent out with dubbed episodes. As of May 2008, <i><a href="/wiki/Gurren_Lagann" title="Gurren Lagann">Gurren Lagann</a></i> was licensed by <a href="/wiki/Bandai_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Bandai Entertainment">Bandai Entertainment</a>. ADV Films made booth appearances at the <a href="/wiki/Anime_Central" title="Anime Central">Anime Central 2008</a> convention, but they canceled their planned panel.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2008, <a href="/wiki/Funimation" title="Funimation">Funimation</a> announced the acquisition of thirty of these titles.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The titles removed from ADV's website are as follows: <i><a href="/wiki/009-1" title="009-1">009-1</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/5_Centimeters_per_Second" title="5 Centimeters per Second">5 Centimeters per Second</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ah!_My_Goddess:_Flights_of_Fancy" class="mw-redirect" title="Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy">Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy</a></i>, both the <a href="/wiki/Air_(2005_film)" title="Air (2005 film)">film</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_(visual_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Air (visual novel)">television</a> adaptions of the <a href="/wiki/Key_(company)" title="Key (company)">Key</a> visual novel <i><a href="/wiki/Air_(visual_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Air (visual novel)">Air</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Best_Student_Council" title="Best Student Council">Best Student Council</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Blade_of_the_Phantom_Master" title="Blade of the Phantom Master">Blade of the Phantom Master</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Comic_Party_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic Party Revolution">Comic Party Revolution</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Coyote_Ragtime_Show" title="Coyote Ragtime Show">Coyote Ragtime Show</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Devil_May_Cry:_The_Animated_Series" title="Devil May Cry: The Animated Series">Devil May Cry</a></i>, the 2006 live-action horror film <i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_Train_(2006_film)" title="Ghost Train (2006 film)">Ghost Train</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Guyver:_The_Bioboosted_Armor" title="Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor">Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Innocent_Venus" title="Innocent Venus">Innocent Venus</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Jing:_King_of_Bandits" title="Jing: King of Bandits">Jing King of Bandits: 7th Heaven</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Jinki:_Extend" title="Jinki: Extend">Jinki: Extend</a></i>, the 2006 anime remake of yet another <a href="/wiki/Key_(company)" title="Key (company)">Key</a> visual novel, <i><a href="/wiki/Kanon_(visual_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanon (visual novel)">Kanon</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kurau:_Phantom_Memory" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurau: Phantom Memory">Kurau: Phantom Memory</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Le_Chevalier_D%27Eon" title="Le Chevalier D'Eon">Le Chevalier D'Eon</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Magikano" title="Magikano">Magikano</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Moeyo_Ken_(anime)" title="Moeyo Ken (anime)">Moeyo Ken</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Moonlight_Mile_(manga)" title="Moonlight Mile (manga)">Moonlight Mile</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Nerima_Daikon_Brothers" title="Nerima Daikon Brothers">Nerima Daikon Brothers</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pani_Poni_Dash!" class="mw-redirect" title="Pani Poni Dash!">Pani Poni Dash!</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Project_Blue_Earth_SOS" title="Project Blue Earth SOS">Project Blue Earth SOS</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pumpkin_Scissors" title="Pumpkin Scissors">Pumpkin Scissors</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Red_Garden" title="Red Garden">Red Garden</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Majin" title="Tokyo Majin">Tokyo Majin</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/UFO_Princess_Valkyrie" class="mw-redirect" title="UFO Princess Valkyrie">UFO Princess Valkyrie</a></i>, the first anime of <i><a href="/wiki/Utawarerumono" title="Utawarerumono">Utawarerumono</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Venus_Versus_Virus" title="Venus Versus Virus">Venus vs. Virus</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wallflower_(manga)" title="The Wallflower (manga)">The Wallflower</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Welcome_to_the_NHK" class="mw-redirect" title="Welcome to the NHK">Welcome to the NHK</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Xenosaga:_The_Animation" title="Xenosaga: The Animation">Xenosaga</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sojitz&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Sojitz Corporation<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 April</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History&rft.pub=Sojitz+Corporation&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sojitz.com%2Fen%2Fcorporate%2Fhistory%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASojitz" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140814015320/http://www.sojitz.com/en/corporate/history/nm/">"History of Nichimen Corporation"</a>. Sojitz Corporation<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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