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line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Native name</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">日本たばこ産業株式会社</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">Nihon Tabako Sangyō kabushiki gaisha</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation<br /><a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%B0%82%E5%A3%B2%E5%85%AC%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:日本専売公社">日本専売公社</a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Hepburn</a>: <i>Nippon Senbai Kōsha</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category">1985–Present: <a href="/wiki/Public_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Company">Public</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Kabushiki_gaisha" title="Kabushiki gaisha">kabushiki gaisha</a></i>) <br /> 1949–1985: <a href="/wiki/Statutory_corporation" title="Statutory corporation">Statutory corporation</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"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><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=2914">2914</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Nikkei_225" title="Nikkei 225">Nikkei 225</a> component</li><li><a href="/wiki/TOPIX" title="TOPIX">TOPIX</a> Large70 component</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Food_industry" title="Food industry">Food</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tobacco_industry" title="Tobacco industry">Tobacco</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1898 (as Imperial Japanese Tobacco Company)<br />1 June 1949 (as Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation)<br />1 April 1985 (privatized)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Japan" title="Government of Japan">Government of Japan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality">2-1, <a href="/wiki/Toranomon" title="Toranomon">Toranomon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minato,_Tokyo" title="Minato, Tokyo">Minato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></div></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"><a href="/wiki/Mitsuomi_Koizumi" title="Mitsuomi Koizumi">Mitsuomi Koizumi</a><br />(President and CEO)<br /><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Kimura" title="Hiroshi Kimura">Hiroshi Kimura</a><br />(Chairman)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="#Brands">See below</a></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> <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">¥</a>2.033 trillion</span> (2012)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating 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> <span style="white-space: nowrap">¥459.18 billion</span> (2012)</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> <span style="white-space: nowrap">¥328.55 billion</span> (2012)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap">¥3.667 trillion</span> (2012)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">Total equity</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap">¥1.714 trillion</span> (2012)</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">48,529 (2011)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Japan" title="Government of Japan">Government of Japan</a> (37.57% by law; as of 31 December 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Tobacco_International" title="Japan Tobacco International">Japan Tobacco International</a><br />PT Karya Dibya Mahardhika (Indonesia)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mighty_Corporation" title="Mighty Corporation">Mighty Corporation</a> (Philippines)<br />Donskoy Tabak Companies (Russian)<br /><a href="/wiki/Gallaher_Group" title="Gallaher Group">Gallaher Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jt.com">www.JT.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Japan Tobacco Inc.</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">日本たばこ産業株式会社</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Tabako Sangyō <a href="/wiki/Kabushiki_gaisha" title="Kabushiki gaisha">kabushiki gaisha</a></i></span>)</span> (<b>JT</b>) is a Japanese diversified tobacco company. It was established in 1985 as a <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">tokushu gaisha</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">特殊会社</span></span>, lit. "special company")</span> that inherited the right to monopolize and manufacture cigarettes from the Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation and required the government to hold at least 50% of its shares. In addition to tobacco, JT diversified its businesses, establishing the pharmaceutical research institute in 1993 and making a full-scale entry into the food and beverage industry in 1998. In 2008, it acquired the food manufacturer Katokichi, now TableMark, as a wholly-owned subsidiary, integrating its food business. </p><p>It is part of the <a href="/wiki/Nikkei_225" title="Nikkei 225">Nikkei 225</a> and <a href="/wiki/TOPIX" title="TOPIX">TOPIX</a> Large70 indices. In 2009 the company was listed at number 312 on the <a href="/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500">Fortune 500</a> list. The company is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Toranomon,_Minato,_Tokyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo">Toranomon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minato,_Tokyo" title="Minato, Tokyo">Minato, Tokyo</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Japan_Tobacco_International" title="Japan Tobacco International">Japan Tobacco International's</a> headquarters are in <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>, Switzerland.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2012 the chairman is <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Kimura" title="Hiroshi Kimura">Hiroshi Kimura</a> and the CEO is <a href="/wiki/Mitsuomi_Koizumi" title="Mitsuomi Koizumi">Mitsuomi Koizumi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Japan_Tobacco&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Japan Tobacco is the successor entity to a nationalized tobacco monopoly first established by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Japan" title="Government of Japan">Government of Japan</a> in 1898 to secure tax revenue collections from tobacco leaf sales. In 1904, the government's leaf monopoly was extended completely to take over all tobacco business operations in the nation, including all manufactured tobacco products such as cigarettes. The ostensible reason for the expansion of control was to help fund the 1904–1905 <a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a>, but because all foreign tobacco interests in Japan at the time were forcibly evicted under the monopolization scheme, this also protected the domestic tobacco business for the following eighty years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The business operated within the Japanese government as an arm of the nation's <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(Japan)" title="Ministry of Finance (Japan)">Japanese Ministry of Finance</a> until 1949 when the Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%B0%82%E5%A3%B2%E5%85%AC%E7%A4%BE" class="mw-redirect" title="日本専売公社">日本専売公社</a><sup class="noprint" style="font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%B0%82%E5%A3%B2%E5%85%AC%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:日本専売公社">ja</a>]</sup></span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nippon Senbai Kōsha</i></span>, lit. "Japan Monopoly Public Corporation")</span> was established to enforce restrictive labor relations policies under the U.S. and allied forces' <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan" title="Occupation of Japan">Occupation of Japan</a>.<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> The Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation remained a complete <a href="/wiki/State_monopoly" title="State monopoly">state monopoly</a> under direct <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(Japan)" title="Ministry of Finance (Japan)">Japanese Ministry of Finance</a> authority until 1985, when Japan Tobacco, Inc. was formed as a publicly traded stock company. Periodic incremental sales of share to the public began in October 1994. Japan Tobacco became two-thirds owned by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(Japan)" title="Ministry of Finance (Japan)">Japanese Ministry of Finance</a> in June 2003,<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> and the ministry continued to own 50% until March 2013. It was announced in May 2012 that the government would sell one-sixth of the company's outstanding shares to raise ¥500 billion to finance reconstruction from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.<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> In 2013 the Japanese government disclosed the details of its plans to reduce its equity interest in Japan Tobacco by $10 billion, devoting the proceeds to reconstruction in northeastern Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT021513_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT021513-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ministry of finance sold the stock in March 2013,<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> selling about 333 million of the 1 billion shares it owned at that time. The government remains required by law to own at least one-third of JT's stock.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="JT_today">JT today</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Tobacco&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: JT today"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Japan Tobacco has 66.4% of the cigarette market in Japan.<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><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> Although tobacco consumption is declining, the Japanese remain heavy smokers, consuming an average of 1,800 cigarettes per capita in 2013, compared to about 1,000 per capita in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT021513_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT021513-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2012 it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Mitsuomi_Koizumi" title="Mitsuomi Koizumi">Mitsuomi Koizumi</a> would become president, and president <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Kimura" title="Hiroshi Kimura">Hiroshi Kimura</a> would become chairman of JT. and Chairman Yoji Wakui would retire. Wakui had previously been a bureaucrat at the ministry of finance. Koizumi assuming the presidency meant that for the first time since the 1985 privatization neither president nor chairman was from the Ministry of Finance.<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> Koizumi, who had been Executive Deputy President, became president in June 2012.<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> </p><p>On 30 October 2013 JT announced that it would close four Japanese factories and cut 1,600 jobs in Japan through voluntary retirements. This was planned to be completed by March 2016. JT also planned to consolidate 25 branch offices into 15 regional headquarters, and close leaf-processing and vending machine operations.<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> </p><p>Japan Tobacco also operates in foods, pharmaceuticals, <a href="/wiki/Agribusiness" title="Agribusiness">agribusiness</a>, engineering, and real estate. It left the beverage industry in September 2015.<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><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the company's pharma activities, it divested a <a href="/wiki/Small_molecule" title="Small molecule">compound collection</a> of <a href="/wiki/Potassium_channel_blocker" title="Potassium channel blocker">potassium channel inhibitors</a> to Metrion Biosciences in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Japan_Tobacco_International">Japan Tobacco International</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Tobacco&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Japan Tobacco International"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Japan_Tobacco_International" title="Japan Tobacco International">JT International (JTI)</a></b>, acquired in 1999 from <a href="/wiki/R.J._Reynolds_Tobacco_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company">R.J. Reynolds</a>, is an operating division of Japan Tobacco Inc., and produces, markets and sells the group's cigarette brands internationally. It sells <a href="/wiki/Camel_(cigarette)" title="Camel (cigarette)">Camel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salem_(cigarette)" title="Salem (cigarette)">Salem</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Winston_(cigarette)" title="Winston (cigarette)">Winston</a> brands outside the USA. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Japan_Tobacco_and_Salt_Public_Corporation_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Japan_Tobacco_and_Salt_Public_Corporation_logo.png" decoding="async" width="84" height="98" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="84" data-file-height="98" /></a><figcaption>Final logo of the Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation until its privatization</figcaption></figure> <p>Japan Tobacco completed the largest ever foreign takeover in Japanese history through acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Gallaher_Group" title="Gallaher Group">Gallaher Group</a> <a href="/wiki/Public_limited_company" title="Public limited company">plc</a> in April 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Japan Tobacco runs the <a href="/wiki/Tobacco_and_Salt_Museum" title="Tobacco and Salt Museum">Tobacco and Salt Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sumida-ku,_Tokyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Sumida-ku, Tokyo">Sumida-ku, Tokyo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006/2007 Japan Tobacco planned to start <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a> production, and also planned to invest another $100 million. JT paid "$35 million euros" [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] for 98.5 percent of <b>Senta Tobacco Industry</b> in May 2006, with a further $10 million invested since then. The plant has a production capacity of some five billion cigarettes a year.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 12 June 2014 JT concluded an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of British e-cigarettes producer <i>Zandera Ltd</i>, best known for its E-Lites brand.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 April 2015 JT announced it had agreed to buy Florida-based e-cigarette maker <i>Logic Technology Development LLC</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2015 it was announced that JT would buy the rights for <a href="/wiki/Natural_American_Spirit" title="Natural American Spirit">Natural American Spirit</a> outside the US for $5 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2017, the company announced it would acquire the <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesian</a> <a href="/wiki/Kretek" title="Kretek">Kretek</a> producers <i>Karyadibya Mahardhika</i> and <i>Surya Mustika Nusantara</i> from <a href="/wiki/Gudang_Garam" title="Gudang Garam">Gudang Garam</a> for $677 million.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> PT Karya Dibya Mahardhika has a main brand in <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, Apache, Extreme Mild, & Minna International. After that, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">the Philippines</a>' <a href="/wiki/Mighty_Corporation" title="Mighty Corporation">Mighty Corporation</a> for $936 million.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, JT acquired <a href="/wiki/Donskoy_Tabak" title="Donskoy Tabak">Donskoy Tabak corporation</a>, Russia's fourth largest cigarette manufacturer for $1.6 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lawsuits">Lawsuits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Tobacco&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lawsuits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been a number of Japanese court cases related to smoking, either directly or indirectly related to JT. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980–1987_JNR_Shinkansen_lawsuit"><span id="1980.E2.80.931987_JNR_Shinkansen_lawsuit"></span>1980–1987 JNR Shinkansen lawsuit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Tobacco&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1980–1987 JNR Shinkansen lawsuit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A group of nonsmokers sued at the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_District_Court" title="Tokyo District Court">Tokyo District Court</a> demanding that <a href="/wiki/Japanese_National_Railways" title="Japanese National Railways">Japanese National Railways</a> <a href="/wiki/Shinkansen" title="Shinkansen">shinkansen (bullet trains)</a> provide more non-smoking cars. The case was filed in 1980 and while the court recognized tobacco's health risks<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the 27 March 1987 ruling rejected the lawsuit on the basis that the plaintiffs had failed to prove their harm to be "beyond the limits of toleration".<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1998–2005_Tokyo_lawsuit"><span id="1998.E2.80.932005_Tokyo_lawsuit"></span>1998–2005 Tokyo lawsuit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Tobacco&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1998–2005 Tokyo lawsuit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1998 seven plaintiffs represented by lawyer Yoshio Isayama sued JT at the Tokyo District Court for ¥70 million compensation (¥10 million per plaintiff) for health damage caused by smoking JT cigarettes. While similar cases had been filed in <a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a>, this was the first such case in Tokyo. In addition to financial compensation, the plaintiffs also demanded: </p> <ul><li>That tobacco sales through vending machines be banned;</li> <li>That advertising on television and radio be stopped;</li> <li>That promotions at public and sports events be halted;</li> <li>That a more stringent warning label be printed on cigarette boxes.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The plaintiffs' case was dismissed by the district court on 21 October 2003. The court agreed with the 1980s ruling that tobacco had health risks, but said that there was no causal link between the smoking habits and the specific diseases of plaintiffs. In addition, Judge Kikuo Asaka denied that <a href="/wiki/Nicotine" title="Nicotine">nicotine</a> was highly addictive. Isayama said that the group would appeal the decision to the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_High_Court" title="Tokyo High Court">Tokyo High Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 June 2005 the Tokyo High Court dismissed the case; by that time brought by only six plaintiffs. Three of the plaintiffs had died during the course of the case. Judge Toshinobu Akiyama said he agreed with the District Court decision. Jun Araki, the son of one of the deceased plaintiffs, said: "This ruling placed priority on the annual 2.3 trillion yen in [tobacco] tax revenue over the precious lives and health of the Japanese people". He also said the plaintiffs would appeal to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Japan" title="Supreme Court of Japan">Supreme Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005–2010_Yokohama_lawsuit"><span id="2005.E2.80.932010_Yokohama_lawsuit"></span>2005–2010 Yokohama lawsuit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Tobacco&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2005–2010 Yokohama lawsuit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2005 plaintiffs Kenichi Morishita, Koreyoshi Takahashi, and Masanobu Mizuno filed a case in the <a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a> District Court against JT seeking ¥30 million in damages for smoking related illness. Morishita died of pneumonia while the case was being fought, and JT used the same argument as in the 1998–2005 Tokyo case, that smokers were free to quit any time and that cancer and other illnesses had multiple causes.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 January 2010 the court clearly ruled that there was a link between smoking and <a href="/wiki/Lung_cancer" title="Lung cancer">lung cancer</a> and respiratory illnesses, and said that smoking may be addictive. However, the court rejected the demand for damages, and said that the plaintiffs had smoked of their own free will and that there was no proof that smoking had directly caused their sicknesses.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Brands">Brands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Tobacco&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Brands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="JT_flagship_brands">JT flagship brands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Tobacco&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: JT flagship brands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cabin_(cigarette)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cabin (cigarette) (page does not exist)">Cabin</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3_(%E3%81%9F%E3%81%B0%E3%81%93)" class="extiw" title="ja:キャビン (たばこ)">ja</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camel_(cigarette)" title="Camel (cigarette)">Camel</a> (outside the USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caster_(cigarette)" title="Caster (cigarette)">Caster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hope_(cigarette)" title="Hope (cigarette)">Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mevius" title="Mevius">Mevius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace_(cigarette)" title="Peace (cigarette)">Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pianissimo_Peche" title="Pianissimo Peche">Pianissimo Peche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakura_(cigarette)" title="Sakura (cigarette)">Sakura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem_(cigarette)" title="Salem (cigarette)">Salem</a> (outside the USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Stars_(cigarette)" title="Seven Stars (cigarette)">Seven Stars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_(cigarette)" title="Winston (cigarette)">Winston</a> (outside the USA)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camel_Mild&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Camel Mild (page does not exist)">Camel Mild</a> (Kretek)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Camel_Purple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Camel Purple (page does not exist)">Camel Purple</a><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lucky-strike-login-page-logo-v2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Lucky-strike-login-page-logo-v2.png/220px-Lucky-strike-login-page-logo-v2.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Lucky-strike-login-page-logo-v2.png/330px-Lucky-strike-login-page-logo-v2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Lucky-strike-login-page-logo-v2.png/440px-Lucky-strike-login-page-logo-v2.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lucky_Strike" title="Lucky Strike">Lucky Strike</a></figcaption></figure></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamlet_(cigar)" title="Hamlet (cigar)">Hamlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benson_%26_Hedges" title="Benson & Hedges">Benson & Hedges</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Philip_Morris_International" title="Philip Morris International">Philip Morris International</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_American_Tobacco" title="British American Tobacco">British American Tobacco</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gallaher_Group" title="Gallaher Group">Gallaher Group</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_brands">Other brands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Tobacco&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other brands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li>Amadis</li> <li>Apache</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Leaf" title="Amber Leaf">Amber Leaf</a></li> <li>Arsenal</li> <li>Aspen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belomorkanal" title="Belomorkanal">Belomorkanal</a></li> <li>Bringi</li> <li>Contessa</li> <li>Crescent & Star</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_(cigarette)" title="Death (cigarette)">Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doral_(cigarette)" title="Doral (cigarette)">Doral</a></li> <li>Dorchester</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Export_A_(cigarette)" class="mw-redirect" title="Export A (cigarette)">Export A</a></li> <li>Extreme Mild</li> <li>Frontier</li> <li>Fusion</li> <li>Genghis Khan</li> <li>Gold Coast</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hi-Lite_(cigarette)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hi-Lite (cigarette) (page does not exist)">Hi-Lite</a><sup class="noprint" style="font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88_(%E3%81%9F%E3%81%B0%E3%81%93)" class="extiw" title="ja:ハイライト (たばこ)">ja</a>]</sup></li> <li>Islands</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kool_(cigarette)" title="Kool (cigarette)">Kool</a></li> <li>Kosmos</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LD_(cigarette)" title="LD (cigarette)">LD</a></li> <li>Luch</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucky_Strike" title="Lucky Strike">Lucky Strike</a></li> <li>Lviv</li> <li>MacDonald</li> <li>Magna</li> <li>Mercedes</li> <li>Mi-Ne</li> <li>Minna International</li> <li>Mighty</li> <li>Monte Carlo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/More_(cigarette)" title="More (cigarette)">More</a></li> <li>Nasha Prima</li> <li>Navy<sup id="cite_ref-auto_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Nevskie</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nil_(cigarette)" title="Nil (cigarette)">Nil</a></li> <li>Nordic Spirit</li> <li>North Star</li> <li>Now</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Holborn" title="Old Holborn">Old Holborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overstolz_(cigarette)" title="Overstolz (cigarette)">Overstolz</a></li> <li>Peter 1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_(cigarette)" title="Premier (cigarette)">Premier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prima_(cigarette)" title="Prima (cigarette)">Prima</a></li> <li>Russian Style</li> <li>Sheikh<sup id="cite_ref-auto_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silk_Cut" title="Silk Cut">Silk Cut</a></li> <li>Slavia</li> <li>Sportsman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling_(cigarette)" title="Sterling (cigarette)">Sterling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Michael" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Michael">St. Michel</a></li> <li>Sweet Menthol</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vantage_(cigarette)" title="Vantage (cigarette)">Vantage</a></li> <li>Wave</li> <li>Winchester</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wings_(cigarette)" title="Wings (cigarette)">Wings</a></li> <li>Winner</li> <li>YSL</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zero_Style_Mint" title="Zero Style Mint">Zero Style Mint</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Smoking_etiquette_posters">Smoking etiquette posters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Tobacco&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Smoking etiquette posters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>JTI runs a series of posters designed to educate smokers about smoking etiquette. They can be seen widely around Japan, especially located near train stations. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jti.co.jp/sstyle/manners/ad/gallery/index.html">Poster gallery</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110716092447/http://www.jti.co.jp/sstyle/manners/ad/gallery/index.html">Archived</a> 16 July 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Environmental_record">Environmental record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Tobacco&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Environmental record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2008, Japan Tobacco had health issues involving their company: Contaminated <a href="/wiki/Gyoza" class="mw-redirect" title="Gyoza">gyoza</a> dumplings made by a Chinese company's factory in China, which sold its products to JT, poisoned ten people, including a five-year-old girl.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thousands of other Japanese people were going to the hospital because of stomach issues as well. A number of dumplings were found containing <a href="/wiki/Dichlorvos" title="Dichlorvos">dichlorvos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Methamidophos" title="Methamidophos">methamidophos</a> from pesticide.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The health minister of Japan said the contamination at the Chinese factory was possibly intentional, and the police are investigating for an attempted homicide.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dumplings were from China, but Japan Tobacco has said it does not plan to cease its manufacturing in China. Frozen food sales went down by 60% for the business since this health scare.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Japan Tobacco's stock price fell 7.1% after they were forced to recall their products, and the company also lost a $500 million merger deal with <a href="/wiki/Nissin_Foods" title="Nissin Foods">Nissin Foods</a> because of this incident.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anti-illicit_trade_compliance">Anti-illicit trade compliance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Tobacco&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Anti-illicit trade compliance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Japan Tobacco Inc, through its international operating divisions JT International S.A. and JT International Holding BV, signed a Cooperation Agreement with the European Commission in 2007 to combat the illicit trade in cigarettes under Article 9 of which the company agreed to "pro-actively disclose" to the European Commission's Anti-Fraud Office (Office Europeen de Lutte Antifraude – OLAF) "...all material information coming into (its) possession after the Execution Date relating to potentially Illegal Product."<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Agreement defines "Illegal Product" as Contraband or Counterfeit Cigarettes. Both Japan Tobacco Inc and JT International S.A. claim to adhere to a "zero-tolerance approach" to illicit trade.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>JT International S.A. and several of its distributors, including Megapolis in Russia and IBCS Trading in Cyprus, however, have been implicated as recently as 2011 in widespread smuggling to include selling cigarettes to a buyer in Syria subject to EU, Swiss, and US Sanctions and diverting cigarettes from Russia into the European Union and smuggling Winston and other popular cigarette brands into Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A JT International S.A. executive told the Wall Street Journal in August 2012 that the firm had continued to ship cigarettes to Syria until as recently as February 2012, almost a full year after the imposition of EU and US sanctions. The Journal cited Syrian dissident sources who claimed that the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad uses cigarettes as payment for the irregular military forces and militias, known as the shabeeha, who have had a central role in its violent crackdown.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Company documents show that in 2010 the head of the JT International SA security office – who performed a similar function at the former Gallaher Group PLC – sought to destroy evidence linking up to 13 company officers to smugglers in the Balkans region; a parallel effort was then being run by company management to hack into the emails of company anti-smuggling investigators, competitors, and law enforcement.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The firm also announced in 2011 that it had purchased the largest cigarette producer in Sudan and South Sudan as part of an effort to expand sales in the war-torn region, which has emerged as an entrepot for <a href="/wiki/Cigarette_smuggling" class="mw-redirect" title="Cigarette smuggling">cigarette smuggling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sponsorships">Sponsorships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japan_Tobacco&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sponsorships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Galan Slim Loud & Vote Back To 80's<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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(July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mild_Seven" class="mw-redirect" title="Mild Seven">Mild Seven</a> Tennis <a href="/wiki/WTA_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="WTA Championships">WTA Championships</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mild_Seven" class="mw-redirect" title="Mild Seven">Mild Seven</a> Outdoor Quest<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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(July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Wismilak Diplomat Success Challenge IDR 500.000.000 (2010, 2011, and 2012-2017 not together again Wismilak in Japan Tobacco since 2011-2016)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Wismilak International Tennis <a href="/wiki/WTA_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="WTA Championships">WTA Championships</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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href="http://www.jt.com/about/outline/data/index.html">Corporate Data (as of June 22 2012)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100202163354/http://www.jt.com/about/outline/data/index.html">Archived</a> 2 February 2010 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>." Japan Tobacco. Retrieved 27 September 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Tobacco_International" title="Japan Tobacco International">Japan Tobacco International</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jti.com/media/global-media-contact/">JTI Information for Journalists</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120929234333/http://www.jti.com/media/global-media-contact/">Archived</a> 29 September 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved on 27 September 2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Japan Tobacco <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jt.com/about/outline/officer/index.html">Members of the Board, Auditors, and Executive Officers 22 June 2012</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120713095733/http://www.jt.com/about/outline/officer/index.html">Archived</a> 13 July 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Retrieved on 27 September 2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Levin, Mark, Smoke Around the Rising Sun: An American Look at Tobacco Regulation in Japan. 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title="TOPIX">TOPIX</a> 100 companies of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Core 30</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astellas_Pharma" title="Astellas Pharma">Astellas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daiichi_Sankyo" title="Daiichi Sankyo">Daiichi Sankyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daikin" title="Daikin">Daikin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FANUC" title="FANUC">FANUC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitachi" title="Hitachi">Hitachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honda" title="Honda">Honda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoya_Corporation" title="Hoya Corporation">Hoya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itochu" title="Itochu">Itochu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDDI" title="KDDI">KDDI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keyence" title="Keyence">Keyence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Corporation" title="Mitsubishi Corporation">Mitsubishi Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_UFJ_Financial_Group" title="Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group">MUFG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsui_%26_Co" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsui & Co">Mitsui & Co</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizuho_Financial_Group" title="Mizuho Financial Group">Mizuho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murata_Manufacturing" title="Murata Manufacturing">Murata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nidec" title="Nidec">Nidec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Telegraph_%26_Telephone" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon Telegraph & Telephone">NTT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recruit_(company)" title="Recruit (company)">Recruit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_%26_i_Holdings" class="mw-redirect" title="Seven & i Holdings">Seven & i Holdings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shin-Etsu_Chemical" title="Shin-Etsu Chemical">Shin-Etsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SMC_Corporation" title="SMC 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(company)">ÆON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajinomoto" title="Ajinomoto">Ajinomoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Nippon_Airways" title="All Nippon Airways">ANA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahi_Breweries" title="Asahi Breweries">Asahi Group Holdings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahi_Kasei" title="Asahi Kasei">Asahi Kasei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandai_Namco_Holdings" title="Bandai Namco Holdings">Bandai Namco Holdings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgestone" title="Bridgestone">Bridgestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canon_Inc." title="Canon Inc.">Canon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chugai_Pharmaceutical" class="mw-redirect" title="Chugai Pharmaceutical">Chugai Pharmaceutical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai-ichi_Life" title="Dai-ichi Life">Dai-ichi Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daiwa_House" title="Daiwa House">Daiwa House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denso" title="Denso">Denso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eisai_(company)" title="Eisai (company)">Eisai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eneos_Holdings" title="Eneos Holdings">ENEOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fast_Retailing" title="Fast Retailing">Fast Retailing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujifilm" title="Fujifilm">Fujifilm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujitsu" title="Fujitsu">Fujitsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Exchange_Group" title="Japan Exchange Group">Japan Exchange Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Post_Holdings" title="Japan Post Holdings">Japan Post Holdings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Japan_Railway_Company" title="Central Japan Railway Company">JR Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Japan_Railway_Company" title="East Japan Railway Company">JR East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Japan_Railway_Company" title="West Japan Railway Company">JR West</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">JT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kao_Corporation" title="Kao Corporation">Kao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirin_Company" title="Kirin Company">Kirin</a></li> <li><a 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title="Japan">Japan</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seven_%26_i_Holdings" class="mw-redirect" title="Seven & i Holdings">7&i</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advantest" title="Advantest">Advantest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AEON_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="AEON (company)">ÆON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGC_Inc." title="AGC Inc.">AGC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajinomoto" title="Ajinomoto">Ajinomoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alps_Electric" title="Alps Electric">Alps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Nippon_Airways" title="All Nippon Airways">ANA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amada_Co" class="mw-redirect" title="Amada Co">Amada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aozora_Bank" title="Aozora Bank">Aozora Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahi_Breweries" title="Asahi Breweries">Asahi Breweries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahi_Kasei" title="Asahi Kasei">Asahi 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title="Credit Saison">Credit Saison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai-ichi_Life" title="Dai-ichi Life">Dai-ichi Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daiichi_Sankyo" title="Daiichi Sankyo">Daiichi Sankyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daikin" title="Daikin">Daikin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daiwa_House" title="Daiwa House">Daiwa House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daiwa_Securities_Group" title="Daiwa Securities Group">Daiwa Securities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denki_Kagaku_Kogyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Denki Kagaku Kogyo">Denka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denso" title="Denso">Denso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dentsu" title="Dentsu">Dentsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_Nippon_Printing" title="Dai Nippon Printing">DNP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dowa_Holdings" title="Dowa Holdings">Dowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebara_Corporation" title="Ebara Corporation">Ebara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eisai_(company)" title="Eisai (company)">Eisai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eneos_Holdings" title="Eneos Holdings">ENEOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FANUC" title="FANUC">Fanuc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fast_Retailing" title="Fast Retailing">Fast Retailing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuji_Electric" title="Fuji Electric">Fuji Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujifilm" title="Fujifilm">Fujifilm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujikura" title="Fujikura">Fujikura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujitsu" title="Fujitsu">Fujitsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_Financial_Group" title="Fukuoka Financial Group">Fukuoka Financial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Furukawa_Group" title="Furukawa Group">Furukawa Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Furukawa_Electric" title="Furukawa Electric">Furukawa Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GS_Yuasa" title="GS Yuasa">GS Yuasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heiwa_Real_Estate" title="Heiwa Real Estate">Heiwa Real Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hino_Motors" title="Hino Motors">Hino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitachi" title="Hitachi">Hitachi</a></li> 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