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| Asiaweek 1000 Rank |
Company name |
Country |
Main business |
Sales |
| 1998 |
1997 |
|
|
|
$ Millions |
% change |
| 1 |
1 |
MITSUI & CO. |
JAPAN |
General trading |
144,768.0 |
7.3 |
| 2 |
2 |
MITSUBISHI CORP. |
JAPAN |
General trading |
130,801.3 |
0.2 |
| 3 |
3 |
ITOCHU CORP. |
JAPAN |
General trading |
128,477.6 |
1.8 |
| 4 |
4 |
MARUBENI CORP. |
JAPAN |
General trading |
112,740.9 |
-2.4 |
| 5 |
5 |
SUMITOMO CORP. |
JAPAN |
General trading |
103,887.6 |
-6.4 |
| 6 |
6 |
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. |
JAPAN |
Cars, trucks |
96,523.7 |
-4.6 |
| 7 |
7 |
NISSHO IWAI CORP. |
JAPAN |
General trading |
83,087.4 |
13.1 |
| 8 |
8 |
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TEL. |
JAPAN |
Telecommunications |
78,105.7 |
7.1 |
| 9 |
9 |
HITACHI LTD. |
JAPAN |
Electronics, machinery |
69,566.4 |
-1.2 |
| 10 |
10 |
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDL. |
JAPAN |
Appliances, electronics |
65,217.5 |
2.8 |
| Rank |
Company name |
Net Profit |
Assets |
Sales per |
| 1998 |
|
$ Millions |
% change |
Rank |
$ Millions |
Rank |
$1 Assets |
| 1 |
MITSUI & CO. |
272.6 |
-9.0 |
97 |
60,696.9 |
11 |
2.39 |
| 2 |
MITSUBISHI CORP. |
393.7 |
7.3 |
65 |
78,703.3 |
5 |
1.66 |
| 3 |
ITOCHU CORP. |
-785.2 |
— |
971 |
62,060.7 |
8 |
2.07 |
| 4 |
MARUBENI CORP. |
142.4 |
-14.3 |
174 |
61,063.7 |
9 |
1.85 |
| 5 |
SUMITOMO CORP. |
212.9 |
— |
120 |
47,245.6 |
18 |
2.20 |
| 6 |
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. |
3755.3 |
17.7 |
1 |
114,508.3 |
3 |
0.84 |
| 7 |
NISSHO IWAI CORP. |
25.1 |
-80.3 |
505 |
44,967.7 |
19 |
1.85 |
| 8 |
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TEL. |
1772.5 |
-14.7 |
7 |
143,421.2 |
1 |
0.54 |
| 9 |
HITACHI LTD. |
28.7 |
-96.1 |
483 |
83,585.5 |
4 |
0.83 |
| 10 |
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDL. |
773.7 |
-32.1 |
24 |
70,778.7 |
6 |
0.92 |
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| Rank |
Company name |
Equity |
Employees |
Profit per |
Market |
| 1998 |
|
$ Millions |
Rank |
Number |
Rank |
Employee |
Cap. $m. |
| 1 |
MITSUI & CO. |
5,810.8 |
55 |
40,000 |
63 |
6,816 |
8,950.0 |
| 2 |
MITSUBISHI CORP. |
8,342.7 |
32 |
35,500 |
75 |
11,091 |
9,665.5 |
| 3 |
ITOCHU CORP. |
3,258.7 |
126 |
6,675 |
374 |
— |
2,665.0 |
| 4 |
MARUBENI CORP. |
3,928.0 |
100 |
65,000 |
32 |
2,191 |
2,591.2 |
| 5 |
SUMITOMO CORP. |
4,759.8 |
73 |
29,500 |
100 |
7,217 |
5,619.5 |
| 6 |
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. |
49,771.8 |
1 |
159,035 |
14 |
23,613 |
92,334.9 |
| 7 |
NISSHO IWAI CORP. |
2,225.9 |
182 |
33,870 |
80 |
741 |
762.0 |
| 8 |
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TEL. |
45,160.2 |
2 |
226,000 |
7 |
7,843 |
131,119.1 |
| 9 |
HITACHI LTD. |
26,785.4 |
4 |
331,494 |
3 |
87 |
17,367.2 |
| 10 |
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDL. |
31,160.5 |
3 |
275,962 |
4 |
2,803 |
33,116.2 |
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| Rank |
Company name |
Profit as % of |
Notes Key |
| 1998 |
|
Sales |
Assets |
Equity |
|
| 1 |
MITSUI & CO. |
0.2 |
0.4 |
4.7 |
3 L |
| 2 |
MITSUBISHI CORP. |
0.3 |
0.5 |
4.7 |
3 L |
| 3 |
ITOCHU CORP. |
— |
— |
— |
3 L |
| 4 |
MARUBENI CORP. |
0.1 |
0.2 |
3.6 |
3 L |
| 5 |
SUMITOMO CORP. |
0.2 |
0.5 |
4.5 |
3 L |
| 6 |
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. |
3.9 |
3.3 |
7.5 |
3 L |
| 7 |
NISSHO IWAI CORP. |
0.0 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
3 L |
| 8 |
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TEL. |
2.3 |
1.2 |
3.9 |
3 L S |
| 9 |
HITACHI LTD. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
3 L |
| 10 |
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDL. |
1.2 |
1.1 |
2.5 |
3 L |
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