Japan's Largest Companies
from Fortune's Global 500 list
Here is the list of the biggest companies of Japan in 2021:
| Rank | Company | Fortune Global 500 Rank | Revenue ($M) | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toyota Motor | 9 | 256721 | Toyota City |
| 2 | Honda Motor | 48 | 124241 | Tokyo |
| 3 | Mitsubishi | 51 | 121543 | Tokyo |
| 4 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | 55 | 112670 | Tokyo |
| 5 | Japan Post Holdings | 58 | 110561 | Tokyo |
| 6 | Itochu | 71 | 97753 | Osaka |
| 7 | Sony | 88 | 84893 | Tokyo |
| 8 | Hitachi | 95 | 82345 | Tokyo |
| 9 | AEON | 100 | 81228 | Chiba |
| 10 | Nippon Life Insurance | 111 | 76984 | Osaka |
| 11 | Mitsui | 114 | 75562 | Tokyo |
| 12 | Nissan Motor | 116 | 74170 | Yokohama |
| 13 | Dai-ichi Life Holdings | 119 | 73842 | Tokyo |
| 14 | Panasonic | 154 | 63191 | Osaka |
| 15 | Marubeni | 165 | 59735 | Tokyo |
| 16 | ENEOS Holdings | 166 | 59540 | Tokyo |
| 17 | Toyota Tsusho | 167 | 59517 | Nagoya |
| 18 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | 180 | 56838 | Tokyo |
| 19 | SoftBank Group | 184 | 56214 | Tokyo |
| 20 | Tokyo Electric Power | 187 | 55343 | Tokyo |
| 21 | Seven & I Holdings | 188 | 54442 | Tokyo |
| 22 | Tokio Marine Holdings | 208 | 51517 | Tokyo |
| 23 | KDDI | 217 | 50115 | Tokyo |
| 24 | Denso | 244 | 46569 | Kariya |
| 25 | MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings | 245 | 46150 | Tokyo |
| 26 | Nippon Steel Corporation | 249 | 45556 | Tokyo |
| 27 | Sumitomo | 261 | 43818 | Tokyo |
| 28 | Mitsubishi Electric | 300 | 39539 | Tokyo |
| 29 | Daiwa House Industry | 306 | 38929 | Osaka |
| 30 | Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance | 313 | 38004 | Tokyo |
| 31 | Idemitsu Kosan | 318 | 37792 | Tokyo |
| 32 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | 325 | 36811 | Tokyo |
| 33 | Sompo Holdings | 331 | 36283 | Tokyo |
| 34 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 347 | 34903 | Tokyo |
| 35 | Fujitsu | 358 | 33863 | Tokyo |
| 36 | Aisin | 365 | 33260 | Kariya |
| 37 | Sumitomo Life Insurance | 367 | 33183 | Osaka |
| 38 | Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings | 401 | 30729 | Tokyo |
| 39 | JFE Holdings | 404 | 30444 | Tokyo |
| 40 | Mizuho Financial Group | 406 | 30357 | Tokyo |
| 41 | Medipal Holdings | 408 | 30291 | Tokyo |
| 42 | Takeda Pharmaceutical | 409 | 30166 | Tokyo |
| 43 | Suzuki Motor | 412 | 29981 | Hamamatsu |
| 44 | Canon | 414 | 29560 | Tokyo |
| 45 | Kansai Electric Power | 417 | 29171 | Osaka |
| 46 | Toshiba | 420 | 28813 | Tokyo |
| 47 | NEC | 432 | 28243 | Tokyo |
| 48 | Bridgestone | 434 | 28047 | Tokyo |
| 49 | Chubu Electric Power | 440 | 27690 | Nagoya |
| 50 | Sumitomo Electric Industries | 442 | 27532 | Osaka |
| 51 | Mazda Motor | 449 | 27187 | Hiroshima |
| 52 | Subaru | 459 | 26698 | Tokyo |
| 53 | Alfresa Holdings | 494 | 24556 | Tokyo |
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Source: Fortune
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