Japan Tobacco
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| Type | Public KK (TYO: 2914) |
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| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Yoji Wakui, Chairman Hiroshi Kimura, President & CEO Pierre de Labouchere, CEO of JT International SA |
| Industry | Tobacco, Pharmaceuticals, Food |
| Products | See below |
| Revenue | ▲¥4,637.657 billion JPY (2005) |
| Net income | ▲¥201.542 billion JPY (2005) |
| Employees | 31,476 (2005) |
| Website | www.jti.co.jp |
Japan Tobacco Inc. (日本たばこ産業株式会社 Nihon Tabako Sangyō Kabushiki-gaisha, TYO: 2914), JT for short, is a cigarette manufacturing company. It is part of the Nikkei 225 index.
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[edit] History
The company traces its origins to 1898. Incorporated in 1949 as the Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation (日本専売公社 Nippon Senbai Kōsha), Japan Tobacco was a state monopoly until 1985, when it became a public company.
It was two-thirds owned by the Japanese Ministry of Finance until June 2004, and the Japanese government share is presently 50%. JT International (JTI), acquired in 1999 from R.J. Reynolds, is an operating division of Japan Tobacco Inc., handling the international production, marketing and sales of the group's cigarette brands. It sells Camel, Salem, and Winston brands outside the USA.
Japan Tobacco also operates in foods, pharmaceuticals, agribusiness, engineering, and real estate. Japan Tobacco completed the largest ever foreign takeover in Japanese history through acquisition of Gallaher Group plc in April 2007.[1]
Japan Tobacco runs the Tobacco and Salt Museum in Tokyo.
[edit] Market
Japan Tobacco controls 66.4% of the cigarette market in Japan and will seek more takeovers from 2009 to build on the 1.4 trillion JPY (USD 15 billion) purchase of Gallaher Group, with President Hiroshi Kimura commenting that further acquisitions would be appropriate after the full integration of Gallaher by 2009.[2][3]
[edit] Brands
[edit] Japanese flagship brands
[edit] Other flagship brands
[edit] Other brands
- Amadis
- Amber Leaf
- Arsenal
- Aspen
- Belomorkanal
- Cabin
- Club
- Contessa
- Crescent & Star
- Death Cigarettes
- Doral
[edit] Smoking etiquette posters
JTI runs a series of surreal posters designed to educate smokers about the finer points of smoking etiquette.
 Cigarettes are hot. |
 Cigarettes can damage bare arms. |
 Binning cigarettes |
 Child safety |
 Coat consideration |
 The Winter 2006 Collection |
 Drains are not ashtrays |
 Cigarettes are lethal |
 Pocket ashtrays |
 Smoke issues |
 Snow and cigarettes |
 Tobacco graffiti |
[edit] Environmental record
Japan Tobacco had recent health issues involving their company. Contaminated gyoza dumplings made by the company poisoned ten people, including a five year old girl who has now recovered. Thousands of other Japanese people were going to the hospital because of stomach issues as well. A number of dumplings were found containing dichlorvos and methamidophos from pesticide.[4] The health minister of Japan said the contamination was possibly intentional, and the police are investigating for an attempted homicide.[4] 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.[5] 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 Nissin Foods because of this occurrence.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Gallaher agrees £7.5bn Japan Tobacco takeover - Scotsman.com News
- ^ JT holds approximately two-thirds of the domestic cigarette market share, which is built on its best-selling brands: Mild Seven, Cabin, Caster, Seven Stars, Peace, Camel, and Salem." Japan Tobacco website, 2006
- ^ Hoover's business report, 2006, on Japan Tobacco Inc. "Japan Tobacco has plenty to puff about. The company controls more than 70% of the cigarette market in a country where about half of the male population smokes."
- ^ a b Dumpling scare thwarts Japan Tobacco's merger plan - International Herald Tribune
- ^ Japan Tobacco to Stay in China Despite Dumpling Scare - Food Industry News
- ^ After Bad Dumplings, Nissin Loses Appetite For Japan Tobacco Deal - Forbes.com
[edit] External links
- Japan Tobacco official website (English)
- Japan Tobacco official (Japanese)
- The Tobacco and Salt Museum (English)
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