Japan’s Largest Companies

from Fortune’s Global 500 list

Here is the list of the biggest companies of Japan in 2021:

RankCompanyFortune Global 500 RankRevenue ($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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