Japan Tobacco

Japan Tobacco Inc.

Headquarters in Tokyo
Native name	日本たばこ産業株式会社
Romanized name	Nihon Tabako Sangyō kabushiki gaisha
Formerly	Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation Japanese: 日本専売公社 Hepburn: Nippon Senbai Kōsha
Company type	Public (Statutory kabushiki gaisha)
Traded as	TYO: 2914 Nikkei 225 component TOPIX Large70 component
Industry	Food Tobacco
Founded	1898 (as Imperial Japanese Tobacco Company) 1 June 1949 (as Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation) 1 April 1985 (privatized)
Founder	Ministry of Finance of Government of Japan
Headquarters	2-1, Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Masamichi Terabatake (president and CEO) Hiroshi Kimura (chairman)
Products	See below
Revenue	¥2.033 trillion (2012)
Operating income	¥459.18 billion (2012)
Net income	¥328.55 billion (2012)
Total assets	¥3.667 trillion (2012)
Total equity	¥1.714 trillion (2012)
Owner	Government of Japan (37.57% by law)
Number of employees	48,529 (2011)
Subsidiaries	Japan Tobacco International PT Karya Dibya Mahardhika (Indonesia) Mighty Corporation (Philippines) JTI Germany (with Russian daughter company) Gallaher Group
Website	www.JT.com

Japan Tobacco Inc. (Japanese: 日本たばこ産業株式会社, Nihon Tabako Sangyō kabushiki gaisha) (JT) is a large Japanese tobacco company. It owns Japan Tobacco International, one of the largest international Big Tobacco product manufacturers in the world. Japan Tobacco started in 1898.^[1]