11 Facts About Mitsubishi Group

1.

Mitsubishi Group is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries.

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2.

Mitsubishi Group was disbanded during the occupation of Japan following World War II.

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3.

Mitsubishi Group company was established as a shipping firm by Iwasaki Yataro in 1870 under the name "Tsukumo Shokai".

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4.

Mitsubishi Group was established in 1870, two years after the Meiji Restoration, with shipping as its core business.

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5.

The Mitsubishi Group A6M Zero was a primary Japanese naval fighter in World War II.

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6.

Mitsubishi Group was involved in the opium trade in China during this period.

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7.

Mitsubishi Group was among a number of major Japanese conglomerates targeted for long dissolution during the occupation of Japan.

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8.

Mitsubishi Group companies participated in Japan's unprecedented economic growth of the 1950s and 1960s.

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9.

Mitsubishi Group pavilions have been highlights of expositions in Japan since EXPO'70 in Osaka in the 1970s to 1980s.

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10.

Mitsubishi Group is made up of about 40 individual companies without a controlling parent company.

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11.

Each of the Mitsubishi Group companies owns substantial portions of the shares of the others.

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