Mitsui

Mitsui (三井) is one of the largest corporate conglomerates (Keiretsu) in Japan and one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world.

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Founded by Takatoshi Mitsui (1622–1694), who was born a second son of a shopkeeper in Matsuzaka, called Echigoya (越後屋) in today's Mie prefecture. His father originally sold miso, a fermented soybean paste, and ran a pawn shop. Later, the family built a second shop in Edo (now called Tokyo).

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Edo (1) - Pawn shop (1) - Miso (1) - Tokyo (1) - Shareholdings (1) - Business (1) - Companies (1) - Mie prefecture (1) - Takatoshi Mitsui (1) - Japan (1) - Keiretsu (1) - 1622 (1) - Echigoya (1) - Matsuzaka (1) - 1694 (1) -

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