Why does the Fortune 500 separate Mitsubishi from Mitsubishi Electric, Mitsubishi Chemical, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, etc.?

Mitsubishi is not a single company, but a group of independent companies, most of which use the name "Mitsubishi" but do not simply call themselves "Mitsubishi".

Mitsubishi Kinyokai (also known as the Friday Club) has 28 core members, and there are about 500 Mitsubishi member companies, with about 400 having "Mitsubishi" in their names, and hundreds of other Mitsubishi companies without "Mitsubishi" in their names. There are about 400 companies with "Mitsubishi" in their names and hundreds of other Mitsubishi companies without "Mitsubishi" in their names. These companies conduct their business activities independently and even compete with each other in many areas.

Expanded Information:

The first Mitsubishi enterprise was Yataro Iwasaki's takeover of the Nagasaki Shipyard, an officially operated Japanese shipyard, in 1870, which was renamed the Mitsubishi Shokai in 1873. Then Mitsubishi became involved in mining, shipbuilding, banking, insurance, warehousing and trading, followed by paper, steel, glass, electrical equipment, aircraft, oil and real estate. Now Mitsubishi has built up a series of businesses that have played a pivotal role in the modernization of Japanese industry.

Product lines under the Mitsubishi umbrella:

1, Electricity supply

2, New energy

3, Environmental protection devices

4, Automobile manufacturing

5, Machine tools

6, Forklifts

7, Marine equipment

8, Printing Machines

9, Injection Molding Machines

10, Medical Equipment

11, Gas/Diesel Engines

12, Air Conditioners

13, Tire Machinery

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