Established in 1954, the Mitsubishi Corporation (MCC) is one of Japan's largest conglomerates, consisting of 28 major companies. Its core companies are: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Electric, Honda Techno Research Institute, Kirin Brewery, Asahi Glass, and others. The group mainly focuses on automobiles, complete sets of equipment, arms, electronics, petrochemicals, aircraft, shipbuilding, nuclear energy and other industries, as well as urban housing development and the development of new materials, etc. The group controls Japan's arms industry, and after 1977, it began to actively engage in economic exchanges with our country. The manager's association is called the "Kinyo-kai" (Golden Yao Kai, a gathering on the second Friday of every month; in Japanese, Friday is known as "Golden Yao (金曜日)").
The Mitsui Group
Established in 1961, the Mitsui Group currently consists of 25 major corporations. Its core companies include Sakura Bank, Mitsui & Co., Shin-Oji Paper, Toshiba, Toyota Motor, Mitsukoshi, Toray, and Mitsui Fudosan. The consortium has strengths in industries such as chemicals, heavy machinery, general motors, automobile manufacturing, real estate, nuclear power generation, semiconductors, and medical and office electronics. The board of directors is called the "Futagi-kai" ("Futagi-kai" is a meeting held on the second Thursday of every month, and "ki" is the Japanese word for Thursday (木曜日)). Ki" is the Japanese word for Thursday (木曜日)).
Sumitomo Foundation
Established in 1951, the Sumitomo Foundation currently consists of 20 major corporations. The consortium is strong in the metals, finance, and electrical industries. Its core large companies include Sumitomo Bank, Sumitomo Metals, Sumitomo Chemical, Sumitomo Corporation, Panasonic Corporation, Nippon Electric Company (NEC), Sanyo Electric and Asahi Breweries. Sumitomo Corporation was established in the petrochemical, iron and steel, nonferrous metals, and fine chemicals sectors, and later operated in the marine development and nuclear energy sectors. The Board of Directors is known as the "Shirasui-kai" (Shirasui-kai, which is a spin-off of the word "Izumi" from "Izumiya," from which the Sumitomo Zaibatsu family originated, to "Shirasui-kai"). Shirasuikai").
The Fuji Group
The Fuji Group, which is also known as the Hibiscus Group because the Japanese call Mount Fuji "Hibiscus Peak," was founded in 1966 and currently consists of 29 major corporations. The consortium has a large influence in various important fields such as manufacturing, commerce and finance in Japan. Its core companies include Fuji Bank, Nissan Motor, Nippon Steel Pipe, Sapporo Beer, Hitachi, Marubeni, Canon, Nippon Seiko, the largest manufacturer of bearings in Japan, and Kubota, the largest manufacturer of agricultural machinery. Marubeni, which started in the textile industry, is a large general trading company in Japan, and is a "governor's advisor" company in Guangdong Province, with more than 10 investment companies in Guangdong Province, and one of its current business goals is to actively seek cooperation with China's logistics industry in the future. The manager's association is called "Hibiscus Association" (Hibiscus Association, named after the "Hibiscus Group").
Sanwa Foundation
Established in 1967, the Sanwa Foundation currently consists of 44 major corporations. Its core companies include Mitsuwa Bank, Nissho Iwai, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), Nippon Cotton, Cosmo Oil, Kobe Steel, Sharp, Nippon Express, and Sekisui Chemical Industries. Among them, Nissho Iwai and Nippon Cotton are among the nine largest trading companies in Japan. The consortium has a strong presence in the steel manufacturing industry, communications, liquefied petroleum gas, ceramics, rubber and other industries. The manager's association is called "Sansui Kai" (Sansui Kai, meeting on the third Wednesday of every month, and Wednesday is "Sui-no-Isan (水曜日)", in Japanese).
The Daiichi Suyin Foundation
Founded in 1978, it currently consists of 48 major corporations. It is one of the six consortiums with the largest number of members, despite its late establishment. Its core companies include Dai-ichi Suyei Bank, Itochu Corporation, Fujitsu, Kanematsu, Shimizu Construction, Kawasaki Steel, Asahi Kasei Kogyo, Fuji Electric, and Yokohama Rubber. The consortium has strengths in the fields of chemicals and fibers, finance, optical communications, computers, petroleum development, and foodstuffs. The manager's association is called "Sankin-kai" (Sankin-kai, meeting on the third Friday of every month, Friday is "Jin曜日" in Japanese).