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Marubeni signboard and logo

Marubeni signboard and logo=December 23,2025,Tokyo

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Marubeni signboard and logo

Marubeni signboard and logo=December 23,2025,Tokyo

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Appearance of Marubeni Corporation

Appearance of Marubeni Corporation=May 23,2025,Tokyo

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Press Conference on the Change of President of Marubeni Corporation

Marubeni president change press conference. Photo shows from right to left: President-elect Masayuki Omoto and President Masumi Kakinoki.=November 27,2024,Tokyo

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Press Conference on the Change of President of Marubeni Corporation

Marubeni president change press conference. Photo shows from right to left: President-elect Masayuki Omoto and President Masumi Kakinoki.=November 27,2024,Tokyo

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Press Conference on the Change of President of Marubeni Corporation

Marubeni president change press conference. Photo shows Masayuki Omoto, President-Elect.=November 27,2024,Tokyo

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Marubeni Ele-Next Co.,Ltd Signs and logos

Marubeni Ele-Next Co.,Ltd Signs and logos (Photo taken at the Automotive Engineering Exposition 2024) ＝Kanagawa, Japan, May 22, 2024.

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Marubeni Ele-Next Co.,Ltd Signs and logos

Marubeni Ele-Next Co.,Ltd Signs and logos (Photo taken at the Automotive Engineering Exposition 2024) ＝Kanagawa, Japan, May 22, 2024.

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Japan Foreign Trade Council,Inc. (JFTC) Chairman Change Press Conference

Japan Foreign Trade Council,Inc. (JFTC) press conference on the change of chairman. Photo shows, from right to left: Tatsuo Yasunaga, new chairman (Chairman of Mitsui & Co., Ltd.); Fumiya Kokubu, new honorary chairman (Chairman of Marubeni Corporation). ＝May 31, 2024, Tokyo, Japan

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Japan Foreign Trade Council,Inc. (JFTC) Chairman Change Press Conference

Japan Foreign Trade Council,Inc. (JFTC) press conference on the change of chairman. Photo shows, from right to left: Tatsuo Yasunaga, new chairman (Chairman of Mitsui & Co., Ltd.); Fumiya Kokubu, new honorary chairman (Chairman of Marubeni Corporation). ＝May 31, 2024, Tokyo, Japan

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Aeon, Marubeni agree to integrate 3 food supermarket chains

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the Aeon retail group, Marubeni Corp. and two food supermarket chains pose in Tokyo on May 19, 2014, after announcing their agreement to integrate three supermarket chains. From R: Aeon Co. President Motoya Okada, Marubeni Senior Executive Vice President Mitsuru Akiyoshi, Maruetsu Inc. President Makoto Ueda and Kasumi Co. Chairman Hiromasa Kohama.

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Japan's largest solar power plant inaugurated

OITA, Japan - Japan's largest solar power plant is inaugurated at a ceremony in Oita, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2014. The mega solar plant, built by a subsidiary of trading giant Marubeni Corp., is capable of producing more than 80,000 kilowatts of electricity.

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Solar power plant

OITA, Japan - Marubeni Corp. President Fumiya Kokubu speaks during the opening ceremony for Japan's largest solar power plant in Oita city, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2014. The plant run by the trading house's wholly owned subsidiary Oita Solar Power Corp. is capable of generating 82.02 megawatts of electricity, enough to cover demand from 30,000 households.

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Solar power plant

OITA, Japan - Photo shows Japan's largest solar power plant in Oita city, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2014. The plant run by trading house Marubeni Corp.'s wholly owned subsidiary Oita Solar Power Corp. is capable of generating 82.02 megawatts of electricity, enough to cover demand from 30,000 households.

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New Marubeni president

TOKYO, Japan - Marubeni Corp. President Teruo Asada (L) and Senior Executive Vice President Fumiya Kokubu shake hands in Tokyo on Feb. 19, 2013, as the major Japanese trading house said that it will promote Kokubu to president on April 1, 2013.

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New Marubeni president

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Marubeni Corp. Senior Executive Vice President Fumiya Kokubu. The major Japanese trading house said on Feb. 19, 2013, that it will promote Kokubu to president on April 1, 2013.

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Japanese businessman killed in Mumbai attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Masakazu Sato, president of Mitsui Marubeni Liquefied Gas Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on Nov. 27 after Hisashi Tsuda, 38, an employee of the company, was killed while about to check in to a hotel in Mumbai, India, upon arriving from Japan,

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Marubeni to promote Asada to president

TOKYO, Japan - Teruo Asada (L), executive vice president of major trading house Marubeni Corp., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20 with President Nobuo Katsumata sitting by him. Asada will succeed Katsumata on April 1 while Katsumata will become chairman to replace Toru Tsuji.

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Aeon, Maruetsu, Marubeni to tie up in product buying, distribution

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Marubeni Corp. President Nobuo Katsumata, Maruetsu Inc. President Keizo Takahashi and Aeon Co. President Motoya Okada pose for a photo after announcing a tripartite business tie-up at a press conference in Tokyo on July 10.

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Daiei, Aeon, Marubeni join hands

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Motoya Okada, president of Japan's major supermarket chain Aeon Co., Nobuo Katsumata, president of trading house Marubeni Corp., and Toru Nishimi, president of struggling retailer Daiei Inc., join hands as the three companies signal they will join forces to create Japan's top retail group.

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Daiei's new management team launched, led by ex-Marubeni execs

TOKYO, Japan - Daiei Inc. Chairwoman Fumiko Hayashi (L) and new President Toru Nishimi shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 6. Nishimi, a former corporate senior vice president of Daiei's top shareholder Marubeni Corp., replaced Yasuyuki Higuchi.

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Daiei shareholders to OK Marubeni-led management

TOKYO, Japan - Shareholders head to an extraordinary meeting of Daiei Inc. in Kobe to inaugurate the new management led by Marubeni Corp., the trading company which has become the supermarket operator's top shareholder.

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Marubeni eyes Aeon as tie-up partner for Daiei

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the head office building of Aeon Co. in Chiba. Trading house Marubeni Corp. is considering choosing Aeon, the largest supermarket chain in Japan, as a business tie-up partner for Daiei Inc. to strengthen the competitiveness of the struggling supermarket chain, sources familiar with the matter said on Oct. 4.

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Marubeni to acquire IRCJ's entire stake in Daiei for 69.8 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Taisuke Sasanuma, representative partner of investment firm Advantage Partners, Atsushi Saito, chief executive officer of the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, Nobuo Katsumata, president of Marubeni Corp., Fumiko Hayashi, chairman of Daiei Inc. and Daiei President Yasuyuki Higuchi join hands for a photo after a news conference at a Tokyo hotel July 28.

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IRCJ inks contract on Marubeni-led group's Daiei sponsorship

TOKYO, Japan - Marubeni Corp. President Nobuo Katsumata (L) and Daiei Inc. President Toshio Hasumi speak during a news conference in Tokyo on March 7. The Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan and Daiei signed a contract the same day with a consortium led by trading house Marubeni as the sponsor for rebuilding the struggling retail giant.

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Marubeni to issue 75.5 bil. yen in preferred shares

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Katsumata, president of trading house Marubeni Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 12 about a company plan to issue 75.5 billion yen in preferred shares.

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Japan-funded dam begins operating in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - A controversial Japan-funded dam in the northwestern Philippines goes into operation May 2, generating an initial 85 megawatts. Touted as Asia's tallest dam and largest private hydropower project, the San Roque dam can generate as much as 345 megawatts when operation is in full swing and irrigate nearly 90,000 hectares of land in the area. The dam is owned by a consortium of Japanese and U.S. companies, including Marubeni Corp. and Kansai Electric Power Co. of Japan and Sithe Energies Inc. of the United States.

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Police arrest Marubeni Chikusan execs over chicken scam

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 23 shows the building housing the office of Marubeni Chikusan Corp. in Tokyo. Police arrested four executives of the company for alleged involvement in passing off imported chicken as prime domestic poultry.

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Marubeni names new president

TOKYO, Japan - Marubeni Corp. newly appointed President Nobuo Katsumata (L) shakes hands with incumbent President Toru Tsuji at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18. Tsuji will assume chairmanship.

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Marubeni hit by back taxes for 'concealing' income

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 7 shows the head office of major trading house Marubeni Corp. in Osaka, which has been ordered by tax authorities to pay 1.2 billion yen in back taxes after it failed to declare 3.5 billion yen in income in the four years to March 31, 2001.

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Police raid Marubeni office over chicken labeling scam

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 26 shows the Tokyo headquarters of major trading house Marubeni Corp., which police searched over allegations that its subsidiary falsely labeled imported chicken as domestic.

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Marubeni Chikusan offices searched over false labeling

SENDAI, Japan - Police officers enter the head office of Marubeni Chikusan Corp., a unit of trading house Marubeni Corp., in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on June 21 to search for evidence relating to the company's false labeling of at least 1,700 tons of chicken sold since 1999.

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Marubeni unit warned over false labeling of chicken

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Nishizono, president of Marubeni Chikusan Corp., a unit of major trading house Marubeni Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 24 about his intention to resign to take responsibility for the company's false labeling of chicken.

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Farm ministry raids Marubeni unit over labeling fraud

SENDAI, Japan - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officials enter the Sendai branch office of Marubeni Chikusan Corp., a subsidiary of major trading house Marubeni Corp., to inspect the office. On March 15, it admitted it passed off chicken imported from Brazil as higher-priced domestic chicken between 1999 and 2001.

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Marubeni arm passed off imported chicken as domestic

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Nishizono, president of Marubeni Chikusan Corp., a subsidiary of trading house Marubeni Corp., tells reporters March 15 in Tokyo that his company's branch office in Sendai passed off imported chicken as higher-priced domestic chicken between 1999 and 2001.

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Marubeni likely to fall into red in fiscal 1st half

TOKYO, Japan - Toru Tsuji (R), president of the major Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp., meets the press in Tokyo on Nov. 8. He said Marubeni's group earnings in the fiscal first half to Sept. 30 will likely fall into the red, leading it to forgo dividend payments in fiscal 2001 for the third year in a row mainly due to restructuring costs and appraisal losses on its stockholdings.

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Lockheed scandal convict Ito dies of heart failure

TOKYO, Japan - Former Marubeni Corp. Senior Managing Director Hiroshi Ito (photo taken in February 1977), convicted for his role in the 1976 Lockheed payoff scandal, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital June 10. He was 74. Ito was sentenced to two years in prison in 1983 for his role in paying 500 million yen in bribes to Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka to have All Nippon Airways buy Lockheed Corp.'s TriStar jets.

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Marubeni searched on suspicion of evading octopus duties

TOKYO, Japan - Customs officials walk into the Tokyo headquarters of Marubeni Corp. on June 7, suspecting the major trading house of evading duties on octopus imported from Africa.

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German retailer Metro to open outlet in Japan with Marubeni

TOKYO, Japan - Hans-Joachim Koerber (R), chairman of Germany's Metro AG, the world's No. 3 retailer, meets the press in Tokyo on April 13. Koerber said his company and Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp. have agreed to set up a joint venture and open a Metro outlet in the Tokyo area next summer. Metro, with annual sales worth the equivalent of 5 trillion yen, is in the same retail league as U.S.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and France's Carrefour SA.

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Marubeni to issue 75.5 bil. yen in preferred shares

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Katsumata, president of trading house Marubeni Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 12 about a company plan to issue 75.5 billion yen in preferred shares. (Kyodo)

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Marubeni likely to fall into red in fiscal 1st half

TOKYO, Japan - Toru Tsuji (R), president of the major Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp., meets the press in Tokyo on Nov. 8. He said Marubeni's group earnings in the fiscal first half to Sept. 30 will likely fall into the red, leading it to forgo dividend payments in fiscal 2001 for the third year in a row mainly due to restructuring costs and appraisal losses on its stockholdings.

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Marubeni arm passed off imported chicken as domestic

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Nishizono, president of Marubeni Chikusan Corp., a subsidiary of trading house Marubeni Corp., tells reporters March 15 in Tokyo that his company's branch office in Sendai passed off imported chicken as higher-priced domestic chicken between 1999 and 2001.

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Farm ministry raids Marubeni unit over labeling fraud

SENDAI, Japan - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officials enter the Sendai branch office of Marubeni Chikusan Corp., a subsidiary of major trading house Marubeni Corp., to inspect the office. On March 15, it admitted it passed off chicken imported from Brazil as higher-priced domestic chicken between 1999 and 2001.

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IRCJ inks contract on Marubeni-led group's Daiei sponsorship

TOKYO, Japan - Marubeni Corp. President Nobuo Katsumata (L) and Daiei Inc. President Toshio Hasumi speak during a news conference in Tokyo on March 7. The Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan and Daiei signed a contract the same day with a consortium led by trading house Marubeni as the sponsor for rebuilding the struggling retail giant. (Kyodo)

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Marubeni to acquire IRCJ's entire stake in Daiei for 69.8 bil. y

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Taisuke Sasanuma, representative partner of investment firm Advantage Partners, Atsushi Saito, chief executive officer of the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, Nobuo Katsumata, president of Marubeni Corp., Fumiko Hayashi, chairman of Daiei Inc. and Daiei President Yasuyuki Higuchi join hands for a photo after a news conference at a Tokyo hotel July 28. (Kyodo)

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Marubeni eyes Aeon as tie-up partner for Daiei

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the head office building of Aeon Co. in Chiba. Trading house Marubeni Corp. is considering choosing Aeon, the largest supermarket chain in Japan, as a business tie-up partner for Daiei Inc. to strengthen the competitiveness of the struggling supermarket chain, sources familiar with the matter said on Oct. 4. (Kyodo)

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Daiei's new management team launched, led by ex-Marubeni execs

TOKYO, Japan - Daiei Inc. Chairwoman Fumiko Hayashi (L) and new President Toru Nishimi shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 6. Nishimi, a former corporate senior vice president of Daiei's top shareholder Marubeni Corp., replaced Yasuyuki Higuchi. (Kyodo)

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Daiei shareholders to OK Marubeni-led management

TOKYO, Japan - Shareholders head to an extraordinary meeting of Daiei Inc. in Kobe to inaugurate the new management led by Marubeni Corp., the trading company which has become the supermarket operator's top shareholder. (Kyodo)

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Daiei, Aeon, Marubeni join hands

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Motoya Okada, president of Japan's major supermarket chain Aeon Co., Nobuo Katsumata, president of trading house Marubeni Corp., and Toru Nishimi, president of struggling retailer Daiei Inc., join hands as the three companies signal they will join forces to create Japan's top retail group. (Kyodo)

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Aeon, Maruetsu, Marubeni to tie up in product buying, distributi

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Marubeni Corp. President Nobuo Katsumata, Maruetsu Inc. President Keizo Takahashi and Aeon Co. President Motoya Okada pose for a photo after announcing a tripartite business tie-up at a press conference in Tokyo on July 10. (Kyodo)