Taiyo Nippon Sanso signboard and logo

Taiyo Nippon Sanso signboard and logo

Taiyo Nippon Sanso signboard and logo=January 19,2026,Tokyo

Taiyo Nippon Sanso signboard and logo

Taiyo Nippon Sanso signboard and logo

Taiyo Nippon Sanso signboard and logo=January 19,2026,Tokyo

Mitsubishi Chemical to enter shale gas business

Mitsubishi Chemical to enter shale gas business

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. President Yoshimitsu Kobayashi (L) and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. President Shinji Tanabe give a press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2014, to announce Mitsubishi Chemical's plan to purchase a majority stake in Taiyo Nippon with an eye toward entering the shale gas business in the United States.

Prosecutors raid 11 oil firms over bid rigging

Prosecutors raid 11 oil firms over bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors head for the main office of Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp. in Tokyo on Oct. 14 to raid the company on suspicion of rigging bids on fuel sold to the Defense Agency. Simultaneously, 10 other wholesalers -- Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., Japan Energy Corp., Cosmo Oil Co., Idemitsu Kosan Co., General Sekiyu K.K., Fuso Sekiyu K.K., Kyushu Oil Co., Kygnus Sekiyu K.K., Taiyo Oil Co. and Taiho Industries Co.-- were raided on the same suspicion.

Prosecutors raid 11 oil firms over bid rigging

Prosecutors raid 11 oil firms over bid rigging

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors head for the main office of Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp. in Tokyo on Oct. 14 to raid the company on suspicion of rigging bids on fuel sold to the Defense Agency. Simultaneously, 10 other wholesalers -- Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., Japan Energy Corp., Cosmo Oil Co., Idemitsu Kosan Co., General Sekiyu K.K., Fuso Sekiyu K.K., Kyushu Oil Co., Kygnus Sekiyu K.K., Taiyo Oil Co. and Taiho Industries Co.-- were raided on the same suspicion.