Sumitomo Corporation (住友商事, Sumitomo Shōji) TYO: 8053 is a highly built worldwide trading company (Sogo shosha), and is a diversified corporation. Sumitomo is headquartered in the Harumi Island Triton Square Office Tower Y in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan.^[1] Incorporated in 1919, it is a member company of the Sumitomo Group.

In 1996, the company disclosed a loss of 2.6 billion dollars, blaming unauthorized trades by its chief copper trader, Yasuo Hamanaka, over a period of more than ten years (see Sumitomo copper affair).

Today, the company, Sumitomo Corporation, is one of the top three Sogo shosha companies in the world.

[edit] Subsidiaries

• Bluewell Insurance
• Cantex
• Clickstream Capital
• JSAT
• Pacific Summit Energy
• Presidio Venture Partners
• The Seiyu, Ltd.
• SKY Perfect Communications Inc.
• Sumitomo Corporation Equity Asia Limited
• Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
• Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd.
• Summit Biotech
• United Cinemas
• Petro Summit Pte Ltd (Singapore)
• TBC Corporation (Merchant Tire, NTB, Big O Retailers)

[edit] Shareholders

• Sumitomo Life Insurance Co.
• Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
• The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
• The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
• Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd.
• Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.
• NEC Corporation
• The Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation
• The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
• UFJ Trust Bank Limited

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Sumitomo Corporation HQ
• Sumitomo Corporation USA HQ
• Sumitomo Corporation EU HQ
• Sumitomo Group Companies Lists
• Sumitomo Group Public Affairs

[edit] Trading

• CFTC - Sumitomo's Copper Trader's Arrangements

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