Who Owns Whom

Who Owns whom (1996/97)

The data for entries 1-35 comes from Company filings for the fiscal year 1996/1997. Entries for 36 and later come from other sources which are considered reliable.

	Name	Capital	No. shares	No shareholders	Major Shareholders	Holdings	%
1	Daiko	¥ 1,900,460,000	38,009,200	347	Kintetsu	2,690,000
					Asahi Newspaper	2,189,250
					Employees	625,066
					Sumitomo Bank	150,000
					Shigeo Ikeda	143,000
2	Yomiuri Koukoku	¥ 800,000,000	16,000,000	-	Yomiko Kikaku	10,000,000
3	Asahi Koukoku	¥ 101,200,000	202,400	164	T. Misawa	29,000
					T. Murayama	26,000
					Asahi Newspaper	21,000
					T. Ishioka	13,000
					K. Seto	13,000
4	Sogei	¥ 50,000,000	100,000	10	Hirofumi Senoh	-
5	Oricom	¥ 165,000,000	330,000	229	Fusajiro Saito	24,500
					Emplpyees	20,473
					Osaka Oricom	10,800
6	Nihon Keizaisha (Nikkeisha)	¥ 165,000,000	3,300,000	167	Nihon Keizai Shimbun	1,270,000
					M. Tahara	200,000
					T. Hotta	200,000
					K. Kakuhari	190,000
					Y. Takeda	120,000
7	Mannensha [Bankrupt, 1999]	¥ 30,400,000	608,000	132	Mainichi Newspaper	120,000
					Kouhuukai	90,000
					Kaoru Ozaki	30,500
					Osamu Hirokawa	30,000
					Kyohho Kasahara	30,000
8	Nihon Keizai Koukokusha	¥ 89,130,000	1,782,600	41	Ohgi Kasan	721,479
					Hisako Niwa	463,092
					Shin-ichi Niwa	148,548
					Nikkei Newspaper	53,000
9	Nanbokusha	¥ 50,000,000	1,000,000	6	Toyota	510,000
9	Nanbokusha	¥ 50,000,000	1,000,000	6	Kamiya Family	452,000
Note: In July 1999, Nambokusha was re-organised as a wholly owned Toyota subsidiary with Toyota buying out the Kamiya interests.
10	Ad Melco				Mitsubishi Electric's House Agency
11	JIC	¥ 200,000,000	4,000,000	2	JTB	2,222,222
11	JIC	¥ 200,000,000	4,000,000	2	JTB	1,777,778
12	Sankosha	¥ 48,000,000	96,000	28	Keishiro Arakawa	24,000
					Magazine House	13,140
					Kazuo Arakawa	8,000
					Toshihisa Maruyama	5,860
					Katsuhiko Mochizuki	5,200
13	Shintsu (Osaka)	¥ 10,000,000	100,000	25	Higuchi Family	45,000
14	Sankosha (Nagoya)	¥ 100,800,000	2,016,000	38	Kinya Matsunami	1,600,000
15	Meitsu	¥ 93,960,000	1,879,200	39	Takuji Shimizu	347,000
					Employees	344,778
					Shimizu Family	342,000
16	NKB	¥ 99,930,000	1,998,600	21	Hisao Taki	773,700
					Fuji Travel Center	444,900
					Yuuko Kasahara	179,100
					Japan Travel & Culture Assoc.	150,000
					Tokyu Railway	72,000
17	Osaka Yomiko	¥ 54,000,000	108,000	21	Osaka Yomiuri Newspaper	38,400
17	Osaka Yomiko	¥ 54,000,000	108,000	21	Seiichi Itokawa	10,400
18	Kyowa Koukoku	¥ 30,000,000	60,000	29	Ohta Family	15,800
19	Nikkei PR	¥ 30,000,000	60,000	15	Nikkei Newspaper	36,700
19	Nikkei PR	¥ 30,000,000	60,000	15	Nikkei Foundation	20,000
20	Yomiuri Rengo Koukoku (Osaka)	¥ 60,000,000	120,000	1	Osaka Nikkei Newspaper	120,000
21	Kokurensha	¥ 95,000,000	1,900,000	69	Asahi Newspaper	-
					Mainichi Newspaper	-
					Yomiuri Newspaper	-
					Nikkei Newspaper	-
					Sangyou Keizai Newspaper	-
22	Nikkei (Osaka)	¥ 60,000,000	120,000	75	Nikkei Newspaper	60,000
					Shoji Matsumoto	11,500
					Minoru Kiji	10,525
					Susumu Kinoshita	3,500
					Shun-ichi Takamine	3,000
23	Meitetsu (Nagoya)	¥ 120,000,000	240,000	1	Meitetsu Sogo Kigyo	240,000
24	Oricomi Service	¥ 30,000,000	600,000	2	Oricom	48,000
24	Oricomi Service	¥ 30,000,000	600,000	2	Orikomi Kaihatsu	12,000
25	Standard Advertising Inc.	¥ 21,250,000	42,500	5	Mieko Oki	-
					Hiromi Shimizu	-
					Naomi Sanuki	-
					Kazumi Oyama	-
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26	Kokokusha	¥ 84,000,000	1,680,000	164	Employees	1,165,500
26	Kokokusha	¥ 84,000,000	1,680,000	164	Hikaru Yuzawa
27	Fuji Ad	¥ 50,000,000	100,000	10	Fuji Television	26,000
					Nippon Broadcasting System Inc.	14,000
					NKS Ltd.	10,000
					Sapporo Beer	10,000
					Maribemo	10,000
28	Kyosen	¥ 27,000,000	540	2	Okinawa Daikyo	480
28	Kyosen	¥ 27,000,000	540	2	Houki Ikeda	60
29	Nishiko	¥ 60,000,000	120,000	61	Nishinihon Shinbun	-
29	Nishiko	¥ 60,000,000	120,000	61	TV Nishinihon	-
30	Mainichi	-	-	-	-	-
31	Public Center	¥ 195,600,000	391,200	142	Reiji Tonuma	-
32	Chuo Senko	¥ 180,000,000	360,000	73	Osawa Kogyo	118,000
32	Chuo Senko	¥ 180,000,000	360,000	73	Osawa Family	90,000
33	Commons	¥ 50,000,000	100,000	15	Commons Create	55,000
33	Commons	¥ 50,000,000	100,000	15	Minoru Hamaoka	8,000
34	Toei	¥ 30,000,000	60,000	6	Toei	15,000
					Toei CM	15,000
					Toei Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.	10,000
35	Hakuhodo	. . . .	.	4	HILL
					Hakuho Foundation
					Members of the Seki Family		40.5%
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From Other Sources . . . . . . [this section is not yet complete]
36	I&S				Seiji Tsutstumi		10.0%
					NTV / Yomiuri Group		47.5%
					Saison Group		42.5%
					Hakuhodo		*
	In early 1998, Omnicom agreed to but I&S, purchasing an initial 20% with the option to increase this if the agency met certain financial targets. As of September 1999, this option had not been exercsised, according to agency sources. In mid-1998, I&S was aligned with BBDO.
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38	Nippo

Previously unpublished in English