Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Group
	Marunouchi, where most Mitsubishi companies are headquartered
Native name	三菱グループ
Romanized name	Mitsubishi Gurūpu
Formerly	List Tsukumo Shokai (1870); Mitsukawa Shokai; Mitsubishi Shokai (1873); Mitsubishi Kisen Kaisha (1875); Yubin Kisen Mitsubishi Kaisha (1875); Mitsubishi Goshi Kaisha; ;
Industry	List Automotive; Chemical; Electronics; Food; Financial; Metallurgy; Mining; Petroleum; ;
Founded	1870
Founder	Yatarō Iwasaki
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Services	List Financial; Insurances; Investment management; Mortgage loan; Personal banking; ;
Number of employees	1,310,000
Subsidiaries	List Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation; Mitsubishi Aluminum Co.; Mitsubishi Chemical Group; Mitsubishi Corporation; Mitsubishi Electric; Mitsubishi Estate; Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; Mitsubishi Logistics; Mitsubishi Materials; Mitsubishi Motors; Mitsubishi Paper Mills; Mitsubishi Steel; MUFG; AGC Inc.; BHP Mitsubishi Alliance; Fuso; Kirin Company; Tokio Marine; Morgan Stanley; Nikon Group; Nippon Yusen; Rockefeller Group; ;
Website	mitsubishi.com

The Mitsubishi Group (三菱グループ, Mitsubishi Gurūpu) is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies.

Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group traces its origins to the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company that existed from 1870 to 1946. The company, along with other major zaibatsu, was disbanded during the occupation of Japan following World War II by the order of the Allies. Despite the dissolution, the former constituent companies continue to share the Mitsubishi brand and trademark.

While the group of companies engages in limited business cooperation, most notably through monthly "Friday Conference" executive meetings, they remain formally independent and are not under common control. The three main entities (gosanke) are MUFG (the largest bank in Japan), Mitsubishi Corporation (a general trading company), and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (a diversified manufacturing company).^[3] A 2020 estimate concluded that all the Mitsubishi companies combined generate 7.7% of the total revenue of all publicly traded companies in Japan, and the group's assets amount to 433 trillion yen.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Origin Archived 2023-04-05 at the Wayback Machine on Mitsubishi.com website
^ "Overview of Mitsubishi Group". Archived from the original on 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
^ "三菱グループ御三家による「三菱自救済」から、重工が足抜けできた理由". ダイヤモンド・オンライン (in Japanese). 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
^ "三菱グループ｢87万人組織｣の知られざる正体". 東洋経済オンライン (in Japanese). 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

[hist-1] Origin Archived 2023-04-05 at the Wayback Machine on Mitsubishi.com website

[group-2] "Overview of Mitsubishi Group". Archived from the original on 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2022-05-31.

[3] "三菱グループ御三家による「三菱自救済」から、重工が足抜けできた理由". ダイヤモンド・オンライン (in Japanese). 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

[4] "三菱グループ｢87万人組織｣の知られざる正体". 東洋経済オンライン (in Japanese). 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2024-07-10.

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