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Company name
Mitsui & Co.Agri Foods Ltd.
Established
July 31, 1958(Toho Bussan Kaisha, Ltd.)
Capital
400 million yen
Business description
Import, export, offshore trading, and domestic sales of agricultural products (rice, soybeans, peanuts/nuts, dry beans, etc.)
Head office
Shiba Park Building A (8F), Shiba Koen 2-4-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
TEL: +81-3-3438-2200
FAX: +81-3-3438-5834
E-mail: gyomu@mitsui-agrifoods.com
Executive officers
President and Chief Executive OfficerKeiichi Tsukahara
Director and Executive Managing Officer(Chief Financial Officer)Shin Kawachi
Director (part-time)Osamu Kanetake
Director (part-time)Keiichi Sakuma
Corporate Auditor (part-time)Masamitsu Tanaka
Number of employees
47 (as of July 1, 2024)
Shareholders
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. 100%
Our bankers
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

HISTORY

May 1947
The original Toho Bussan Kaisha (750 thousand yen in capital) was established, mainly by like-minded aspiring people who worked for the pre-war former Mitsui & Co. In July of the same year, the former Mitsui & Co. was dissolved as part of GHQ’s policy to break up zaibatsu, and 80 employees from the company joined the originalr Toho Bussan Kaisha.
July 1958
A new Toho Bussan Kaisha, Ltd. was established.
A new Toho Bussan (100 million yen in capital) was established after taking over some sales operations (business in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and import quotas) from the original Toho Bussan Kaisha upon its merger with Daiichi Trading, prior to the mass merger of Mitsui & Co., which was scheduled the following year.
March 1960
Took over Soviet Union- and Eastern Europe-related business from Daiichi Trading Co., Ltd.
December 1960
Relocated head office from Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku to Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku.
June 1965
Took over Soviet Union- and Eastern Europe-related business from Kinoshita Sansho Co., Ltd.
November 1965
Transferred part of Soviet Union- and Eastern Europe-related business to Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
March 1968
Established the subsidiary Toho Suisan Co., Ltd.
August 1970
Increased capital to 400 million yen.
January 1972
Relocated head office from Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku to Shimbashi, Minato-ku.
November 1993
Relocated head office from Shimbashi, Minato-ku to Mita, Minato-ku.
May 1996
Relocated head office from Mita, Minato-ku to Shiba Koen, Minato-ku.
April 2004
Merged with Toho Suisan Co., Ltd. and Hokkai Seafoods Co., Ltd.
April 2005
Took over the salmon business from Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
May 2005
Took over the fruits and vegetable business from Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
April 2007
Merged with Bussan Rice & Products Inc.
July 2007
Took over the meat business from Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
April 2011
Took over the full marine products business from Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
July 2022
Spun off the Marine Products Division from Toho Bussan Co., Ltd. as Mitsui & Co. Seafoods Ltd.
Feburary 2023
Changed company name to Mitsui & Co.Agri Foods Ltd.

* The former Mitsui & Co., Ltd. was dissolved in 1947 by the order of GHQ. Legally speaking, there has been no continuation between the former Mitsui & Co. and current Mitsui & Co.

OFFICE

  • Head Office

    Shiba Park Building A (8F), Shiba Koen 2-4-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 105-0011
    TEL：+81-3-3438-2200 (operator)
    FAX：+81-3-3438-5834
    E-mail gyomu@mitsui-agrifoods.com