List of companies of Japan
This is a list of notable companies based in Japan. For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see "Business entities in Japan". Note that 株式会社 can be (and frequently is) read both "kabushiki kaisha" and "kabushiki gaisha" (with or without a hyphen). Largest firms. This list shows firms in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks firms by total revenues reported before 31 March 2017.