Japan Tobacco
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{{Infobox_Company
| company_name = Japan Tobacco Corporation
| company_logo = [[Image:Japan Tobacco logo.svg|120px|Logo]]
| company_type = [[Public company|Public]] [[Kabushiki kaisha|KK]] ({{tyo|2914}})
| foundation = [[1985]]
| location_city = [[Tokyo]]
| location_country = [[Japan]]
| key_people = [[Yoji Wakui]], Chairman<br />[[Hiroshi Kimura]], President & CEO<br />[[Pierre de Labouchere]], CEO of JT International SA
| industry = [[Tobacco industry|Tobacco]], [[Pharmaceutical company|Pharmaceuticals]], [[Food Industry|Food]]
| products = [[#Brands|See below]]
| revenue = {{gain}}¥4,637.657 billion [[Japanese yen|JPY]] ([[2005]])
| net_income = {{gain}}¥201.542 billion [[Japanese yen|JPY]] ([[2005]])
| num_employees = 31,476 ([[2005]])
| slogan = ''The Delight Factory''
| homepage = [http://www.jti.co.jp/JTI_E/Welcome.html www.jti.co.jp]
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Japan Tobacco Inc.'''|日本たばこ産業株式会社|Nihon Tabako Sangyō [[Kabushiki kaisha|Kabushiki-gaisha]]|extra={{tyo|2914}}}}, '''JT''' for short, is a [[cigarette]] manufacturing company. It is part of the [[Nikkei 225]] index.
==History==
The company traces its origins to [[1898]]. Incorporated in [[1949]] as the {{nihongo|'''Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation'''|[[:ja:日本専売公社|日本専売公社]]|Nippon Senbai Kōsha}}, Japan Tobacco was a [[state monopoly]] until [[1985]], when it became a [[public company]].
It was two-thirds owned by the [[Ministry of Finance (Japan)|Japanese Ministry of Finance]] until [[June 2004]], and the Japanese government share is presently 50%. '''JT International (JTI)''', acquired in [[1999]] from [[R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company|R.J. Reynolds]], is an operating division of Japan Tobacco Inc., handling the international production, marketing and sales of the group's cigarette brands. It sells [[Camel cigarettes|Camel]], [[Salem (cigarette)|Salem]], and [[Winston]] brands outside the [[USA]].
Japan Tobacco also operates in foods, pharmaceuticals, [[agribusiness]], engineering, and real estate. Japan Tobacco completed the largest ever foreign takeover in Japanese history through acquisition of [[Gallaher Group]] [[plc]] in [[April 2007]].<ref>[http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=663&id=1863962006 Gallaher agrees £7.5bn Japan Tobacco takeover - Scotsman.com News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Japan Tobacco runs the [[Tobacco and Salt Museum]] in Tokyo.
==Market==
Japan Tobacco controls 66.4% of the cigarette market in [[Japan]] and will seek more takeovers from 2009 to build on the 7.5 billion pound (USD 15 billion) purchase of [[Gallaher Group]], with President [[Hiroshi Kimura]] commenting that further acquisitions would be appropriate after the full integration of Gallaher by 2009.<ref>[http://www.jti.co.jp/JTI_E/outline/kokunai2.html JT holds approximately two-thirds of the domestic cigarette market share, which is built on its best-selling brands: Mild Seven, Cabin, Caster, Seven Stars, Peace, Camel, and Salem."] Japan Tobacco website, 2006</ref><ref>[[Hoover's]] business report, 2006, on Japan Tobacco Inc. "Japan Tobacco has plenty to puff about. The company controls more than 70% of the cigarette market in a country where about half of the male population smokes."</ref>
==Brands==
[[Image:JT Building.jpg|thumb|219px|right|The Japan Tobacco headquarters building in [[Tokyo]]]]
=== Flagship brands ===
*[[Camel (cigarette)|Camel]]
*[[Mild Seven]]
*[[Salem (cigarette)|Salem]]
*[[Winston (cigarette)|Winston]]
===Other brands===
{|
|
*[[Amadis (cigarette)|Amadis]]
*[[Arsenal (cigarette)|Arsenal]]
*[[Aspen (cigarette)|Aspen]]
*[[Belomorkanal (cigarette)|Belomorkanal]]
*[[Cabin (cigarette)|Cabin]]
*[[Caster (cigarette)|Caster]]
*[[Club (cigarette)|Club]]
*[[Contessa (cigarette)|Contessa]]
*[[Crescent & Star (cigarette)|Crescent & Star]]
*[[Doral (cigarette)|Doral]]
|
*[[Dorchester (cigarette)|Dorchester]]
*[[Embassy (cigarette)|Embassy]]
*[[Export A (cigarette)|Export A]]
*[[Frontier (cigarette)|Frontier]]
*[[Genghis Khan (cigarette)|Genghis Khan]]
*[[Gold Coast (cigarette)|Gold Coast]]
*[[Hi-Lite (cigarette)|Hi-Lite]]
*[[Hope (cigarette)|Hope]]
*[[Islands (cigarette)|Islands]]
*[[Kosmos (cigarette)|Kosmos]]
|
*[[Luch (cigarette)|Luch]]
*[[Lviv (cigarette)|Lviv]]
*[[MacDonald (cigarette)|MacDonald]]
*[[Magna (cigarette)|Magna]]
*[[Mercedes (cigarette)|Mercedes]]
*[[Mi-Ne (cigarette)|Mi-Ne]]
*[[Monte Carlo (cigarette)|Monte Carlo]]
*[[More (cigarette)|More]]
*[[Nasha Prima (cigarette)|Nasha Prima]]
*[[Nevskie (cigarette)|Nevskie]]
|
*[[North Star (cigarette)|North Star]]
*[[Now (cigarette)|Now]]
*[[Overstolz (cigarette)|Overstolz]]
*[[Peace (cigarette)|Peace]]
*[[Peter 1 (cigarette)|Peter 1]]
*[[Premier (cigarette)|Premier]]
*[[Prima (cigarette)|Prima]]
*[[Russian Style (cigarette)|Russian Style]]
*[[Seven Stars (cigarette)|Seven Stars]]
*[[Slavia (cigarette)|Slavia]]
|
*[[Sportsman (cigarette)|Sportsman]]
*[[St. Michael|St. Michel]]
*[[Sweet Menthol (cigarette)|Sweet Menthol]]
*[[Vantage (cigarette)|Vantage]]
*[[Wave (cigarette)|Wave]]
*[[Winchester (cigarette)|Winchester]]
*[[Wings (cigarette)|Wings]]
*[[YSL (cigarette)|YSL]]
|}
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==JTI Smoking Etiquette Posters==
JTI runs a series of surreal posters designed to educate smokers about the finer points of smoking etiquette.
<gallery>
Image:JTI700.jpg|Cigarettes are hot.
Image:JTIBareArm.jpg|Cigarettes can damage bare arms.
Image:JTIBin.jpg|Binning cigarettes
Image:JTIChildHead.jpg|Child safety
Image:JTICoat.jpg|Coat consideration
Image:JTICollection.jpg|The Winter 2006 Collection
Image:JTIDrain.jpg|Drains are not ashtrays
Image:JTIGun.jpg|Cigarettes are lethal
Image:JTIPockAsh.jpg|Pocket ashtrays
Image:JTISmoke.jpg|Smoke issues
Image:JTISnowman.jpg|Snow and cigarettes
Image:JTIWall.jpg|Tobacco graffiti
</gallery>
==Environmental Record==
[[Japan Tobacco]] had recent health issues involving their company. Contaminated dumplings made by the company poisoned ten people, including a five year old girl who has now recovered. Thousands of other Japanese people were going to the hospital because of stomach issues as well. The dumplings are called gyoza. They are small snacks made from pork. A number of them were found containing dichlorvos and methamidophos from pesticide.<ref>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/06/business/06japanfood.php</ref> The health minister of Japan has said the contamination was possibly purposeful, and the police are investigating attempted homicide.<ref>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/06/business/06japanfood.php</ref> The dumplings were made in China, but Japan Tobacco has said it does not plan on stopping its manufacturing in China. Frozen food sales went down by 60% for the business since this health scare.<ref>http://www.flex-news-food.com/pages/14671/China/Food-Safety/Japan/japan-tobacco-stay-china-despite-dumpling-scare.html</ref> Japan Tobacco’s stock price fell 7.1% after they were forced to recall their products, and the company also lost a $500 million merger deal with [[Nissin Food Products Co]] because of this occurrence.<ref>http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/02/06/jtfoods-nissin-katokichi-markets-equity-cx_vk_0206markets01.html</ref>
==See also==
*[[Tobacco industry]]
*[[JT Marvelous]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.jti.co.jp/JTI_E/ Japan Tobacco official website] {{en icon}}
*[http://www.jti.co.jp/JTI/Welcome.html Japan Tobacco official] {{jp icon}}
*[http://www.jti.co.jp/Culture/museum/Welcome.html The Tobacco and Salt Museum] {{en icon}}
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