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Home > Company Index > Food, Beverage & Tobacco > Tobacco Products > Japan Tobacco Inc.

Japan Tobacco Inc.
 PROFILE
Japan Tobacco has plenty to puff about. It controls 75% of the cigarette market in a country where half the men smoke and warning labels suggest, "There's a risk of damage to your health, so let's be careful not to smoke too much." A state monopoly until 1985, Japan Tobacco is two-thirds government-owned and the world's #3 tobacco company, after Philip Morris and British American Tobacco. Tobacco products represent 94% of sales from such brands as Mild Seven, Seven Stars, Caster, and Cabin; its JT International unit (acquired from R.J. Reynolds) sells Camel, Salem, and Winston brands outside the US. The company also operates in foods, pharmaceuticals, agribusiness, engineering, and real estate.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: March
2000 Sales (mil.): 41,430.70
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 157.2%
Employees: 16,235
Revenue per employee: $2,551,937.17

 KEY PEOPLE
• Katsuhiko Honda
    CEO
• Akira Watanabe
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
2-1, Toranomon 2-chome, Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-8422, Japan
Phone: 81-3-3582-3111
Fax: 81-3-5572-1441
Online: Web Site

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