type public kk traded as tyo 2212 ose 2212 industry food founded ichikawa chiba june 21 1948 ; 68 years ago 1948 06 21 founder tojuro iijima headquarters iwamotoch chiyoda ku tokyo 101 8585 japan number of locations 107 950 stores area served asia europe north america key people nobuhiro iijima president products bread sweet buns confectionery processed bread prepared rice services convenience stores revenue jpy 995.01 billion fy 2013 us 9.66 billion fy 2013 net income jpy 12.04 billion fy 2013 us 116.8 million million fy 2013 number of employees 17 654 consolidated as of december 31 2014 website official website footnotes references 1 yamazaki baking co. ltd. yamazaki seipan kabushiki gaisha is a japanese food company and the world s 2 and japan s largest bread baking corporation that makes bread bakery products and confectionery . 3 it was established by tojuro iijima in japan on 9 march 1948 and started mass production of bread in 1955 . 4 yamazaki products can be found in various asian countries including hong kong malaysia taiwan singapore thailand and china . they also operate within the united states and france under the vie de france brand after purchasing the company in 1991 . 5 in october 1970 the company established a joint venture yamazaki nabisco co. ltd. with nabisco of the united states and nichimen jitsugyo corporation currently sojitz corporation . by 1988 yamazaki raised its stake in the joint venture to 80 % by acquiring the shares held by nabisco . 6 yamazaki is the only japanese baked goods company still using potassium bromate in their bread ; all japanese baking companies voluntarily stopped using it in 1980 due to suspicions of carcinogenicity but yamazaki resumed its use in 2005 . 7 contents 1 gallery 2 see also 3 references 4 external links gallery edit yamazaki baking store in keelung taiwan yamazaki baking factory in eniwa hokkaido a yamazaki delivery truck a streetside yamazaki vending machine see also edit daily yamazaki references edit company profile . yamazaki baking . retrieved 2 april 2015 . john paul rathbone 22 november 2010 . latin america no longer the man with a moustache and a guitar . financial times . pearson plc. retrieved 2 april 2015 . stuart d. b. picken september 2009 . the a to z of japanese business . rowman & littlefield . p. 316 . isbn 978 08108 6872 4 . kazuo usui 5 march 2014 . marketing and consumption in modern japan . routledge . p. 42 . isbn 978 0 415 32313 0 . jonna crispens 1 april 1991 . japanese manufacturer plans to buy vie de france division . supermarket news . issn 0039 5803 via highbeam research . business japan . 19 1 6 ed . . nikkan kogyo shimbun . 1974 . japan s yamazaki baking to use potassium bromate in bread . asia pulse news via highbeam research . external links edit japan portal companies portal wikimedia commons has media related to category yamazaki baking . yamazaki baking co. ltd. english yamazaki baking co. ltd. japanese this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a japanese corporation or company related topic is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title yamazaki baking & oldid 725665775 categories food and drink companies of japancompanies based in tokyocompanies listed on the tokyo stock exchangecompanies listed on the osaka securities exchangesnack food manufacturers of japancompanies established in 19481948 establishments in japanjapanese brandsfood company stubsjapanese company stubshidden categories use dmy dates from may 2012pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles containing japanese language textarticles with japanese language external linksall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages espa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 17 june 2016 at 03 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view