Morinaga & Company
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Native name | 森永製菓株式会社 |
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| Company type | Public (K.K) |
| TYO: 2201 | |
| ISIN | JP3926400007 |
| Industry | Food |
| Founded | August 15, 1899 as Morinaga’s Western Confectionary Shop |
| Founder | Taichiro Morinaga |
| Headquarters | Shiba, Minato, Tokyo, 108-8403 , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Toru Arai (President) |
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| Revenue |  JPY 205 billion (FY 2017)
(US$ 1.9 billion) (FY 2017) |
 JPY 10.2 billion (FY 2017)
(US$ 97 million) (FY 2017) | |
Number of employees | 3,170 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2018) |
| Divisions | Morinaga & Company North America |
| Subsidiaries | Morinaga Milk Industry (10.34%) |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3] | |
Morinaga & Company, Ltd. (森永製菓株式会社, Morinaga Seika Kabushiki-gaisha) is a global confectionery company in Tokyo, Japan, in operation since 1899.[4] Their products include candy and other confectioneries.[3] Morinaga has had Ayumi Hamasaki and Mao Asada appear in their commercials, and in the past has used stars such as the Carpenters to advertise their products.
In 1960, the company advertised that women should give chocolates to men on Valentine's Day. This action strongly influenced the present culture of Valentine's Day in Japan. Moreover, in 2009, the company made chocolates for men to give women, which are called Gyaku-choco. (Gyaku means reverse in Japanese.)
Affiliate company
- Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
- Morinaga & Company North America, Inc.
See also
References
- ^ "Corporate Profile". Morinaga & Company. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- ^ a b "About the company". Financial Times. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- ^ Picken, Stuart D.B. (December 19, 2016). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Business. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-4422-5589-0.
External links
- (in Japanese) Morinaga & Company
- (in English) Morinaga & Company corporate profile
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