Kikkoman Corporation
キッコーマン株式会社

Type	Public (TYO: 2801)
Industry	Food and Drink
Founded	December 7, 1917
Headquarters	Chiba, Japan
Key people	Yuzaburo Mogi, chairman and CEO; Takashi Ushiku, president and COO
Products	Food, Phamaceuticals, Management services
Revenue	¥413 billion (March 31, 2008)
Employees	7,348 (2008)
Website	http://www.kikkoman.com/

Two types of Kikkoman soy sauce

Kikkoman Corporation (キッコーマン株式会社, Kikkōman Kabushiki-gaisha^?) (TYO: 2801) is an international company based in Japan.

Founded in 1917, it is based in Noda, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is a combination of 8 family-owned businesses founded as early as 1603 by the Mogi and Takanashi families.

Its main products and services include soy sauce, food seasoning and flavoring, mirin, shōchū, and sake, juice and other beverages, pharmaceuticals, and restaurant management services. Kikkoman has production plants in Japan, the U.S., the Netherlands, Singapore, Taiwan, and China.^[1] Kikkoman is the most popular brand of soy sauce in Japan^[2] and the United States.^[3][4]

Kikkoman's logo is the kamon of its founder.^[5]

References[link]

1. ^ http://www.kikkoman.com/corporateprofile/messagefromchairman/index.shtml
2. ^ Factbook Business Information Fiscal 2008
3. ^ Story of Soy Sauce
4. ^ Factbook Business Information Fiscal 2008
5. ^ http://qrysta.com/my_familys_kamon_and_history

External links[link]

• The World of Kikkoman
• Kikkoman Corporation web site in USA
• (Japanese) Kikkoman Corporation web site in Japan
• Kikkoman Corporation web site in Europe
• Kikkoman Corporation web site in Australia
• Kikkoman Corporation web site in Canada
• http://www.foodprocessing-technology.com

See also[link]

• Soy sauce
• Soy Sauce Warrior Kikkoman

Yuzaburo Mogi is the Chairman and CEO of Kikkoman.^[1]

Early life and career[link]

Mogi obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Keio University in 1958 and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School.^[2] In the 1950s, Mogi helped introduce Soy Sauce to the American public by hiring chefs to create recipes that included the sauce. He then sent the recipes to local newspapers, in an attempt to get housewives to cut them out and shop for the ingredient.^{[3] [4]} Mogi was appointed President and CEO of Kikkoman in 1995.^[3] He previously served as President of Kikkoman.^[5]

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