Sojitz Corporation is a sogo shosha (general trading company) created through the merger of Nichimen Corporation and Nissho Iwai Corporation, both of which have over a century of trading history. Sojitz conducts its operations in around 50 countries worldwide through roughly 540 consolidated subsidiaries and affiliated companies in Japan and overseas. The Company's business activities are wide-ranging, covering machinery, energy and metal, chemicals and functional materials, and consumer lifestyle business. Sojitz aims to be an innovative and function-oriented trading company that commands industry-leading competitive advantages and earnings. To this end, its employees are thinking creatively to find unique ways of providing new sources of value to the societies in which the Company operates. For more information, please visit http://www.sojitz.com/en .