🇯🇵 Japanese brands and who owns them
Of 49 Japanese consumer brands tracked here, 7 (14%) are owned by companies headquartered outside Japan, most often in the United States, China and Hong Kong.
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49
Japanese brands
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7
foreign-owned · 14%
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42
domestically owned
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13
Japanese brand owners
Who bought the Japanese brands?
| Owner country | Brands | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 United States | 4 | Aquarius (Coca-Cola), Ayataka (Coca-Cola), Georgia (Coca-Cola), SK-II (Procter & Gamble) |
| 🇨🇳 China | 1 | Descente (China) (Anta Sports) |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 1 | Ryobi (Techtronic Industries) |
| 🇫🇷 France | 1 | shu uemura (L'Oréal) |
Japanese companies that own brands
- Asahi Group · 9 brands
- Suntory · 8 brands
- Kao · 7 brands
- Kirin · 6 brands
- Shiseido · 6 brands
- Unicharm · 5 brands
- Ajinomoto · 4 brands
- Fast Retailing · 4 brands
- Meiji · 4 brands
- Nissin Foods · 4 brands
- Otsuka · 4 brands
- ASICS · 3 brands
- Yakult · 2 brands