Japan Tobacco
Japan Tobacco Inc. (日本たばこ産業株式会社, Nihon Tabako Sangyō Kabushiki-gaisha?), abbreviated JT, is a cigarette manufacturing company. It is part of the Nikkei 225 index. In 2009 the company was listed at number 312 on the Fortune 500 list. The company is headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo and Japan Tobacco International's headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. As of 2012 the chairman is Hiroshi Kimura and the CEO is Mitsuomi Koizumi. It was founded as a public company on April 1, 1985.
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