SHOSHA Activities
Today's SHOSHA handle a wide range of products in most types of industry, literally everything from mineral water to communications satellites. They are involved in and contribute to each value added process in all phases of the flow of business, namely from natural resources upstream to finished products downstream, from the purchase of materials to the sales of products. Such comprehensive involvement is the outcome of always staying with and often ahead of the needs of the time and flexibly adding the necessary modifications and improvements to the products handled, the industries involved, the pattern of transactions and the relative business models.
To give the reader a better idea of the scale of SHOSHA transactions, it might be noted that the combined sales volume of the 46 SHOSHA who are members of the Japan Foreign Trade Council (JFTC) amounted to approximately 80 trillion yen ($758 billion) in fiscal 2000.
In Depth - SHOSHA Activities
Involvement in Economic Advancement
The SHOSHA have contributed to the economic advancement of Japan and the world, expanding their business activities to cope with the changing times.
Outline of Transactions
Description of the characteristics of SHOSHA transactions supported by a variety of management resources represented through their global networks.
Wide Range of Business Fields
Portrait of the wide range of SHOSHA activities in established business fields which provide the core of their current earnings.
Challenging New Business Fields
Portrait of SHOSHA approaches to new growth fields, such as information and communication technology (ICT), bio-and nano-technologies, the health care/life care field and environmental-related businesses.
SHOSHA Social Action Activities
SHOSHA work to fulfill social obligations by aiding businesses in humanitarian efforts. SHOSHA contribute to social welfare projects, environmental protection, education and international communication, art and culture through a variety of social action programs.
SHOSHA NOW
Recently, SHOSHA have garnered worldwide attention by using their businesses to contribute globally to humanitarian and environmental efforts. Here, we will look at some of these businesses.
