Sojitz Corporation operates as a general trading company worldwide. It is involved in the trading of completed automobiles; assembly and wholesales operations; retail sales operations; quality inspection operations; financing; sale of commercial aircraft, defense and related equipment, and business jets; transportation infrastructure projects; convenience store business; food service business; shopping center management; and real estate development. The company also engages in industrial and urban infrastructure business; new building, second-hand ships, and ship chartering marine business; IPP infrastructure investment, electricity retail, and related service project; and IPP/IWPP infrastructure investment for gas-fired power plant. In addition, it is involved in oil and gas, and LNG business; nuclear power related business; ICT infrastructure projects; industrial machinery, bearings, and automobile and motorcycle parts; marine business; power, energy, and plant business; steel-related business; and resource recycling business. Further, the company offers coal, iron ore, alumina, aluminum, copper, precious metals, ceramics and minerals, coke, and carbon products, as well as nickel, chromium, and niobium; organic, inorganic, functional, and fine chemicals; industrial salt; healthcare and natural products; rare earths; commodity, advanced, and environmentally friendly resins; packaging materials; advanced film; plastic molding machines; liquid crystals, electrolytic copper foil, and printed circuit board electronics materials; and fiber materials and products. Additionally, it provides grains, wheat flour, feed materials, confectionery, compound chemical fertilizers, and construction materials; lumber, plywood, and laminated lumber; housing materials; papermaking; biomass and carbon credit; agriculture; oils and fats; dairy products; imported tobacco; and cotton and synthetic fabrics. The company was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
