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Mitsubishi
financial institutions are prominent residents of London’s
“City.” This square-mile tract above the Tower of
London is the heart of the global financial services industry.
And it is home to important subsidiaries and branches of Bank
of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (below), Meiji
Life, Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation (which
occupies offices in the building in the photo at right)
and Tokio Marine.
Another Mitsubishi company that maintains its U.K.
headquarters in the City is Nippon Oil.
Japan’s largest oil company operates two strategic subsidiaries
there. One trades crude oil and petroleum products. The other
coordinates exploration and development activity in North Sea
oil and gas fields.
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Soon
to revitalize a central location in the City (shown
left as a computer rendering) is Mitsubishi
Estate. The company is constructing three office buildings
near the historic St. Paul’s Cathedral. Scheduled for completion
this year, the buildings will house such illustrious tenants
as the London Stock Exchange and the London operations of the
investment bank Goldman Sachs.
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Mitsubishi
Chemical has two London-based subsidiaries. One manages
investment and financing activity in Europe; the other handles
pharmaceuticals.
“Here at Mitsubishi Pharma
Europe, we are entering an exciting phase. As well as conducting
clinical development, we are now carrying out premarketing.
This is part of laying a foundation for launching products
under the Mitsubishi Pharma name.”
David Dodds
Deputy General Manager, Marketing Department
Mitsubishi Pharma Europe Ltd. |
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A
UK subsidiary of Mitsubishi
Plastics (left) makes plastic housings for televisions
and computer monitors in Bridgend.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
markets a wide variety of machinery and provides related services
through a London-based subsidiary. And it markets industrial
printing equipment through a subsidiary based in Leeds. |
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Mitsubishi
Corporation maintains its European headquarters in London.
The company also operates in the United Kingdom through several
financial, trading, marketing and manufacturing operations.
Shown in the photo are food products and soft drinks produced
and marketed by its Liverpool-based subsidiary, Princes Limited. |
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Two
seafaring nations, Japan and the United Kingdom first
joined hands across the sea in 1600. That was when the British
captain William Adams drifted ashore in Japan in a disabled
ship. He became an advisor to the first shogun and the model
for the leading character in the best-selling book of that name.
NYK Line inherits the maritime tradition
that Adams helped establish in Japan. In addition to serving
British ports via sea routes, the company provides extensive
trucking and warehousing services through a U.K. subsidiary.
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George
E.O. Ramsay was a sea captain for the original Mitsubishi
company and a popular teacher at the school that Mitsubishi
founder Yataro Iwasaki established to train mariners. |
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Asahi
Glass has been a Japanese pioneer in localized manufacturing
around the world. That includes three U.K. operations that produce
materials for medical and agricultural products in Preston,
fluoropolymers in Thornton (right) and automotive windows
in Northampton. |
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Mitsubishi
Electric's extensive U.K. presence includes European
corporate offices, visual imaging R&D facilities and air
conditioner manufacturing. The company won the 2002 Best New
Lift Award with elevators installed at London’s 280 Bishopsgate
Project. Powering those elevators is the machine room below.
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The
Scotman Thomas Glover was an early advisor to Mitsubishi
and an owner of Kirin Brewery before
it became a Mitsubishi company. |
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Mitsubishi
Materials subsidiary (right) based in Durham produces
chip resistors. Nikon, meanwhile,
operates a large training center in Scotland. |
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