Itochu Corporation

ITOCHU Corporation is one of Japan’s largest integrated trading and investment companies, with operations spanning textiles, machinery, metals and minerals, energy and chemicals, food, general products, realty, ICT, financial services, and consumer-related businesses. The company uses its global network to invest in, trade, distribute, and operate businesses across multiple industries, making it an important link between Japan, international supply chains, commodity markets, and consumer demand.

ITOCHU’s strength comes from its diversified business model, strong consumer and non-resource exposure, global relationships, and ability to combine trading expertise with long-term business ownership. Its activities give it exposure to areas such as food supply, convenience retail, energy, metals, industrial machinery, housing, technology, finance, and healthcare. This makes ITOCHU a strategically important Japanese conglomerate with relevance across both traditional trading activities and long-term themes such as supply-chain resilience, Asian consumption, digitalisation, and energy transition.