DKB Group
The DKB Group (
The group emerged after World War II and coalesced around the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank. Two of DKB's largest clients, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Furukawa Electric, led their own respective corporate groups with a cross-supply relationship between the two. The Kawasaki and Furukawa groups agreed to begin holding presidents' meetings in 1966. Itochu, which historically supplied Kawasaki with raw materials, became the main general trading company for the combined group.[2]
The group's presidents began regular Sankin-kai (
Companies
[edit]- Asahi Mutual Life Insurance
- The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company
- Daiichi Sankyo
- Dentsu
- Fujitsu
- Hitachi
- IHI Corporation
- Isuzu
- ITOCHU
- JFE Holdings
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- K Line
- Kobe Steel
- Meiji Seika
- Mizuho Financial Group
- Nippon Columbia
- Seibu Department Stores
- Sojitz
- Sompo Japan Insurance
- Taiheiyo Cement
- Tokyo Broadcasting System
- Tokyo Dome
- The Tokyo Electric Power Company
- Tokyo FM
- Toshiba
- Toyota
- Yokohama Rubber Company
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Carson, Richard L.; Traynor, Baerbel M. (1998). Comparative Economic Systems: Transition and capitalist alternatives. M.E. Sharpe. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-56324-921-1.
- ^ Suzuki, Shinichi (2006). The Japanese Main Bank System: A Transaction Cost Approach. pp. 108–109. ISBN 9780542875380.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Colpan, Asli M.; Hikino, Takashi; Lincoln, James R (2010). The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups. Oxford Handbooks Online. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-19-955286-3.
- ^ a b Gup, Benton E. (2004). Too big to fail: policies and practices in government bailouts. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 261–263. ISBN 978-1-56720-621-0.
- ^ Park, Sung-Jo; Holzhausen, Arne (2001). Can Japan globalize?. Springer. p. 79. ISBN 978-3-7908-1381-4.