Corporate profile

PHILOSOPHY

Yamasa aims to make valuable contributions to society.

For a company to survive and prosper, it has to be acknowledged as being worth existing in society. In other words, it has to have the unique ability to differentiate itself from other companies, and provide society with valuable convenience and benefit by optimizing this ability while conducting sound and fair business operations.

Company name	YAMASA CORPORATION
Head office address	2-10-1 Araoicho, Choshi, Chiba, 288-0056, Japan
Representative	Chairman of the Board: Michio Hamaguchi President: Naoyuki Ishibashi
Business founded	1645
Incorporated	November 1928
Capital stock	100 million yen
Number of employees	888 (Year 2023)
Field of business	1. Manufacture of soy sauce 2. Manufacture of various seasonings 3. Manufacture of pharmaceutical products 4. Others
Revenue	60.0 billion yen (Year 2023)
Offices	Head office, R&D and factory : Choshi, Chiba Tokyo office : Chuo-ku, Tokyo Sales offices : Sapporo, Sendai, Niigata, Shizuoka, Nagoya, Kanazawa, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka
Affiliated companies	YAMASA NARITA, INC. YAMASA ORM CORPORATION YAMASA ORM SHIGA RYUOH CORPORATION SANJIRUSHI CORPORATION YAMASA CORPORATION U.S.A. YAMASA EUROPE B.V. YAMASA ASIA OCEANIA CO., LTD. SAN-J INTERNATIONAL, Inc.

HISTORY

1645	Founded
1899	Organized soy sauce laboratory (the first soy sauce laboratory in Japan)
1928	Incorporated
1957	Established 5′-Nucleotide manufacturing technology using the enzymatic RNA degradation method
1970	Obtained a govermental permit for manufacturing active pharmacentical ingredients
1986	The start of diagnostic products using monoclonal antibody technologies.
1992	Establishment of YAMASA CORPORATION U.S.A.
1994	Completed the construction of U.S. factory in Oregon
2011	Completion of the Narita Factory (YAMASA NARITA, INC.)
2015	Establishment of YAMASA EUROPE B.V.
2016	Establishment of YAMASA ASIA OCEANIA CO., LTD. Opened Soy Sauce Tasting Center