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| Japan | | 1 | Toyota Motor | 7 | 172,616.3 | Toyota | | 2 | Nippon Telegraph & Telephone | 18 | 100,545.3 | Tokyo | | 3 | Hitachi | 23 | 83,993.9 | Tokyo | | 4 | Matsushita Electric Industrial | 25 | 81,077.7 | Kadoma | | 5 | Honda Motor | 27 | 80,486.6 | Tokyo | | 6 | Nissan Motor | 29 | 79,799.6 | Tokyo | | 7 | Sony | 47 | 66,618.0 | Tokyo | | 8 | Nippon Life Insurance | 56 | 60,520.8 | Osaka | | 9 | Toshiba | 72 | 54,303.5 | Tokyo | | 10 | Tokyo Electric Power | 90 | 46,962.7 | Tokyo | | 11 | NEC | 96 | 45,175.5 | Tokyo | | 12 | Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance | 98 | 44,468.8 | Tokyo | | 13 | Fujitsu | 99 | 44,316.0 | Tokyo | | 14 | AEON | 112 | 38,943.6 | Chiba | | 15 | Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance | 113 | 38,835.1 | Tokyo | | 16 | Nippon Oil | 142 | 34,150.7 | Tokyo | | 17 | Ito-Yokado | 145 | 33,631.9 | Tokyo | | 18 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group | 147 | 33,318.2 | Tokyo | | 19 | Mitsui | 148 | 32,805.9 | Tokyo | | 20 | Mitsubishi | 149 | 32,735.0 | Tokyo | | 21 | Canon | 154 | 32,071.5 | Tokyo | | 22 | Mitsubishi Electric | 156 | 31,735.4 | Tokyo | | 23 | Nippon Steel | 157 | 31,536.9 | Tokyo | | 24 | Sumitomo Life Insurance | 158 | 31,000.2 | Osaka | | 25 | Mizuho Financial Group | 184 | 28,278.7 | Tokyo | | 26 | Marubeni | 185 | 28,273.7 | Tokyo | | 27 | KDDI | 194 | 27,170.1 | Tokyo | | 28 | Millea Holdings | 197 | 26,978.7 | Tokyo | | 29 | JFE Holdings | 202 | 26,087.6 | Tokyo | | 30 | Denso | 203 | 26,052.7 | Kariya | | 31 | Mazda Motor | 211 | 25,081.4 | Hiroshima | | 32 | Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group | 217 | 24,457.5 | Tokyo | | 33 | Kansai Electric Power | 219 | 24,317.7 | Osaka | | 34 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 221 | 24,106.0 | Tokyo | | 35 | Sharp | 225 | 23,632.6 | Osaka | | 36 | East Japan Railway | 226 | 23,610.5 | Tokyo | | 37 | Fuji Photo Film | 227 | 23,516.4 | Tokyo | | 38 | Sanyo Electric | 237 | 23,118.8 | Moriguchi | | 39 | Bridgestone | 250 | 22,350.0 | Tokyo | | 40 | Suzuki Motor | 255 | 22,010.9 | Hamamatsu | | 41 | T&D Holdings | 263 | 21,556.9 | Tokyo | | 42 | UFJ Holdings | 264 | 21,450.8 | Osaka | | 43 | Idemitsu Kosan | 266 | 21,434.9 | Tokyo | | 44 | Mitsubishi Chemical | 288 | 20,372.3 | Tokyo | | 45 | Chubu Electric Power | 300 | 19,849.0 | Nagoya | | 46 | Japan Airlines | 301 | 19,817.8 | Tokyo | | 47 | Mitsubishi Motors | 304 | 19,750.4 | Tokyo | | 48 | Sumitomo | 313 | 19,068.1 | Tokyo | | 49 | Nippon Mining Holdings | 318 | 18,817.0 | Tokyo | | 50 | Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance | 319 | 18,813.3 | Tokyo | | 51 | Japan Tobacco | 320 | 18,739.0 | Tokyo | | 52 | Itochu | 327 | 18,527.9 | Osaka | | 53 | Japan Post | 337 | 18,006.4 | Tokyo | | 54 | Sompo Japan Insurance | 344 | 17,677.1 | Tokyo | | 55 | Daiei | 353 | 17,020.5 | Kobe | | 56 | Aisin Seiki | 354 | 17,018.9 | Kariya | | 57 | Ricoh | 356 | 16,879.7 | Tokyo | | 58 | Nippon Express | 368 | 16,314.0 | Tokyo | | 59 | Sumitomo Electric Industries | 372 | 16,192.0 | Osaka | | 60 | Taisei | 377 | 15,892.0 | Tokyo | | 61 | Kajima | 384 | 15,700.6 | Tokyo | | 62 | Mediceo Holdings | 390 | 15,499.9 | Tokyo | | 63 | Cosmo Oil | 396 | 15,296.5 | Tokyo | | 64 | Tohoku Electric Power | 409 | 14,994.2 | Sendai | | 65 | Nippon Yusen | 410 | 14,944.3 | Tokyo | | 66 | Isuzu Motors | 444 | 13,897.2 | Tokyo | | 67 | Shimizu | 450 | 13,811.2 | Tokyo | | 68 | Seiko Epson | 453 | 13,768.6 | Suwa | | 69 | Asahi Glass | 456 | 13,647.8 | Tokyo | | 70 | Fuji Heavy Industries | 461 | 13,459.2 | Tokyo | | 71 | Kobe Steel | 462 | 13,433.8 | Kobe | | 72 | Komatsu | 464 | 13,350.3 | Tokyo | | 73 | Dai Nippon Printing | 467 | 13,258.6 | Tokyo | | 74 | Toppan Printing | 471 | 13,152.9 | Tokyo | | 75 | Central Japan Railway | 472 | 13,114.9 | Nagoya | | 76 | Kyushu Electric Power | 473 | 13,107.8 | Fukuoka | | 77 | Obayashi | 475 | 13,069.7 | Tokyo | | 78 | Asahi Kasei | 483 | 12,819.0 | Tokyo | | 79 | Sekisui House | 486 | 12,719.5 | Osaka | | 80 | Daiwa House Industry | 487 | 12,709.4 | Osaka | | 81 | Yamaha Motor | 496 | 12,471.5 | Iwata | From the July 25, 2005 issue |
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