Global 500 
Asia's top 50
1 8 Toyota Motor Japan 185,805
2 23 Sinopec China 98,785
3 24 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Japan 94,869
4 31 Honda Motor Japan 87,511
5 32 State Grid China 86,984
6 38 Hitachi Japan 83,596
7 39 China National Petroleum China 83,557
8 41 Nissan Motor Japan 83,274
9 46 Samsung Electronics South Korea 78,717
10 47 Matsushita Electric Industrial Japan 78,558
11 65 Sony Japan 66,026
12 69 Nippon Life Insurance Japan 61,158
13 72 LG South Korea 60,574
14 80 Hyundai Motor South Korea 57,435
15 87 Toshiba Japan 56,028
16 111 SK South Korea 47,143
17 113 Tokyo Electric Power Japan 46,418
18 118 Nippon Oil Japan 45,071
19 119 Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Japan 44,598
20 120 Petronas Malaysia 44,280
21 127 Mitsubishi Japan 42,633
22 128 NEC Japan 42,615
23 133 Fujitsu Japan 42,319
24 142 AEON Japan 39,481
25 147 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Japan 37,926
26 153 Indian Oil India 36,537
27 155 Mitsui Japan 36,349
28 164 Seven & I Holdings Japan 34,717
29 166 Sumitomo Life Insurance Japan 34,626
30 168 Nippon Steel Japan 34,502
31 170 Canon Japan 34,092
32 171 Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Japan 33,632
33 174 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Japan 32,725
34 181 Mitsubishi Electric Japan 31,833
35 184 Mizuho Financial Group Japan 31,421
36 194 Millea Holdings Japan 30,030
37 195 BHP Billiton Australia 29,587
38 199 Industrial & Commercial Bank of China China 29,167
39 202 China Mobile Communications China 28,778
40 206 Hon Hai Precision Industry Taiwan 28,350
41 207 Denso Japan 28,160
42 215 Marubeni Japan 27,732
43 216 Coles Myer Australia 27,409
44 217 China Life Insurance China 27,389
45 218 JFE Holdings Japan 27,366
46 221 KDDI Japan 27,034
47 224 Samsung Life Insurance South Korea 26,692
48 226 National Australia Bank Australia 26,471
49 235 Mazda Motor Japan 25,789
50 236 POSCO South Korea 25,678
From the July 24, 2006 issue
How the Countries Stack Up
United States 170
Japan 70
Britain, France (tied) 38
Biggest employers
Wal-Mart Stores 1,800,000
China National Petroleum 1,090,232
State Grid 844,031
Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 36,130
Royal Dutch Shell 25,311
Citigroup 24,589

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