MitsubishiCorporation (三菱商事株式会社 Mitsubishi Shōji Kabushiki-gaisha) is Japan's largesttrading company (sogo shosha) and a member of the Mitsubishi keiretsu.Mitsubishi Corporation employs over 60,000 people and has seven business segments, including finance, banking, energy, machinery, chemicals and food.[2] Mitsubishi was thelargest Japanese general trading company from the late 1960s until the mid1980s; after falling to fifth place in 1986, it embarked on a series of largeoverseas acquisitions together with other companies in the Mitsubishi group.[9]By 2015 Mitsubishi was again the top-ranked general trading company by netearnings. However, Mitsubishi saw its first postwar net loss in the fiscal yearended March 2016, amid a slowdown in the Chinese economy and a slump in thecommodity markets, causing Mitsubishi to lose its #1 position to Itochu. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Corporation
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