MITSUI-SOKO Co., Ltd.
Company Information
Company Summary
- Company Name
 - MITSUI-SOKO Co., Ltd.
 
- Headquarters
 - 19-21 Nihonbashi-Hakozakicho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0015, Japan 
                                        
TEL:+81-3-6775-3140
FAX:+81-3-6775-3168 
- Representative
 - Representative Director, President Executive Officer
Hiroshi Torii 
- Capital Stock
 - 5 billion yen
 
- Establishment Date
 - October 1, 2014
 
- Main Business Areas
 - Warehousing, harbor transport, global logistics workflows
 
Officers
- Representative Director, Chairman
 - Takanobu Kubo
 
- Representative Director, 
President Executive Officer - Hiroshi Torii
 
- Director, Managing Executive Officer
 - Hideki Wakano
 
- Director, Senior Executive Officer
 - Shigeki Kanai
 
- Director, Senior Executive Officer
 - Toshiyuki Nakanishi
 
- Director, Senior Executive Officer
 - Kazuyoshi Fujimaki
 
- Director
 - Nobuo Nakayama
 
- Director
 - Takeshi Nishimura
 
- Senior Executive Officer
 - Maku Kitano
 
- Senior Executive Officer
 - Tomomitsu Ito
 
- Executive Officer
 - Hideaki Yamashita
 
- Executive Officer
 - Hiroyuki Hamano
 
- Executive Officer
 - Tomoaki Fukuda
 
- Executive Officer
 - Kazutoyo Suzuki
 
- Executive Officer
 - Hideki Kai
 
- Audit & Supervisory Board Member
 - Hiroshi Kino
 
History
- October 1909
 - October 11, 1909
Established as Toshin Soko, Ltd. Headquarters was based in Tokyo, with other branches throughout Tokyo, Kobe, and Moji 
- 1913
 - Yokohama dispatching business launched (becomes Yokohama branch in 1923)
 
- January 1918
 - Osaka Warehouse acquired and reopened as Osaka branch
 
- September 1922
 - Opened Nagoya satellite office (becomes formal Nagoya branch in 1937
 
- March 1942
 - Changed company name to Mitsui-Soko Co., Ltd.
 
- April 1950
 - Listed shares for public trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
 
- October 1966
 - Began offering automobile transport services
 
- March 1968
 - Began working with maritime containers and operating container terminals in Japan
 
- April 1969
 - Obtained license for automobile cargo transport and began offering container-truck shipments
 
- December 1977
 - Established international division and plant division at headquarters and began offering international shipment services
 
- June 1982
 - Obtained IATA license as air freight distributor and began air cargo service in earnest
 
- November 1984
 - Moved headquarters from Hakozaki-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo to 1-chome Kayabacho Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
 
- November 1986
 - Launched “big bag” business (trunk room storage, non-product category items for residential relocation, etc.)
 
- February 1988
 - Established Mitsui-Soko International in Singapore
 
- January 1992
 - Abandoned headquarters+local shop system and migrated to local branch system (local headquarters and corresponding divisions, with branches in Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, and Kyushu regions)
 
- April 2001
 - Spun off Kyushu branch as Mitsui-Soko Kyushu Co., Ltd.
 
- June 2002
 - Moved headquarters from 1-chome Kayabacho Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo to 3-chome Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
 
- March 2003
 - Obtained license for Class 2 transport (standalone/mixed air cargo) for air transport
 
- April 2004
 - Adopted executive officer system
 
- April 2006
 - Established BPO promotion division and launched BPO in earnest
 
- April 2008
 - Established 3PL promotion division and launched 3PL in earnest
 
- October 2009
 - Celebrated our 100-year anniversary
 
- January 2010
 - Moved Kansai branch headquarters to Osaka
 
- April 2010
 - Abandoned branch company system and migrated to divisional system
 
- March 2011
 - Obtained controlling stake in JTB Air Cargo and changed name to
                                                        Mitsui-Soko Air Cargo
                                                        
Enhanced international trade through air freight 
- September 2011
 - Moved headquarters from 3-chome Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, to 3-chome Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
 
- April 2012
 - Acquired Sanyo-Denki Logistics (changed name to Mitsui-Soko Logistics) and shored up 3PL business
 
- July 2012
 - Acquired controlling share in TAS express and merged with
                                                        Mitsui-Soko Air Cargo
                                                        
Launched as Mitsui-Soko Express 
- October 2014
 - Changed name from Mitsui-Soko Co., Ltd., and shifted to Mitsui-Soko
                                                        Holdings Co., Ltd.
                                                        acting as a holding company
                                                        
Newly established and spun off Mitsui-Soko Co., Ltd. as an entity handling primary business operations 
- January 2017
 - Moved headquarters and Kanto branch office from Shinbashi 3-chome,
                                                        Minato-ku, Tokyo to
                                                        3-chome Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
                                                        
 
- May 2025
 - Moved head office from 3-chome Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo to Nihonbashi Hakozakicho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo,
and moved headquarters and Kanto branch office from 3-chome Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo to Nihonbashi Hakozakicho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.