Companies
Hitachi: How a Conglomerate Reinvented Itself for the Digital Age
How Hitachi shed dozens of businesses and rebuilt around its Lumada digital platform, energy, and rail — one of Japan's great transformations
Companies
How Hitachi shed dozens of businesses and rebuilt around its Lumada digital platform, energy, and rail — one of Japan's great transformations
A global leader in tankless on-demand water heaters and gas appliances, sold in more than 80 countries
A global sanitaryware leader whose Washlet bidet seat — over 70 million sold in 140+ countries — made the high-tech toilet a symbol of Japan
One of the world's top bearing makers and a leader in automotive wheel-hub bearings — part of Japan's bearing trio with NSK and JTEKT
The maker of Attack, Bioré, and Merries that pairs beloved consumer brands with a serious B2B chemicals business
Japan's most valuable pharmaceutical company, inventor of antibody blockbusters and majority-owned by Roche since 2002
A diversified Japanese chemical house spanning petrochemicals, display and battery materials, crop protection, and pharmaceuticals
How Fujifilm turned the death of photographic film into record revenues in healthcare, biologics, and high-tech materials
A global leader in eye-care devices and GNSS positioning for construction and agriculture — taken private by KKR and JIC and delisted in 2025
The world leader in cyclo-olefin polymer — the optical-grade plastic in smartphone camera lenses and medical syringes
The number-one baby-bottle and nursing brand in Japan and a leading baby-care brand across Asia
The maker of the legendary TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines and a global leader in electronic drums and synthesizers