Companies
Rinnai: The Quiet Global King of Water Heaters
A global leader in tankless on-demand water heaters and gas appliances, sold in more than 80 countries
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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
A major global printer and MFP maker that began in 1908 making sewing machines — a century-long reinvention
The world leader in commercial ice machines and kitchen equipment, used in restaurants, bars, and hotels across 60+ countries
With Shin-Etsu, one of two Japanese firms that supply most of the silicon wafers the entire chip industry is built on
The Japanese company that lets engineers order millions of made-to-spec factory components online and receive them fast
From a 1915 Aichi workshop to a global power-tool brand — the instantly recognisable teal tools on construction sites worldwide
The world leader in single-wafer cleaning equipment — an unavoidable step repeated dozens of times in making every semiconductor
The private, family-owned Japanese company that makes the wire harnesses in roughly a third of the world's cars
From concert grand pianos to beginner flutes — and roughly half the world's digital instruments — Yamaha is the global number one
The global leader in automotive lighting — its headlamps shine from the front of Toyotas, Hondas, and Nissans worldwide
The maker of about 60% of the world's miniature ball bearings — ultra-precision at massive scale, now a components conglomerate