Nippon Yusen

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Nippon Yusen

Summary

Nippon Yusen is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nippon Yusen is in the country of Japan[3].
  • Nippon Yusen's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • Nippon Yusen's instance of is recorded as shipping line[5].
  • Nippon Yusen is owned by Nomura Asset Management[6].
  • Nippon Yusen is owned by The Vanguard Group[7].
  • Nippon Yusen's headquarters location is recorded as Tokyo[8].
  • Nippon Yusen took place at Yusen Building[9].
  • Nippon Yusen's child organization or unit is recorded as Nippon Cargo Airlines[10].
  • Nippon Yusen's child organization or unit is recorded as NYK Cruises[11].
  • Nippon Yusen's Commons category is recorded as NYK Line[12].
  • Nippon Yusen's stock exchange is recorded as Tokyo Stock Exchange[13].
  • Nippon Yusen's industry is recorded as water transport[14].
  • Nippon Yusen's archives at is recorded as NYK Maritime Museum[15].
  • Nippon Yusen comprises NYK Cruises[16].
  • 1885 marks the founding of Nippon Yusen[17].
  • Nippon Yusen's location of formation is recorded as Tokyo[18].
  • Nippon Yusen's official website is recorded as http://www.nyk.com/[19].
  • Nippon Yusen's official website is recorded as https://www.nyk.com/[20].
  • Nippon Yusen's official website is recorded as https://www.nyk.com/english/[21].
  • Nippon Yusen's official website is recorded as https://www.nykline.co.jp[22].
  • Nippon Yusen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NYK Line[23].
  • Nippon Yusen's legal form is recorded as kabushiki gaisha[24].
  • Nippon Yusen's owner of is recorded as NS United Kaiun[25].
  • Nippon Yusen's number of viewers/listeners is recorded as {'amount': '+1349661'}[26].
  • Nippon Yusen's street address is recorded as 3-2, Marunouchi 2 Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 353800YPW4XM0ZN5I149[28]

  • Registered legal name: 日本郵船株式会社[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: JP[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): T417[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 1885-09-28[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2017-03-10[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-03-10[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-03-10[38]

  • Managing LOU: 353800279ADEFGKNTV65[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000412[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 0100-01-023785[41]

  • Other names: Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha[42]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[43]

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Founding

1885 marks the founding of Nippon Yusen[17]. Its location of formation is recorded as Tokyo[18].

Operations

Nippon Yusen's headquarters location is recorded as Tokyo[8]. Subsidiaries include Nippon Cargo Airlines[10], a cargo airline[44], in Japan[45], founded in 1978[46], headquartered in Narita International Airport[47] and NYK Cruises[11], a business[48], in Japan[49], headquartered in Yokohama[50].

Industry

Nippon Yusen's industry is recorded as water transport[14].

Ownership

Owners include Nomura Asset Management[6], a business[51], in Japan[52], founded in 1959[53], headquartered in Tokyo[54] and The Vanguard Group[7], a business[55], in United States[56], founded in 1975[57], headquartered in Malvern[58]. Nippon Yusen's stock exchange is recorded as Tokyo Stock Exchange[13].

Why It Matters

Nippon Yusen ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
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  8. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [43] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  5. 12w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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