stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
security firm; security company
brokerage; brokerage firm; broking house; securities company
private military company; mercenary group
shipping company; freight company; transport company
real estate company; real estate firm; property firm
maintenance company; management company; proprietary company
railroad corporation; railway company
temporary staff recruitment agency; employment agency
large company; major corporation; company with over 500 million yen in capital or over 20 billion yen in liabilities
(private) investigation company; research agency
travel agent; travel agency
telecommunications company; telco
rival (company); competitor
financing company; credit firm
building company; construction company; architectural firm
dummy corporation; front company; shell corporation
limited company (company structure for small businesses; abolished in 2006); YK
steamship (shipping) company
sales company; distributor
corporate group; group businesses; group company; affiliated company
telco; telecommunications company; common carrier
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
gōdō gaisha; Japanese LLC; GK; form of business modeled after the American limited liability company
company that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
bogus company; paper company
mobile phone operator; mobile network carrier; cellular company
subcontractor; subcontracting company
animation studio; animation production company
guarantor; guarantor company
industrial company; business firm
listed company (on a stock exchange); publicly traded company
mutual aid or credit finance company
security firm; security company
employment agency; staffing agency; personnel placement agency
(electric) railroad company
family corporation; family company; affiliated concern
British East India Company
company needing reorganization (reorganisation)
low-cost carrier; LCC; low-cost airline
wholesale company; wholesaler
demutualization; becoming incorporated
transport company; forwarding agency
unlimited company; unlimited partnership
foreign corporation; overseas company
investment company; investment firm; hedge fund firm
subsidiary of a subsidiary; sub-subsidiary; second-tier subsidiary
specified purpose company; specific purpose company
controlling company; parent company
affiliated company; sister company
limited liability company (US, Australia, etc.); LLC
unlisted company (on a stock exchange)
Japan Electronic Computer Company
Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd
Japan Post Co., Ltd.; JP Post
Poplar Co. Ltd. (convenience store chain)
wholesale company; wholesaler
mochibun gaisha; company structure which functions like a partnership
issuing company (e.g. of a credit card)
Nippon Idou Tsushin Corporation; IDO
non-dividend-paying company
Nippon Information and Communication Corporation
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation; NTT
commutative justice; justitia commutativa
Matsushita Electronic Components Corporation
Nihon Keizai Shimbun Incorporated
Japan Freight Railway Company
regional Bell operating company; RBOC
long-distance telephone company
Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.; JNFL
front company set up to hide someone's true profession by pretending to employ them (often used by call girls)
full parent company; wholly-owning parent company; sole parent company
Regional Bell Operating Company (USA); RBOC
surviving company (in a merger); surviving corporation
public company; publicly listed company; publicly traded company; (Japanese) stock company that does not impose restrictions on share transfers
Yamaha Motor Company Limited
Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation
(stock) company that has a board of directors
pseudo-foreign company; company based abroad but whose main country of business is Japan
Limited Liability Companies Act
surviving company (in a merger)
absorbed company; merged corporation
absorbed company; merged corporation
affiliated company; sister company
monoline insurance company; monoline insurer
multiline insurance company; multiline insurer
Space Communications Corporation
cooperative sales company
Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.; KIAC
Toshiba Information Equipments Co., Ltd.; TIE
Toshiba Information Systems
Meiji Dairies Corporation
Kobe Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
asset holding company (esp. Commonwealth countries)
multiple-system operator; multi-system operator; MSO; operator of multiple cable or direct-broadcast satellite television systems
Okinawa Television Broadcasting Corporation
Toyo Netsu Kogyo Kaisha Limited
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.; IHI