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, abbreviated JT, is a cigarette

Cigarette

A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...

manufacturing company. It is part of the Nikkei 225

Nikkei 225

The , more commonly called the Nikkei, the Nikkei index, or the Nikkei Stock Average , is a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange . It has been calculated daily by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper since 1950. It is a price-weighted average , and the components are reviewed once a year...

index. In 2009 the company was listed at number 312 on the Fortune 500

Fortune 500

The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect. The list includes publicly and...

list. The company is headquartered in Toranomon

Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo

is a business district of Minato, Tokyo. Literally meaning "Tiger's Gate," Toranomon was the name of the southernmost gate of Edo Castle. It is home to the Hotel Okura Tokyo....

, Minato

Minato, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies...

, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. The international headquarters are in Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

History

The company traces its origins to 1898. Incorporated in 1949 as the , Japan Tobacco was a state monopoly until 1985, when it became a public company

Public company

This is not the same as a Government-owned corporation.A public company or publicly traded company is a limited liability company that offers its securities for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, or through market makers operating in over the counter markets...

.

It was two-thirds owned by the Japanese Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Finance (Japan)

The ' is one of cabinet-level ministries of the Japanese government. The ministry was once named Ōkura-shō . The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Finance , who is a member of the Cabinet and is typically chosen from members of the Diet by the Prime Minister.The Ministry's origin was back in...

until June 2004, and the Japanese government share is presently 50%. JT International (JTI), acquired in 1999 from R.J. Reynolds

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company , based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and founded by R. J. Reynolds in 1875, is the second-largest tobacco company in the U.S. . RJR is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc...

, is an operating division of Japan Tobacco Inc., handling the international production, marketing and sales of the group's cigarette brands. It sells Camel

Camel (cigarette)

Camel is a brand of cigarettes that was introduced by American company R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in the summer of 1913. Most current Camel cigarettes contain a blend of Turkish tobacco and Virginia tobacco. Early in 2008 the blend was changed as was the package design.-History:In 1913, R.J...

, Salem

Salem (cigarette)

Salem is a brand of cigarettes introduced in 1956 by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company as the first filter-tipped menthol cigarette. Its name derives from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the city where RJR was founded and headquartered...

, and Winston

Winston (cigarette)

Winston cigarettes are manufactured by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company or its newer incarnation as RJR Nabisco and/or its affiliates.The brand was introduced in 1954, and became the best-selling brand of cigarettes in the United States...

brands outside the USA

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

.

Japan Tobacco also operates in foods, pharmaceuticals, agribusiness

Agribusiness

In agriculture, agribusiness is a generic term for the various businesses involved in food production, including farming and contract farming, seed supply, agrichemicals, farm machinery, wholesale and distribution, processing, marketing, and retail sales....

, engineering, and real estate. Japan Tobacco completed the largest ever foreign takeover in Japanese history through acquisition of Gallaher Group

Gallaher Group

Gallaher Group is a major United Kingdom-based multinational tobacco company. It was traded on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, prior to its April 2007 acquisition by Japan Tobacco.-History:...

plc

Public limited company

A public limited company is a limited liability company that sells shares to the public in United Kingdom company law, in the Republic of Ireland and Commonwealth jurisdictions....

in April 2007.

Japan Tobacco runs the Tobacco

Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...

and Salt

Salt

In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...

Museum

A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...

in Tokyo.

Market

Japan Tobacco controls 66.4% of the cigarette market in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

and will seek more takeovers from 2009 to build on the 1.4 trillion JPY

Japanese yen

The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling...

(USD 15 billion) purchase of Gallaher Group

Gallaher Group

, with President Hiroshi Kimura

Hiroshi Kimura

is the incumbent president of Japan Tobacco .He started work in Showa 51 for the Japan Tobacco & Salt Public Corporation . He was inaugurated as the president on June 23, 2006.- References :...

commenting that further acquisitions would be appropriate after the full integration of Gallaher by 2009.

In 2006/2007 Japan Tobacco starts Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

production, plans to invest another $100 million, have paid $35 million euros for 98.5 percent of Senta Tobacco Industry in May 2006, with a further $10 million invested since then. The plant has a production capacity of some five billion cigarettes a year.

Brands

JT flagship brands

Cabin
Camel
Camel (cigarette)
Camel is a brand of cigarettes that was introduced by American company R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in the summer of 1913. Most current Camel cigarettes contain a blend of Turkish tobacco and Virginia tobacco. Early in 2008 the blend was changed as was the package design.-History:In 1913, R.J...

(outside the USA)
Caster
Caster (cigarette)
Caster is a brand of cigarettes from the Japan Tobacco Group.-Various brands:*Caster Original*Caster Mild*Caster Mild Box *Caster Super Mild*Caster Super Mild Box *Caster One*Caster One Box*Caster One 100's...
Hope
Hope (cigarette)
Hope cigarettes are produced and sold exclusively in Japan by Japan Tobacco.-Description:They are short or king size or long . They come within a soft or hard pack, 10 or 20 cigarettes per pack. They are seen as a counterpart to Peace cigarettes....
Mild Seven
Mild Seven
Mild Seven is a brand of cigarettes produced by Japan Tobacco. Mild Seven cigarettes are the third widest smoked cigarette in the world, behind Marlboro and Camel. Manufactured originally in Tokyo, by Japanese Tobacco Inc. it has been a top seller since its creation in 1977...
Peace
Peace (cigarette)
Peace cigarettes are produced exclusively in Japan by Japan Tobacco. Peace's Package logo was designed by Raymond Loewy.-Description:Peace cigarettes are short or king size or long . They come within a soft or hard pack or steel can, 10 or 20 or 50 cigarettes per pack...
Pianissimo Peche
Pianissimo Peche
Pianissimo Peche are Japanese cigarettes produced by Japan Tobacco.-Cigarette description:The word "Pianissimo" refers to the musical dynamics and volumes of sounds or notes. The word pêche is a French term meaning "peach," as well as the peach taste that the cigarettes contain...
Sakura
Sakura (cigarette)
.Sakura cigarettes are produced and sold exclusively in Japan, by Japan Tobacco.-Brand Description:They are of traditional Japanese cigarette sizes: short or king size or long . They come within a soft or hard pack, 10 or 20 cigarettes per pack. The Japanese word Sakura means "cherry blossoms"...
Salem
Salem (cigarette)
Salem is a brand of cigarettes introduced in 1956 by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company as the first filter-tipped menthol cigarette. Its name derives from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the city where RJR was founded and headquartered...

(outside the USA)
Seven Stars
Seven Stars (cigarette)
is a brand of cigarettes produced by Japan Tobacco.-Description:It is packaged as king size , 20 cigarettes in a hard pack. The brand was created in response to customer demands for a low tar, menthol and D-spec product.-Types:...
Winston
Winston (cigarette)
Winston cigarettes are manufactured by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company or its newer incarnation as RJR Nabisco and/or its affiliates.The brand was introduced in 1954, and became the best-selling brand of cigarettes in the United States...

(outside the USA)
Hamlet
Hamlet (cigar)
Hamlet is a well known brand of cigar produced by Japan Tobacco. They are available in several varieties, miniatures and also a regular length. They are regularly referred to as the 'mild cigar' in their advertising....
Benson & Hedges
Benson & Hedges
Benson & Hedges is a British brand of cigarettes owned by the Gallaher Group, which became a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco in 2007. They are registered in Old Bond Street in London, and are manufactured in Lisnafillen, Ballymena, Northern Ireland for the UK and Irish markets.-History:Benson & Hedges...

Other brands

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Amadis
Amber Leaf
Amber Leaf
Amber Leaf is a brand of rolling tobacco. It is a product of JT International. It is available in various size packets . It includes free rolling papers. In 2011 promotional Amber Leaf tobacco tins were sold with the tobacco in some stores UK.It can also be mixed with Coffem which would create a...
Arsenal
Aspen
Belomorkanal
Contessa
Crescent & Star
Death
Death (cigarette)
Death is the brand name for a cigarette introduced in the United Kingdom in 1991 by BJ Cunningham of The Enlightened Tobacco Company. The cigarette featured black packaging with a white skull and crossbones logo above their government health warning....
Doral
Doral (cigarette)
Doral is a savings brand cigarette introduced in 1969 by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco. It is available nationwide in the United States.Doral's current slogan is "Premium Taste, Guaranteed." An early slogan was "Taste me!"; this was lampooned by George Carlin in a stand-up routine.-Variations:All are...
Dorchester
Embassy
Embassy (cigarette)
Embassy is a brand of cigarettes from Imperial Tobacco. First sold in 1914 and relaunched as a coupon brand in 1962, in 1976 they were invited to sponsor the World Snooker Championships, which they did from then until 2005 at which time they had to pull out due to the UK government's ban on tobacco...
Export A
Frontier
Fusion
Genghis Khan
Gold Coast
Hi-Lite
Islands
Kool
KOOL (cigarette)
KOOL is a brand of menthol cigarette currently produced by the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, introduced in 1933, that has marketed itself towards the "sophisticated man". Originally introduced as an unfiltered "regular" size cigarette, filtered 85 mm king-size versions were later added to...
Kosmos
Luch
Lviv
MacDonald
Magna
Mercedes
Mi-Ne
Monte Carlo
More
More (cigarette)
More is a brand of cigarette which was originally marketed to both men and women and then changed its primary focus to women consumers. It typically has a dark brown wrapper and is typically 120 mm in length...
Nasha Prima
Nevskie
Nil
Nil (cigarette)
Nil is a brand of cigarette which is sold in Austria, the Czech Republic and Germany produced by the Gallaher Group, a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco. Originally, it was a product of the Austrian "Tabakregie", now "Austria Tobacco". In Germany, it is one of the oldest brands that are still on the market...
North Star
Now
Old Holborn
Old Holborn
Old Holborn is a brand of hand rolling tobacco produced by Richard Lloyd & Sons . The trademark is a depiction of Staple Inn in Holborn, London.-Varieties:...
Overstolz
Peter 1
Premier
Premier (cigarette)
Premier was a smokeless cigarette released in the United States in 1988 by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. It worked by heating and aerosolizing tobacco flavour and was intended to reduce or eliminate the unhealthy side effects associated with smoking, both to the smoker and to the people around...
Prima
Russian Style
Slavia
Sportsman
Sterling
Sterling (cigarette)
Sterling are a British cigarette brand owned by parent company the Gallaher Group, which became a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco in 2007.-About:...
St. Michel
Sweet Menthol
Vantage
Vantage (cigarette)
Vantage is a brand of American cigarettes manufactured by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. It received its biggest advertising push in the 1970s and '80s but is now categorized as a 'non-support' brand; though R.J...
Wave
Winchester
Wings
Wings (cigarette)
Wings is a brand of the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation. It was first introduced to American smokers in 1929 as a popular ten-cent economy brand. Later, the original dark brown label gave way to white in 1940 due to wartime ink restrictions...
YSL

Smoking etiquette posters

JTI runs a series of posters designed to educate smokers about of smoking etiquette. http://www.jti.co.jp/sstyle/manners/ad/gallery/index.html

Environmental record

Japan Tobacco had recent health issues involving their company. Contaminated gyoza dumplings made by a Chinese company's factory in China, which sold its products to JT, poisoned ten people, including a five year old girl who has now recovered. Thousands of other Japanese people were going to the hospital because of stomach issues as well. A number of dumplings were found containing dichlorvos

Dichlorvos

Dichlorvos or 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate is a highly volatile organophosphate, widely used as a insecticide to control household pests, in public health, and protecting stored product from insects. It is effective against mushroom flies, aphids, spider mites, caterpillars, thrips, and...

and methamidophos

Methamidophos

Methamidophos is an organophosphate insecticide.Crops grown with the use of methamidophos include some Latin American rice. Many nations use methamidophos on crops, including developed nations such as Spain, US, Japan, and Australia...

from pesticide. The health minister of Japan said the contamination at the Chinese factory was possibly intentional, and the police are investigating for an attempted homicide. The dumplings were from China, but Japan Tobacco has said it does not plan to cease its manufacturing in China. Frozen food sales went down by 60% for the business since this health scare. Japan Tobacco's stock price fell 7.1% after they were forced to recall their products, and the company also lost a $500 million merger deal with Nissin Foods because of this incident.

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