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Ask TechJapan: Japanese Corporation Names
Posted on Jan 30, 2005 - 11:05 PM by zmcnulty
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Posted on Jan 30, 2005 - 11:05 PM by zmcnulty
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Official company name
Hitachi Corporation
Common company name
Hitachi
Company logo
Name when written in Japanese (normal)
Name when written in Japanese (traditional)
Name breakdown
- "Hi" - Means "Sun," or "Day." This Kanji can also mean "Japan," depending on its usage.
- "Tachi" - Means "stand up," or "establish." Actual name origins
Hitachi is the name of a city in Ibaraki Prefecture. The company got its name from its location; Hitachi was established as a branch off of the Hitachi Mine.
Corporate History
http://www.hitachi.co.jp/about/corporate/history/index.html
Up next is a company whose real corporate identity isn't very well known. The parent company of Panasonic and the National brands (the latter only in Japan), Matsushita Electric Industrail, is also the only corporation in our feature to retain the name of its founder.
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