Sagawa Express
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Sagawa Express Co., Ltd. (佐川急便株式会社, Sagawa Kyūbin Kabushiki-gaisha) is a major transportation company in Japan. Its headquarters are in Minami-ku, Kyoto. It competes with Yamato Transport, Nippon Express, and other major logistics companies. Its total sales for the year ending March 2005 were ¥728,000,000,000.
The company was founded by Kiyoshi Sagawa. It began operation on March 22, 1957, and was registered as a company on November 24, 1965. On March 21, 2006, it established SG Holdings and transferred its stock to SG, becoming a subsidiary of the holding company.
Sagawa's major customers include
, Sony Style, Askul, and Digital Media Mart.Galaxy Airlines of Japan was a member of the group of companies.
1992 scandal
From 1992 the company was the center of a series of corruption and yakuza-link allegations[1] that helped bring down the ruling LDP, and then the reformist Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa.[2]
References
- ^ Terry McCarthy (17 January 1993). "Japan's Crime Incorporated: The years of the bubble economy lured Japan's yakuza gangs to muscle into big business. Terry McCarthy in Tokyo explores their corporate web". The Independent.
- ^ David E. Sanger (April 9, 1994). "Japanese Coalition Scrambles to Replace Premier". The New York Times.
Sources
- This article incorporates material in 佐川急便 (Sagawa Kyūbin) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on January 3, 2008.
Further reading
- Sagawa Kyūbin Saiken 3650 nichi no Tatakai: Yonmannin no Ishiki Kakumei. ISBN 4-87932-030-7.
- Fushichō Sagawa Kyūbin: Fumetsu no Teiōgaku. ISBN 4-916007-26-3.
- Sagawa Kyūbin no Daihenshin: SD (Sales Driver) o Kaku to shita "Kōshūeki Keiei" no Himitsu. ISBN 4-7573-0020-4.
External links
- Sagawa Express, Official website
- SG Holdings, Official website