Retail & Consumer Service Division

Division Strategy
Strengths of the Division
Global Operations
Business Overview
Organization
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The Retail & Consumer Service Division is focused on a diverse range of businesses that respond to consumer needs both in Japan and overseas. These businesses include foods, consumer goods, healthcare, shopping center management, and real estate.

Division Strategy

We will contribute to the creation of a sustainable society that enhances consumers’ lives across the world through value creation in our foods, consumer goods, and healthcare businesses.

Hidenobu Saito

Executive Officer, COO
Retail & Consumer Service Division

In the retail and consumer services field, there is a rising societal need for global supply chains that are both highly sophisticated and sustainable. We are seeing region-specific market trends such as a rise in middle class consumers and shifts in consumer lifestyles driven by economic growth in emerging markets, as well as diversifying market needs in developed countries where consumers are becoming increasingly health conscious.
Given these environmental changes, the Retail & Consumer Service Division will continue to create more resilient and high value-added business platforms in Japan and overseas. We will expand business in growth sectors and areas where we can leverage our strengths through M&A, business investments, and collaboration with our partners. As a division, we will pursue business creation by organically linking our global businesses in foods, consumer goods, and healthcare to related business opportunities in order to achieve sustainable growth and contribute to the creation of a sustainable society that enhances consumers’ lives across the world through value creation.

Strengths of the Division

Networks and customer bases established over
many years
Business foundation in the seafood products field that covers production, processing, and sales
Healthcare business that meets diverse needs

Networks and customer bases established over many years
Business foundation in the seafood products field that covers production, processing, and sales
Retail businesses developed to meet the needs of countries across Asia countries based on their stage of development
Supply base for food products and consumer goods matched to diversifying lifestyles
Healthcare business that meets diverse market needs
Expertise in investment and strong business foundation for increasing value of shopping centers

Global Operations

Business Map

Promotional video: Seafood products processing business

Joint initiatives with Royal Holdings Co., Ltd.

Private healthcare business: Primary healthcare services (Singapore)

Business Overview

■ Seafood Products Business

Sojitz acquired full ownership of seafood processing company The Marine Foods Corporation in March 2022 and TRY Inc. in April 2023. In July 2025, we acquired Sushi Avenue Inc., which operates a supermarket takeout sushi business in the U.S. with over 300 retail locations mainly located in the Midwest. We supply consumers around the world with competitive value and safe and reliable seafood that meets market needs by combining the expertise and functions of numerous Sojitz Group companies, including tuna farming company Sojitz Tuna Farm Takashima Co., Ltd., and China-based tuna processing company Dalian Global Food Corporation.

■ Retail Business

We are developing retail businesses that meet the needs of ASEAN countries based on their stage of development. Our focus is on developing three businesses in Vietnam: 1) processing and production of prepared food, 2) four-temperature logistics (ambient temperature, fixed temperature, chilled, and frozen), and 3) wholesale of food and consumer goods.
Sojitz is working to expand its distribution channels by leveraging the customer networks of its fully owned subsidiary DaiTanViet Joint Stock Company (Vietnam’s largest wholesaler of commercial food) and consolidated subsidiary Huong Thuy Manufacture Service Trading Corporation, a leading consumer goods distributor. In April 2024, we invested in Finviet Technology Corporation and aim to further invigorate the distribution market using Finviet’s online B2B ordering platform for wholesalers and small-scale retailers and the company’s cashless payment capabilities.
In addition, Sojitz and Royal Holdings Co., Ltd. are collaborating on the development and operation of a restaurant business in Vietnam and Singapore, in addition to a joint hotel business in Japan.

■ Healthcare Business

Sojitz develops healthcare businesses that meet the diverse market needs of our operating regions and countries. In March 2021, Sojitz acquired stake in a primary healthcare provider based in Malaysia, with locations across Asia and Oceania. In November 2023, we entered the healthcare logistics business in Peru before acquiring ownership of a healthcare service provider in Singapore in May 2025. Going forward, we will enhance our high-quality medical service systems by expanding services and advancing the use of digital transformation (DX) in healthcare. We will continue contributing to the realization of a society where people can lead longer, healthier lives.

■ Shopping Center Management Business, Domestic Real Estate Business

Sojitz Commerce Development Corporation has continued to utilize its solid track record in operating and improving the value of shopping centers since its founding in 2001. Going forward, we will work to help invigorate local communities by utilizing digital technologies to energize the shopping centers that function as a central component of communities. In addition, Sojitz is working together with The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. to add value in the rental housing business, and Sojitz strives to provide consumers with optimized living spaces and to offer investors a range of investment opportunities in Japan’s rental housing market.