Hikari Tsushin, Inc.
Hikari Tsushin means "brilliant communication" in Japanese, and when the company was founded in 1999 it rode the dot-com bubble and boom quite brilliantly. Since then Hikari Tsushin has evolved into a cell phone and Internet service provider and distributor, a life insurance agency, and a seller of office equipment, such as copiers, fax machines, and telephones. The company's e-machitown subsidiary provides Web hosting services in Japan, and Newton Financial Consulting sells medical insurance policies to individiuals. CEO Yasumitsu Shigeta founded Hikari Tsushin in 1988, when he was 21 years old. The billionaire is consistenly listed among the world's richest people.
Contact Details
Office Address
Hikari Tsushin, Inc.
1-16-15 Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan 171-0021
Phone: +81-3-5951-3718
Fax: +81-3-5951-3709
Executives
Chairman and CEO
Yasumitsu Shigeta
President and COO
Takeshi Tamamura