UCLA Center for East Asian Studies

   The 25 Top Publicly-Held Asian Companies

  Business Week, July 12, 1999

Rank	Global 1000 Rank	Company	Base	Mkt. Value (million US$)	Sales (million US$)	Profits (million US$)
1	13	Nippon Telephone & Telegraph	Japan	156,775	79,970	4,948
2	27	NTT Docomo	Japan	106,142	25,617	1,682
3	32	Toyota Motor	Japan	99,826	104,684	2,924
4	65	Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi	Japan	61,805	NA	-713
5	103	Honda Motor	Japan	39,842	51,152	2,505
6	107	Takeda Chemical	Japan	39,281	6,935	753
7	112	Sony	Japan	37,844	55,787	1,470
8	115	Matsushita Electric	Japan	36,998	62,728	111
9	116	Sumitomo Bank	Japan	36,621	NA	-4,671
10	118	Seven-Eleven Japan	Japan	36,210	14,374	501
11	128	Hutchison Whampoa	Hong Kong	32,361	6,626	1,123
12	136	Fujitsu	Japan	30,984	43,048	-112
13	150	Tokyo Electric Power	Japan	29,324	41,792	800
14	158	Sanwa Bank	Japan	28,332	NA	-3,864
15	164	Hong Kong Telecommunications	Hong Kong	27,604	4,719	1,484
16	181	Singapore Telecommunications	Singapore	25,446	2,863	1,093
17	185	Ito-Yokado	Japan	24,982	26,848	547
18	187	Hitachi	Japan	24,610	65,520	-2,782
19	203	Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank	Japan	22,241	NA	-3,656
20	206	Canon	Japan	22,081	23,205	900
21	215	East Japan Railway	Japan	21,676	20,392	180
22	217	Bridgestone	Japan	21,580	18,364	859
23	222	Fuji Bank	Japan	21,193	NA	-3,465
24	232	Hang Seng Bank	Hong Kong	20,216	NA	875
25	235	Japan Tobacco	Japan	20,034	31,857	613

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Last Updated on 7/7/99
By Clayton Dube
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