Nissan Group, formerly the Nissan zaibatsu, was a major Japanese business conglomerate founded in 1928 by Yoshisuke Aikawa and headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, encompassing hundreds of member companies across fisheries, mining, automobiles, real estate and insurance. Disbanded after World War II, its constituent businesses were reorganized into successor companies including Nissan Motor, Hitachi, Eneos Holdings and Nissan Chemical Corporation.
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Is the Nissan Group the same thing as Nissan Motor?
No. Nissan Motor is one successor to the disbanded Nissan Group conglomerate.
No. The Nissan Group was a Japanese zaibatsu, a conglomerate founded in 1928 by Yoshisuke Aikawa, with hundreds of member companies across fisheries, mining, automobiles, real estate and insurance. It was disbanded after World War II and its businesses were reorganized into separate successor companies. Nissan Motor is one of those successors, alongside Hitachi, Eneos Holdings and Nissan Chemical Corporation.
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Nissan Group (日産コンツェルン, Nissan Kontserun; "Nissan Concern"), formerly Nissan zaibatsu, was a group of companies and Japan's most powerful business groupings.
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Founded in 1928 by Yoshisuke Aikawa
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formerly Nissan zaibatsu, was a group of companies
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Chiyoda, Tokyo
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1947
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