Yamato Transport

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Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.
ヤマト運輸株式会社
Type 100% consolidated subsidiary
Founded March 31, 2005
Headquarters 2-16-10 Ginza, Chūō-ku, Tokyo-to, Japan
Key people Kōji Ogura, President (previous President/chairman: Masao Ogura)
Industry Home Delivery, Transport
Parent Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.
Website www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp

Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (ヤマト運輸株式会社 Yamato Un'yu Kabushiki-gaisha?) is Japan's largest door-to-door delivery service company and a 100% owned subsidiary of Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd ( ヤマトホールディングス株式会社 Yamato Hōrudingusu Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 9064). Their head office is located in Ginza, Tokyo.

The company's logo is a yellow oval with a black mother cat carrying her kitten in her mouth, symbolizing the company's promise that they take care of items entrusted to them as though the items were their own family. The logo is as familiar in Japan as the Coca-Cola logo is in the United States.

The headquarters of Yamato Holdings and Yamato Transport.
The headquarters of Yamato Holdings and Yamato Transport.

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Much of the content of this page comes from the equivalent Japanese-language article, accessed on April 8, 2006.

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