Talk:Itochu/Archives/2012

"C.Itochu"
The article asserts that the company was previously called "C.Itochu". When and in which language/market was this? -- Hoary 02:34, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Itochu incorporated in 1918 under the name C. Itoh & Co., using “CI” logo until 1992, when C. Itoh & Co. rebranded itself as ITOCHU. --220.98.192.2 09:38, 24 June 2007 (UTC)


 * But "& Co." isn't Japanese; it's English. And the page seems to have the company giving itself an English name while it probably wasn't doing anything outside Japan, which is absurd. Yup, here we are: this page tells us that the name in Japanese from 1918 was Itōchū Shōji KK (伊藤忠商事株式会社). The page doesn't mention any English name, but does say that it got a new English name in 1992.


 * So the Japanese name of the company was unchanged, and at no time was "C.Itochu" used in Japanese (which would anyway be almost inconceivable) or English.


 * Incidentally, lots of Japanese companies like to CAPITALIZE THEIR NAMES (e.g. "SANYO") but WP ignores such exhibitionism. -- Hoary 12:50, 24 June 2007 (UTC)