> I seem to recall a few weeks ago that someone posted some details on
> the ranking of Japanese companies by earnings or some such.
>
> Anyway,I believe Olympus was ranked higher than Nikon or Minolta.
Keeping in mind the old saw, "there are lies, d****d lies, and
statistics", here are some numbers, posted for entertainment
purposes only:
Canon
sales for fiscal year ending 12/1997: ¥2,761,025 million
source: http://www.japancompanyrecord.com/7/773/7751/7751a.htm
Minolta
sales for fiscal year ending 3/1997: ¥448,074 million
source: http://www.japancompanyrecord.com/7/773/7753/7753a.htm
Nikon
sales for fiscal year ending 3/1997: ¥379,089 million
source: http://www.japancompanyrecord.com/7/773/7731/7731a.htm
Olympus Optical
sales for fiscal year ending 3/1997: ¥310,477 million
source: http://www.japancompanyrecord.com/7/773/7733/7733a.htm
Asahi Optical (Pentax)
sales for fiscal year ending 3/1997: ¥116,176 million
source: http://www.japancompanyrecord.com/7/773/7750/7750a.htm
A word of caution: Nikon's own accounting for 1997 (at
http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/portfolio/outline.htm)
differs significantly from the value above. I can't
account for the discrepancy. Maybe Mitsubishi knows :-)
jim
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