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“People make business, business cultivates people.”
“A business is its people. To build for the future, it must develop its people today.”
“Mitsui develops its people. They are our most important asset.”

Mitsui & Co. has traditionally maintained a free and open-minded organizational culture in which diverse people can thrive and grow by working together in a spirit of challenge and innovation in roles that best suit their aptitudes. That is why the phrase “Mitsui is People” is often used to encapsulate Mitsui & Co.’s core characteristics.

This culture originated with Takashi Masuda, the first president of the former Mitsui & Co. founded in the 19th century, who said, “It all starts with people.” Subsequent generations of managers have echoed this emphasis on people in their human resource strategies, and the “Mitsui is People” philosophy lives on today as part of Mitsui & Co.’s DNA.

Mitsui & Co. Group employs over 40,000 people throughout the world. Mitsui & Co. HRD Institute believes in the potential of each one of these people. Our goal is to help Mitsui & Co. Group people to achieve sustained improvement in their potential so that they can work energetically and contribute to society on a global scale.

We enhance the value of Mitsui & Co. Group by helping its organizational potential and workplace relationships fully bloom.

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