Mitsui & Co. Global Strategic Studies Institute

Mitsui & Co. Global Strategic Studies Institute (MGSSI) is a company established on October 1, 1999, with capital of 100 million Japanese yen and approximately 100 employees. It is headquartered in the MITSUI & CO. Building in Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. The institute gathers, analyzes, and provides information from the points of view of politics, economics, society, industry, enterprise, technology, and innovation. Its leadership includes President and Chief Executive Officer Hidemi Takani, Acting Executive Vice President Yoshihiro Moriya, Directors Kazumasa Nakai and Yosuke Matsumoto, and Auditor Keisuke Iinuma.

The institute's history traces back to earlier research functions within Mitsui & Co. In February 1959, as a result of the "great amalgamation", today's Mitsui & Co. was formed. In April 1960, the Technical Development Center (TDC) was established in Mitsui & Co., followed by branch offices in Dusseldorf (February 1961), New York (October 1961), and London (June 1962). In September 1962, the Research & Planning Division was established in Mitsui & Co., and in January 1964 it was reorganized into the 'Research Division' and 'Development Division'. In June 1969, staff of the Research Division were posted to the London branch, and in July 1969 the 'Technical Development Center' was reformed into the 'Technical Development Division'. In November 1979, the Washington D.C. Office was opened in Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. In October 1991, "Institute of Mitsui & Co. for Trade & Economics Studies Inc." was established as a result of the transformation of the Research Division of Mitsui & Co. In October 1999, "Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute (MGSSI)" was established as a result of the merger of "Institute of Mitsui & Co. for Trade & Economic Studies Inc." and the New Business & Technology Dept. (former Technical Development Division) of Mitsui & Co. In October 2006, the institute opened Strategic Info... (the history entry is truncated in the available evidence).

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