Japanese Mega-Corporations (thing)

A canonical list of the 20 biggest megacorps in Japan, as of 2002, with 2001 revenue figures (data stolen from the Fortune Global 500 list):

1. Toyota, $120.8bn
2. Mitsubishi, $105.8bn
3. Mitsui, $101.2bn
4. NTT, $93.4bn
5. Itochu, $91.2bn
6. Sumitomo, $77.1bn
7. Marubeni, $71.7bn
8. Hitachi, $63.9bn
9. Nippon Seimei, $63.8bn
10. Sony, $60.6bn
11. Honda, $58.9bn
12. Matsushita (National/Panasonic), $55.0bn
13. Nissan, $49.6bn
14. Nissho Iwai, $43.7bn
15. Dai-Ichi Kangyo, $43.1bn
16. Toshiba, $43.1bn
17. Tokyo Electric, $41.8bn
18. Mizuho, $41.4bn
19. NEC, $40.8bn (part of Sumitomo)
20. Fujitsu, $40.0bn

In comparison:

Gross national product of Norway: $124.1bn
Estimated net worth of Bill Gates: $29.8bn
Price of a stealth bomber: $2bn

National debt of the United States: $6.2 trillion

Other companies that are not on this list, but are quite massive and scary in their own right, include Nomura, Nippon Steel, JR, Tokyo Marine, Sharp, NKK, Yasuda, and Daiwa.