Asano Family Company - Asano Dodoku Kaisha

...It can be said to be an industrial conglomerate based on the two pillars of heavy industry and ceramics. In 1918, the Asano family company (capital 35 million yen) was established as a holding company, and through stock ownership it controlled a wide range of affiliated companies. In 1937, the Asano family company controlled 70 companies with a total paid-in capital of 204 million yen, but in 1939, it was dissolved and liquidated due to excessive debt, and the number of companies it controlled was reduced to 21. ...

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…重工業と窯業の二つの支柱に立つ産業財閥といえる。1918年持株会社として浅野同族会社(資本金3500万円)を設立し，株式所有を通じて多方面に広がった傘下企業を統括した。37年浅野同族会社は70社，払込資本金計2億0400万円の企業を支配したが，39年債務超過のため解散･清算し，支配している企業を整理したので，21社に減少した。…

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