| Type | Stockholding company (Kabushiki gaisha) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | March 9, 1948 |
| Founder(s) | Tojuro Iijima |
| Headquarters | 10-1, Iwamotocho 3-chome, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Area served | Asia, Europe, North America |
| Key people | Nobuhiro Iijima |
| Products | Bread, Pastry, and other baked goods |
| Services | Convenience store |
| Net income | 6.4 billion Yen ($64 million) (Fiscal year ended December 31, 2007) |
| Employees | 15,798 |
Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd. (山崎製パン株式会社 Yamazaki Seipan Kabushiki Gaisha) is a Japanese company that makes bread, Snack food and other foods headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.[1] It was established in Japan on March 9, 1948 in Ichikawa, Chiba by Tojuro Iijima[2] as Yamazaki Baking (山崎製パン所 Yamazaki Seipan-sho) (TYO: 2212) and continue making baked goods more than sixty years since its founding.
Yamazaki products can be found in various Asian countries, including the Malaysia, Republic of China, Singapore, Thailand, and the People's Republic of China including Hong Kong. They are also known in other countries such as the United States and France.[3]
They are the only Japanese baked goods company who use potassium bromate in their bread; all Japanese baking industry companies voluntarily ceased using it in 1980 due to suspicions of carcinogenicity, but Yamazaki resumed in 2005.[4]