Mitsui & Co., Ltd. operates as a general trading company in Japan and internationally. The company involves in arranging financing for customers and suppliers in connection with its trading activities, organizing and coordinating industrial projects, participating in financing and investing arrangements, assisting in the procurement of raw materials and equipment, providing new technologies and processes for manufacturing, and coordinating transportation and marketing of finished goods. Its trading activities include the sale, distribution, purchase, marketing, and supply of various products, including iron and steel, nonferrous metals, machinery, electronics, chemicals, energy-related commodities and products, food products, textiles, and general merchandise. The company also engages in the development of natural resources, such as oil, gas, iron, and steel raw materials. Mitsui & Co. has strategic alliances with Central Finance Co., Ltd.; Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group; Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., Ltd.; and Quoq, Inc. The company has joint venture agreement with Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. to manufacture motorcycles. It operates primarily in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. The company was founded in 1947 as Daiichi Bussan Kabushiki Kaisha and changed its name to Mitsui & Co., Ltd. in 1959. Mitsui & Co. is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.