Corporate Profile

Corporate Profile

With manufacturing bases in Japan and 15 countries or more worldwide, Nippon Steel Corporation is Japan’s largest steelmaker and one of the world’s leading steel producers. Our group—the Nippon Steel Group—does business in four areas, starting with our core segment of Steelmaking and Steel Fabrication and including Engineering and Construction, Chemicals and Materials, and System Solutions. We undertake these businesses based on four pillars laid out in our Medium- to Long-term Management Plan: 1) rebuilding our domestic steel business and strengthening our group’s management, 2) promoting a global strategy to deepen and expand our overseas business, 3) taking on the challenge of carbon neutrality and, 4) promoting digital transformation strategies. With the aim of continually growing to become the “best steelmaker with world-leading capabilities,” we will pursue world-leading technologies and manufacturing capabilities and contribute to society by providing excellent products and services.

Company Name NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Head Office 2-6-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8071, Japan
Leadership Representative Director, President and COO : Tadashi IMAI
Business Steelmaking and steel fabrication / Engineering / Chemicals / New materials / System solutions
Fiscal Year End March 31
Stock Listings Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo

Executives

As of June 21, 2024

Representative Director, Chairman and CEO
Eiji HASHIMOTO

Eiji HASHIMOTO

Representative Director, President and COO
Tadashi IMAI

Tadashi IMAI

Representative Director, Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President
Takahiro MORI

Takahiro MORI

Rendering assistance to Chairman and CEO, and cooperating with President and COO on large-scale overseas projects
Head of Global Business Development; Project Leader, India Project, Global Business Development Sector; Project Leader, USS Project
Accounting & Finance; Overseas Offices (including locally incorporated companies)

Representative Director and Executive Vice President
Naoki SATO

Naoki SATO

Digital Innovation; Information & Communication Technology; Plant Engineering and Facility Management; Plant/Machinery Engineering & Construction Management; Ironmaking Technology; Steelmaking Technology; Energy Technology
Deputy Project Leader, India Project, Global Business Development Sector; Deputy Project Leader, Thai Steel Project, Global Business Development Sector; Deputy Project Leader, USS Project
Cooperating with Executive Vice President H. Minato on Production and Facilities stabilization concerning Technical Administration & Planning
Cooperating with Executive Vice President T. Hirose on Production and Facilities stabilization concerning Steel Products Units
Cooperating with Executive Vice President T. Mori on Technology and Facilities concerning Global Business Development

Representative Director and Executive Vice President
Takashi HIROSE

Takashi HIROSE

Marketing Administration & Planning; Transportation & Logistics; Project Development; Raw Materials; Machinery & Materials Procurement; Steel Products Units; Domestic Office and Branches
Deputy Project Leader, Next-Generation Hot Strip Mill Project
Cooperating with Executive Vice President T. Mori on Overseas Offices (including locally incorporated companies)

Representative Director and Executive Vice President
Kazuhisa FUKUDA

Kazuhisa FUKUDA

Head of Research and Development
Cooperating with Executive Vice President H. Minato on Green Transformation Development

Representative Director and Executive Vice President
Hirofumi FUNAKOSHI<

Hirofumi FUNAKOSHI

Corporate Planning; Group Companies Planning; General Administration; Legal; Internal Control & Audit; Human Resources; Environmental Planning; Business Transformation & Standardization; Policy issues concerning Green Transformation Development
Cooperating with Executive Vice President H.Minato on Environmental Technology & Management

Representative Director and Executive Vice President
>Hiroyuki MINATO

Hiroyuki MINATO

Intellectual Property; Safety; Environmental Technology & Management; Technical Administration & Planning (including Standardization); Quality Management; Slag, Cement & Resource Recycling; Technical issues concerning Green Transformation Development
Project Leader, Next-Generation Hot Strip Mill Project; Project Leader, Electric Furnace Project
Cooperating with Executive Vice President H.Funakoshi on Production & Facilities Planning concerning Corporate Planning
Cooperating with Executive Vice President H.Funakoshi on Environmental Planning
Cooperating with Executive Vice President T.Hirose on Steel Products Units
Cooperating with Executive Vice President T.Hirose on Transportation & Logistics Technology

Director, Member of the Board
Tetsuro TOMITA

Tetsuro TOMITA

(Outside Director)

Director, Member of the Board
 Kuniko URANO

Kuniko URANO

(Outside Director)

Director, Member of the Board (Senior Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Kazumasa SHINKAI

Kazumasa SHINKAI

Director, Member of the Board (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Eiji SOGOH

Eiji SOGOH

Director, Member of the Board (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Kenji HIRAMATSU

Kenji HIRAMATSU

(Outside Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Director, Member of the Board (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Aiko SEKINE

Aiko SEKINE

(Outside Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Director, Member of the Board (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
Sumiko TAKEUCHI

Sumiko TAKEUCHI

(Outside Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)

Executive Vice Presidents
  • Yuji NOMIYAMA
Senior Managing Executive Officers
  • Ichiro SATO
  • Nobuhiro FUJITA
Managing Executive Officers
  • Kyoichi ARAKI
  • Takahiko IWAI
  • Takeshi IMAI
  • Hidenori OGAWA
  • Akihiko KOJIMA
  • Masashi KISHIMOTO
  • Noriyuki HIRAMITSU
  • Eiji ORIHASHI
  • Satoru ENDO
  • Masahiro NAKATA
  • Tsuyoshi HARADA
  • Nobuo OKOCHI
  • Kenichi ONODA
  • Hiroshi ONO
  • Hiroto SONODA
  • Masashi IMOTO
  • Ryuichi NAGAI
  • Hiroto NAITOH
  • Shigekazu IWAMOTO
Executive Officers
  • Ken ITO
  • Kohji MIZOGUCHI
  • Kentaro WAKAMATSU
  • Masato KOBAYASHI
  • Tadamitsu MIYOSHI
  • Takeo HOSHINO
  • Keiji TANAKA
  • Yasushi KURITA
  • Yasunari SHIGETA
  • Akihiro UENISHI
  • Shigeaki TANAKA
  • Hideki OGAWA
  • Tomomitsu INADA
  • Hideyuki HAYASHI
  • Akira KUBOTA
  • Kazunori YASUMITSU
  • Takeshi YAMANE
Fellows
  • Naoki YOSHINAGA
  • Kaori KAWANO
  • Seiji NOMURA
  • Shunji HIWATASHI
  • Shingo YAMASAKI

Organization

Plate & Construction Products Through the delivery of high-performance steels such as plates, H-beams, sheet piles, pipe piles, and rails, Nippon Steel contributes to the building and development of a wide range of infrastructure in such fields as ships; energy, e.g., wind power; construction; and railways, thereby securing the foundation of people’s lives.
Flat Products Nippon Steel supports various industries and people’s lives by delivering steel sheet used to make automobiles, electrical appliances, housing, beverage cans, transformers, and other goods. Having production and processing bases worldwide, this unit provides high quality, high-performance products and services in Japan and overseas.
Bars & Wire Rods Nippon Steel delivers high-quality high-performance bars and rods to a wide range of industries including the automotive, construction, and industrial machinery industries. In the automotive business, this unit focuses on high end products used in important automotive components such as engines, drive trains, and suspensions.
Pipes & Tubes Nippon Steel is a world-leader in the high-end seamless pipes usedin oil and gas development and for fossil fuels in coal fired power generation, as well as for carbon capture and storage (CCS),geothermal and biomass power generation, hydrogen stations, and other purposes. We also provide high-quality, high-performance products and services to the automotive,construction, industrial machinery and other industries.
Railway, Automotive & Machinery Parts Nippon Steel is the only manufacturer of railway steel wheels and axles in Japan. This unit's major products are railway rolling stock components and forged crankshafts for automobiles. The unit has two manufacturing bases for railway wheels and axles, and four bases for crankshafts in the world.
Titanium In addition to titanium’s lighter, high-strength, and extremely corrosion-resistant properties, Nippon Steel is utilizing the technologies accumulated in its long history of steelmaking to be a world-leader in titanium products for industrial machinery/plants, building materials, automobiles, and aerospace.
Stainless
Steel
Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corporation provides steel customers with a wide range of high-quality stainless steel products that includes steel plates, sheets, bars, and wire rods by leveraging its most advanced technologies in the world. This subsidiary has developed the world’s first Sn-added low-interstitial ferritic steel grades, named the “FW (forward) series,” and a new type of duplex stainless steel.

Subsidiaries and Affiliates