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- Nitto Fuji Flour Milling Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells wheat flour, bran, and related food products in Japan. The company produces a range of flours including wheat, bread, noodle, pasta, mixed, Alps, whole meal, and bran varieties; commercial mixed flours and frozen dough; household flour products; and foods such as dried noodles including udon, somen, hiyamugi, and soba made from its wheat flour. It also provides warehousing, transportation, and harbor facilities; designs and installs machines and equipment for flour manufacturing, noodle making factories, wheat processing, and silos; and operates restaurants as a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisee alongside other dining establishments. Established on March 25, 1914, and headquartered at 1-28-23 Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, the company maintains factories in Tokyo, Saitama, Shizuoka, and Nagoya, with offices across Sendai, Saitama, Shizuoka, Nagoya, and Osaka, primarily serving domestic food manufacturers, bakers, noodle producers, and commercial customers. Nitto Fuji operates as a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, with key shareholders including Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd. and Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd., and oversees subsidiaries such as Masuda Flour Milling Co., Ltd., Sawayaka Corporation, Sumida Shoji Co., Ltd., Kanesan Co., Ltd., Nitto-Fuji International Vietnam Co., Ltd., NittoFuji International (Thailand) Co., Ltd., and M&F Logistics Corporation. In recent years, the company completed its acquisition of the remaining shares in Masuda Flour Milling Co., Ltd. in early 2018 to achieve full ownership, enhancing its milling and noodle production capabilities through integration of Masuda's Takaragasa Flour Series and domestic flour brands.