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- Tsukiji Uoichiba Company, Limited (8039.T) engages primarily in the wholesale of marine products through consignment, purchase, and sale operations in Japan and internationally. The company operates via three main segments: Seafood Wholesale Business, which handles fresh fish including horse mackerel, sardine, saury, skipjack, squid, cultured sea bream, yellowtail, amberjack, and salmon; live and specialty fish such as flounder, striped horse mackerel, puffer fish, oysters, clams, sea urchin, and freshwater fish; frozen fish imported and exported to Asia, North America, and other regions; frozen and processed foods encompassing over 9,000 items like dried fish, pickled fish, delicacies, surimi-based products, and fishery processed goods; and tuna including Pacific bluefin, southern bluefin, bigeye, both fresh and frozen, sold via auctions and per-boat transactions; Refrigerated Warehousing Business, providing cold storage services for seafood; and Real Estate Leasing Business. Founded on March 9, 1948, and headquartered at 6-2, Toyosu 6-chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8114, Japan, the company lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market and serves sushi restaurants, Japanese restaurants, hotels, households, and retail channels with products sourced globally. Recent developments include the launch of its medium-term management plan 'MF-2026' (Move Forward 2026) in 2024 to drive sustainable growth; attainment of ISO 22000 food safety certification in 2023; consolidation of the Hachioji branch into the Fuchu office and merger of Toichi Logistics Co., Ltd. with Toyomi Toichi Refrigeration Co., Ltd. in 2021 following the 2018 relocation of its head office to Toyosu amid the Tokyo central wholesale market's move; and ongoing group consolidations such as the 2016 acquisition by Kyodosuisan Co., Ltd. of Tsukiji Ichikawa Suisan Co., Ltd.