# Sagawa Express

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{{Short description|Japanese transportation company}}

{{Expand Japanese|佐川急便|date=April 2026}}

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| hq_location = [Minami-ku](/source/Minami-ku%2C_Kyoto)
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thumb|Sagawa Express's sticker
thumb|A Sagawa Express van

{{Nihongo|'''Sagawa Express Co., Ltd.'''|佐川急便株式会社|Sagawa Kyūbin Kabushiki-gaisha}} is a major transportation company in [Japan](/source/Japan). Its headquarters are in [Minami-ku, Kyoto](/source/Minami-ku%2C_Kyoto). It competes with [Yamato Transport](/source/Yamato_Transport), [Nippon Express](/source/Nippon_Express), and other major [logistics](/source/logistics) companies. Its total sales for the year ending March 2005 were ¥728,000,000,000 (¥728 billion
).

The company was founded by [Kiyoshi Sagawa](/source/Kiyoshi_Sagawa). It began operation on March 22, 1957, and was registered as a company on November 24, 1965. On March 21, 2006, it established [SG Holdings](/source/SG_Holdings) and transferred its stock to SG Holdings, becoming a subsidiary of the holding company.

Sagawa's major customers include [Amway](/source/Amway), Amazon.co.jp, [Softbank](/source/Softbank) BB, [Yamada Denki](/source/Yamada_Denki), [Culture Convenience Club](/source/Culture_Convenience_Club) (Tsutaya), [Keyence](/source/Keyence), Sony Style, Askul, and Digital Media Mart.

[Galaxy Airlines](/source/Galaxy_Airlines_(Japan)) of Japan was a member of the group of companies.

== 1992 scandal ==
From 1992, the company was the center of a series of corruption and [yakuza](/source/yakuza)-link allegations<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/japans-crime-incorporated-the-years-of-the-bubble-economy-lured-japans-yakuza-gangs-to-muscle-into-big-business-terry-mccarthy-in-tokyo-explores-their-corporate-web-1479105.html|title = Japan's Crime Incorporated: The years of the bubble economy lured Japan's yakuza gangs to muscle into big business. Terry McCarthy in Tokyo explores their corporate web|newspaper = [The Independent](/source/The_Independent)|date = 17 January 1993|author = Terry McCarthy|author-link = Terry McCarthy (journalist)}}</ref> that helped bring down the ruling LDP, and then the reformist Prime Minister [Morihiro Hosokawa](/source/Morihiro_Hosokawa).<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/09/world/japanese-coalition-scrambles-to-replace-premier.html|title = Japanese Coalition Scrambles to Replace Premier|date = April 9, 1994|newspaper = [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|author = David E. Sanger|author-link = David E. Sanger}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* ''Sagawa Kyūbin Saiken 3650 nichi no Tatakai: Yonmannin no Ishiki Kakumei''. {{ISBN|4-87932-030-7}}.
* ''Fushichō Sagawa Kyūbin: Fumetsu no Teiōgaku''. {{ISBN|4-916007-26-3}}.
* ''Sagawa Kyūbin no Daihenshin: SD (Sales Driver) o Kaku to shita "Kōshūeki Keiei" no Himitsu''. {{ISBN|4-7573-0020-4}}.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Sagawa Express}}
* [http://www.sagawa-exp.co.jp/english/ Sagawa Express], Official website
* [http://www.sg-hldgs.co.jp/english/ SG Holdings], Official website

Category:Companies based in Kyoto
Category:Transport companies of Japan
Category:Logistics companies of Japan
Category:Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

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