Sagawa Express

Sagawa Express Co., Ltd. (佐川急便株式会社, Sagawa Kyūbin Kabushiki-gaisha) is a major transportation company in Japan. Its headquarters are in Minami-ku, Kyoto. It competes with Yamato Transport, Nippon Express, and other major logistics companies. Its total sales for the year ending March 2005 were ¥728,000,000,000 (¥728 billion ).

SG HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

Native name	SGホールディングス株式会社
Company type	Public (K.K.)
Traded as	TYO: 9143
Industry	Courier Logistics Real estate
Founded	March 21, 2006; 19 years ago (2006-03-21)
Headquarters	Minami-ku, Kyoto , Japan
Revenue	¥930 billion (2016)
Operating income	¥49 billion (2016)
Net income	¥28 billion (2016)
Total assets	¥651 billion (2016)
Total equity	¥310 billion (2016)
Number of employees	85,808 (2017)
Parent	SG Holdings
Subsidiaries	Sagawa Express Co., Ltd. Sagawa Global Logistics Co., Ltd. SG Realty Co., Ltd.
Website	www.sg-hldgs.co.jp

Sagawa Express's sticker

A Sagawa Express van

The company was founded by 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 and transferred its stock to SG Holdings, becoming a subsidiary of the holding company.

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

Galaxy Airlines 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-link allegations^[1] that helped bring down the ruling LDP, and then the reformist Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa.^[2]