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Top ten advertisers by industry in The Asahi Shimbun in 2005
TOP 10 (Jan.-Dec.2005)
Automobiles Columns
  Toyota Motor Corporation 1294.0
  Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. 430.7
  Mazda Motor Corporation 364.3
  DaimlerChrysler Japan Co., Ltd. 340.9
  Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 230.7
  Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. 218.9
  Volvo Cars Japan 207.0
  BMW Japan Corp. 202.8
  Mitsubishi Motors Corporation 168.7
  PEUGEOT JAPON CO., LTD. 148.7
Fashion  
  Cartier 172.5
  Tiffany & Co. Japan Inc. 165.2
  Desco (Japan) Ltd. 161.0
  Artnature Inc. 150.0
  Wacoal Corp. 121.0
  FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. (UNIQLO) 114.3
  CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. 95.0
  SVENSON JAPAN Inc. 94.5
  K. MIKIMOTO & CO., LTD. 86.0
  SEIKO WATCH CORPORATION 82.5
Airlines  
  All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. 240.6
  Japan Airlines Corporation 226.1
  Qantas Airways Limited 85.0
  Malaysia Airlines 71.5
  Singapore Airlines 56.0
  United Airlines, Inc. 49.0
  Hokkaido International Airlines Co., Ltd. 32.5
  Northwest Airlines, Inc. 31.0
  Deutsche Lufthansa AG 30.0
  Japan Asia Airways 19.0
Finance  
  Alico JAPAN 1480.0
  American Home Assurance Company 830.3
  Sony Assurance Inc. 761.7
  Zurich Insurance Company 651.7
  American Family Life Assurance Company 486.8
  Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 283.4
  CITIBANK, N.A. 282.0
  Tokio Marine & Nichido Life 275.0
  Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. 263.1
  AXA DIRECT. 209.5
IT  
  Dell Computer K.K. 1410.7
  Microsoft Corporation 598.0
  Canon Inc. 475.0
  Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. 445.5
  Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 431.8
  Canon Sales Co., Inc. 195.0
  SHARP CORPORATION 187.0
  Sony Corporation 174.2
  NEC Corporation 164.1
  TOSHIBA CORPORATION 145.5
Communications  
  NTT DoCoMo, Inc. 875.2
  KDDI CORPORATION 466.0
  KINMIRAI TSUUSHIN, INC. 456.0
  NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION 309.2
  HEISEI DENDEN CO., LTD. 170.0
  WILLCOM. Inc. 135.0
  Vodafone K.K. 102.5
  NTT-Resonant Inc. 84.6
  NTT DATA CORPORATION 72.7
  Sony Communication Network Corporation (SCN) 57.8
Food  
  Suntory Limited 662.3
  ASAHI FOOD & HEALTHCARE, LTD. 617.0
  Sun Health 353.0
  Kefir club Co., Ltd. 340.0
  Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 296.1
  KIRIN BREWERY COMPANY, LIMITED 270.1
  Yazuya Co., Ltd. 247.0
  KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD. 240.0
  SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. 236.3
  KAGOME CO., LTD. 235.2
Pharmaceuticals  
  KOWA CO., LTD. 732.5
  SSP CO., LTD. 618.0
  WAKAMOTO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. 443.0
  Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 293.5
  ASAHI FOOD & HEALTHCARE, LTD. 163.5
  Tsumura & Co. 122.5
  Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 106.2
  Sankyo Co., Ltd. 98.6
  TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. 95.0
  YOMEISHU SEIZO CO., LTD. 88.2

Source:" MRS Advertising Statistics, Jan.-Dec. 2005," MRS Advertising Research, INC.

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