noun
Nissho Iwai Corporation
Former Japanese general trading company (sōgō shōsha), now part of Sojitz Corporation after a 2004 merger.
日商岩井は2004年にニチメンと合併して双日になった。
Nissho Iwai merged with Nichimen in 2004 to become Sojitz.
Sojitz is the successor company formed by the merger of Nissho Iwai and Nichimen.
The name is a compound of 日商 (Nisshō) and 岩井 (Iwai), reflecting the company's origins from the merger of Nisshō Co. and Iwai & Co. in 1968.