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Nissho Iwai

Founded: 1968^[1]

Merged with: Nichimen Co., Ltd.

Headquarters:

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Nissho Iwai Co., Ltd. (日商岩井株式会社) was a Japanese trading company, electronics manufacturer, and video game distributor.

Nissho Iwai is notable for assisting Sega with development of the early internet gameplay service XBAND.

In the early 1990s, Sega awarded Nissho Iwai the product distribution rights for Hungary, Poland, Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States and possibly other Eastern Bloc countries.

In 2004, Nissho Iwai and fellow trading company Nichimen Co., Ltd. (ニチメン株式会社) merged to form Sojitz Co., Ltd. (双日株式会社).

Nissho Iwai has distributed video game products to the following countries.

Poster-catalog added to Mega Drive in Hungarian, Russian and Polish.

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 Nissho Iwai is notable for assisting [[Sega]] with development of the early internet gameplay service [[XBAND]].
-In the early 1990s, [[Sega]] awarded Nissho Iwai the product distribution rights for the countries of [[wikipedia:Hungary|Hungary]], [[wikipedia:Poland|Poland]], [[wikipedia:Russia|Russia]], and the [[wikipedia:Commonwealth of Independent States|Commonwealth of Independent States]].
+In the early 1990s, [[Sega]] awarded Nissho Iwai the product distribution rights for [[wikipedia:Hungary|Hungary]], [[wikipedia:Poland|Poland]], [[wikipedia:Russia|Russia]], [[wikipedia:Commonwealth of Independent States|Commonwealth of Independent States]] and possibly other Eastern Bloc countries.
 In 2004, Nissho Iwai and fellow trading company Nichimen Co., Ltd. (ニチメン株式会社) merged to form [[wikipedia:Sojitz|Sojitz Co., Ltd.]] (双日株式会社).