Following the establishment of the first Japanese trading branch on Taiwan in 1953, each of the other nine major firms, which together account for around half of Japan's foreign trade, have all set up branches on Taiwan, as have many other smaller companies.
第一家日本商社於民國四十二年在台成立分支機構。此後隨著台灣對外貿易量的增加，佔日本進出口貿易額一半的九大商社，以及其他規模較小的商社，也陸續在台灣設立分社，除了負責行銷，也代理國內廠商原料、零件、機械等進口的業務。