is one of Japan's largest door-to-door delivery service companies, with a market share of 41%, competing closely with Sagawa Express and Nippon Express. Their head office is in Ginza, Tokyo. The company's trademarked term for their express door-to-door delivery service, was used, with permission, in the original Japanese title of (in which Yamato is a co-producer) instead of the generic term . Takkyūbin is sometimes used in Japan as a generic term for all express home delivery services, but the company defends the trademark to avoid it becoming genericized. The company's logo is a yellow oval with a black cat carrying her kitten in her mouth, symbolizing the company's promise that they take care of items entrusted to them as though the items were their own family. The company is often colloquially referred to as 黒ねこ (Kuroneko) which means "black cat" in Japanese. The logo is as familiar in Japan as the Coca-Cola logo is in the United States. The logo was developed by founder Yasuomi Ogura. Gallery References Yamato Holdings Annual Report 2008 Yamato Holdings Annual Report 2019 External links Yamato Transport Yamato Transport USA Yamato Holdings Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Transport companies based in Tokyo Logistics companies of Japan Service companies based in Tokyo Transport companies established in 1919 Japanese companies established in 1919