The merchant fleet entered into a period of diversification that would eventually result in the creation of three entities: 1  Mitsubishi Bank (now a part of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) was founded in 1919. 2  Mitsubishi Corporation, founded in 1950, Japan's largest general trading company.
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