Individuals and companies in Japan, including major trading firms Marubeni Corp. and Itochu Corp., were listed as shareholders or directors of at least 270 entities in offshore tax havens, the so-called Panama Papers show.

The names of some 400 individuals who live in Japan appear in the documents, including the chief of the country's leading coffee company, UCC Holdings Co.

The people named live in 32 prefectures, mainly in major cities.