Who owns LD?
LD is owned by Japan Tobacco (Japan, TYO: 2914).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Our heritage, JT International SA. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Japan Tobacco Inc. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Category
- Tobacco & nicotine › Tobacco products › Cigarettes
- Parent ticker
- TYO: 2914
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About LD
LD is one of JT International's four global flagship cigarette brands, alongside Winston, Camel and Mevius, and JTI names it directly on its own brand pages as sold across its international markets. It is positioned as a value cigarette in many of the more than 130 countries where the wider JT Group operates, distinct from the premium positioning of Winston and Camel.
Ownership timeline of LD
- Current owner Japan Tobacco [1] reported
Where LD sits in Japan Tobacco
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Japan Tobacco brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by Japan Tobacco
Japan Tobacco controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in tobacco & nicotine.
Also in tobacco & nicotine
Other brands in cigarettes, and who owns them
The 81 brands in cigarettes on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Imperial Brands, with 11; Japan Tobacco has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| GG Mild | Gudang Garam | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Crowns | Imperial Brands | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Camel (United States) | British American Tobacco | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| American Legend | Karelia | 🇬🇷 Greece |
| Boston (Eastern cigarettes) | Eastern Company | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
| Djarum 76 | Djarum | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Capstan | ITC | 🇮🇳 India |
| L&M (United States) | Altria | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Japan Tobacco
Japan Tobacco is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as TYO: 2914.
Japan Tobacco is a Tokyo-listed tobacco group that grew into an international company in 1999, when it bought RJR Nabisco's international tobacco business and formed JT International SA, headquartered in Geneva, to run it. JT describes the Gallaher acquisition in 2007 as having "overnight" doubled the size of the group. Its global flagship combustible brands are Winston, Camel, Mevius and LD, and it markets reduced-risk products under the Ploom heated-tobacco and Logic vapour brands.
Japan Tobacco: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇷🇺 LD and other Russian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 75 brands that began in Russia. 5 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, LD among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of LD?
The parent company of LD is Japan Tobacco, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is LD Russian or Japanese?
LD originated in Russia, but it is owned today by Japan Tobacco, which is headquartered in Japan. So LD is a Russian-origin brand under Japanese ownership.
Is LD still owned by Japan Tobacco?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, LD is still owned by Japan Tobacco. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Our heritage — JT International SA, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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