-{{Nihongo|The '''Yamato Transport Company, Ltd.'''|ヤマト運輸株式会社|Yamato Un'yu [[kabushiki gaisha]]|'''YTC'''}} is one of Japan's largest door-to-door delivery service companies, with a market share of 41%,<ref>"Yamato Transport Co. Ltd." International Directory of Company Histories. 1992. Encyclopedia.com. 8 Oct. 2010 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.</ref> 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, {{Nihongo|TA-Q-BIN|宅急便|takkyūbin}} was used, with permission, in the original Japanese title of {{nihongo|''[[Kiki's Delivery Service (novel)|Kiki's Delivery Service]]''|魔女の宅急便|Majo no Takkyūbin| {{literally|Witch's Express Home Delivery}}}} (in which Yamato is a co-producer) instead of the generic term {{Nihongo||宅配便|takuhaibin}}. ''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 [[generic trademark|genericized]].
+{{Nihongo|The '''Yamato Transport Company, Ltd.'''|ヤマト運輸株式会社|Yamato Un'yu [[kabushiki gaisha]]|'''YTC'''}} is one of Japan's largest door-to-door delivery service companies, with a market share of 41%,<ref name="idch_1992_yamato">{{cite book|title=International Directory of Company Histories|chapter=Yamato Transport Co. Ltd|date=1992}}</ref> 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, {{Nihongo|TA-Q-BIN|宅急便|takkyūbin}} was used, with permission, in the original Japanese title of {{nihongo|''[[Kiki's Delivery Service (novel)|Kiki's Delivery Service]]''|魔女の宅急便|Majo no Takkyūbin| {{literally|Witch's Express Home Delivery}}}} (in which Yamato is a co-producer) instead of the generic term {{Nihongo||宅配便|takuhaibin}}. ''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 [[generic trademark|genericized]].