According to Wikipedia: In 1934, Aikawa separated the expanded automobile parts division of Tobata Casting and incorporated it as a new subsidiary, which

According to Wikipedia: In 1934, Aikawa separated the expanded automobile parts division of Tobata Casting and incorporated it as a new subsidiary, which he named Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. This guy knew exactly what he was doing in 1994. There are tons of people with the last name McDonald and I'm sure a few of them thought about starting some rinky-dink shell company to get McDonalds.com. Heck, I remember when it was still available and thought about registering it but I'm just not that sleazy.