BookTitleToyota Tsusho 70-Year History

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Toyota Tsusho 70-Year History

1948?1957Taking on the Toyota Group’sGeneral Trading CompanyDuties1948 1949 1950 1951 1952Company Events7Founds Nisshin Tsusho byinheriting Toyota Sangyo’s tradingdivision. Capital fund of 9 millionyen.7The Tokyo Branch moves toNihonbashi Tomizawa-cho, Chuoku,Tokyo.8 Invests in Toyo Motors. ?8Increases the capital fund (for the6Holds the Shareholders Meeting5first time) to 30 million yen.for the completion of ToyotaSangyo’s settlement.11 Establishes the Raw CottonDepartment.6The Hamamatsu Office moves toTokiwa-cho, Hamamatsu-shi.Establishes the Dhaka Office (EastPakistan). ?9Establishes the Coal Department.7Establishes the Karachi Office(Pakistan).Corporate emblems:Nisshin Tsusho Kaisha, Ltd.7Tojiro Okamoto becomes president.Meiko Trans Coal YardKarachi Liaison OfficeUnloading of raw cotton77First president, Tojiro OkamotoEstablishes headquarters inSasashima-cho, Nakamura-ku,Nagoya-shi (inherited from ToyotaSangyo). ?Establishes the Osaka Branch inMinami-honmachi, Higashi-ku,Osaka-shi (inherited from ToyotaSangyo).8Promotes the Tokyo Office inKanda Kamakura-cho, Chiyodaku,Tokyo(inherited from ToyotaSangyo) to the Tokyo Branch.? First motorized bicycle by Toyo Motors11 Establishes the Hamamatsu Officein Owari-cho, Hamamatsu-shi.11 Holds the first RegularShareholders Meeting.? Toyoda Kaikan? Resident officers in Dhaka and Executives of Muslin Cotton Mill Co.General Events78The Japanese governmentannounces the Ten PrinciplesProgram for EconomicStabilization.The Trade Agency announces newprocedures for restricted privatetrade.11 Supreme Commander for theAllied Powers announces theThree Principles for CompanyRationalization.445The North Atlantic TreatyOrganization (NATO) forms.A single foreign exchange rate of360 yen to the dollar commences.The Ministry of International Tradeand Industry forms.6 The Korean War begins.9The Foreign Exchange LoanSystem commences in the Bankof Japan.599Nine major electric powercompanies form.(japan)Japan’s first private radio stationstarts broad casting.Treaty of Peace with Japan andthe Japan?U.S. Security Treatyare signed.478The Far Eastern Commission,the Allied Council for Japan, andthe Supreme Commander for theAllied Powers are abolished.Tokyo International Airport(Haneda) opens.Japan formally enters into theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF).16