BookTitleToyota Tsusho 70-Year History

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Toyota Tsusho 70-Year History

1983 1984 1985 1986 19871 Founds Kyowa Kogyo.5Kyowa Kogyo’s Miyoshi factoryFounds PT Steel Center Indonesiain Indonesia.3Signs a license agreement forHijet with Tianjin AutomobileIndustry Corp.Hijet driving off the Tianjin Automobileline7 Founds Toyotsu InformationSystem.139Founds shipping company T.Y.Harvest in Panama.Exceeds a total of 1 millionexported vehicles since theestablishment of the VehicleDepartment.Establishes the Moscow Office(Soviet Union).147Establishes the Kentucky Office(U.S.) in Toyoda America.Towa Sekiyu and Sanwa Sekiyumerge, founding Toyotsu SekiyuHanbai KK.Nitto Cardboard changes its nameto Toyotsu Newpack Co., Ltd.127Establishes the OverseasAutomotive Project Team (OAPT)Issues bonds with warrants for thefirst Eurodollars in the Europeanmarket. ?Changes company name fromToyoda Tsusho Kaisha Ltd. toToyota Tsusho Corp. ?Moscow Office6PT Steel Center IndonesiaBegins equity participation inChen Tai Fong Co., Ltd. in Taiwan.9Inside the Toyotsu Information SystemofficeFounds Toyotsu Finance.10 Promotes the Tokyo Branch toheadquarters, making a dualheadquarter system in Nagoyaand Tokyo. ?11 Begins equity participation inTeleway Japan Corp. ?? Bonds with warrants signing ceremony? Teleway Japan Corp. blimp? Tokyo Headquarters? Toyota Tsusho Corp. sign39OPEC lowers prices for the firsttime since its formation.A Korean Air flight is shot downby the Soviet Union for enteringSoviet airspace.1The Tosho Dow closes above10,000 yen for the first time.11 New 1,000 yen; 5,000 yen; and10,000 yen bills are printed.389Gorbachev becomes generalsecretary of the Communist Partyof the Soviet Union.A Japan Airlines jumbo jet crashoccurs.Japanese yen’s value rises as thedollar falls after the G5 FinanceMinisters Meeting is held.44Japan’s Equal EmploymentOpportunity Law commences.The Chernobyl nuclear accidentoccurs in the Soviet Union.11 The Bank of Japan lowers itsofficial rate to 3.0%.4Japan’s national railway dividesand privatizes, leading to the startof JR (Japan Railways).10 A stock market crash occurs inthe New York Stock Exchange.General Corporate Timeline23