BookTitleToyota Tsusho 70-Year History

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Toyota Tsusho 70-Year History

1998?2007Company EventsStrengthened Functionality as aGeneral Trading Company due toMergers with Kasho Co., Ltd. andTomen Corp.1998 1999 2000 2001 20023President Eizo Takeyama becomesNicaragua’s honorary consul.4Concludes a contract betweenZ Corp. of the U.S. as Japan’sexclusive 3D printer agency.3Creates a business and capitalpartnership with Tomen Corp.4Gains Tomen Corp.’s steel-relatedsubsidiary, Oriental Kogyo, andKanto Coil Center.4Toyotsu Logistics Service Co., Ltd.completes the Anjo Sales OfficeElectronic Device Center.55Founds Toyotsu Nonferrous SalesCo., Ltd.Creates a business partnershipwith Kasho Co., Ltd.4 Founds Careport Japan.6Masaaki Furukawa becomespresident.77President Eizo Takeyama (left) andambassador of the Republic ofNicaraguaMakes Watchman into asubsidiary.Holds a celebration for the50th year anniversary of ToyotaTsusho’s foundation. ?10 Founds Toyotsu Hitetsu CenterCorp.Business partnership with Kasho Co.,Ltd.6 Hiroshi Chiwa becomes president.3Business and capital partnership withTomen Corp.The fiscal year ending March 31,2000 comes to a final deficit of7.4 billion yen for the first time.4 Merges with Kasho Co., Ltd. ?6 Founds Vestech Japan.10 Founds Toyota Jamaica Ltd.in Jamaica as a direct Toyotaautomobile retailer.Ninth president, Masaaki Furukawa12 Newly purchases some ofShanghai Hongri InternationalElectronics Co., Ltd.’s stock fromTomen Corp.6Anjo Sales Office Electronic DeviceCenterGains Tomen Corp.’s nonferrousmetal business.11 Gains Nichimen’s Daihatsu-relatedbusiness.Eighth president, Hiroshi ChiwaOpening ceremony of Toyota Jamaica,Ltd.New purchase of some of ShanghaiHongri International Electronics Co.,Ltd.’s stock from Tomen Corp.Toyotsu Hitetsu Center Corp.12 Concludes business partnershipagreement with Kimura Unity.Business partnership agreementconcluded with Kimura Unity12BecomesISO14001certified.? 50th year anniversary of ToyotaTsusho’s foundation? Merges with Kasho Co., Ltd.General Events278The 18th Winter Olympic Gamesheld in Nagano begin.Hong Kong’s Chek Lap KokInternational Airport opens.A terrorist incident occurs in theU.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.139The European Union (EU) unifiesits currency as the Euro, anddeploys it as the single currencyin 11 countries.Nissan Motor forms a capitalpartnership with France’s Renault.A large earthquake occurs inTaiwan.579Putin becomes president ofRussia.The Kyushu-Okinawa G7 Summitis held.Torrential rains occur in the Tokairegion of Japan.19George W. Bush becomespresident of the United States.The U.S. experiences multiplesimultaneous acts of terrorism.12 China enters into the World TradeOrganization (WTO).19Euro bills and coins enter intocirculation.Prime Minister Koizumi of Japanbecomes the first Japanese primeminister to visit North Korea.10 Five Japanese citizens kidnappedby North Korea are returned toJapan.26