History
The history of Kokusai Kogyo is intimately linked with the postwar history of Japan: born in 1947, we got our start as a pioneer in aerial surveying contributing to Japan’s reconstruction. From that point forward, we have gone on to provide the accurate maps essential to building Japan and sustaining its economic growth. Moreover, we have refined our geospatial information technology so that it adds value to maps and, not least, underpinned the construction of Japan’s social infrastructure.
| 1947 | Sanro Kogyo Co., Ltd. inaugurated; capital 8 million yen |
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| 1954 | Company renamed Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
| 1958 | Head office moved to new building at 2 Rokubancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Japan |
| 1960 | Conducted Japan’s first seabed layer survey (sonoprobe acoustic survey) |
| 1961 | Listed on Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Deployed NEAC-2101 computer |
| 1968 | Deployed FACOM270-20 computer |
| 1972 | Established Kyoritsu Air Survey Co., Ltd. with three industry peers |
| 1978 | Began Japan’s first full-scale computer mapping (PLANICOMP C-100 Analytical Stereoplotting System) |
| 1984 | Deployed RC-10A (aerial photogrammetry camera) Completed Roadman (road surface inspection vehicle) Deployed VAX11/750 mapping system |
| 1985 | Through joint investment with Tokyo Metropolitan Government, established Tokyo Data System as a third sector company (currently TDS Co., Ltd., in which Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. has a 100% interest) |
| 1987 | Listed as a designated stock on First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 1995 | Deployed RC-30 (aerial photogrammetry camera) Deployed narrow multibeam depth finder |
| 2000 | Introduced aircraft-mounted laser scanner |
| 2003 | Deployed Japan’s first digital aerial camera (DMC) |
| 2007 | Delisted from the stock market with the establishment of a pure holding company, Kokusai Kogyo Holdings Co., Ltd. (Securities Code: 9234) |
| 2008 | Environmental Solutions Division demerged to become Kokusai Environmental Solutions Co., Ltd. Cultural Business Division demerged to become Kokusai Bunkazai Co., Ltd. Established KKC Systems Co., Ltd., and Ryukyu Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. Deployed MMS (Mobile Measurement System) |
| 2010 | Became a registered issuer of Green Power Certificates |
| 2011 | Started full-scale development of solar photovoltaic power and renewable energy consulting businesses in local communities Established headquarters to support recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake and launched full-scale reconstruction support projects in the affected areas. Opened Ryukyu Kokusai Kogyo Data Center in Okinawa; implemented a fully digital spatial information data production line |
| 2013 | Opened Green Community Tagonishi, a smart village district in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. joined the United Nations Global Compact |
| 2015 | Kokusai Environmental Solutions Co., Ltd. and Infrastructure Innovation Institute Inc. merged into Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
| 2017 | Meiji Consultant Co., Ltd. becomes a subsidiary of Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
| 2019 | Unveiled Open Village Nokishita, a co-existence complex, in Green Community Tagonishi |
| 2020 | Signed UN’s Business Ambition for 1.5°C |
| 2021 | Head office moved to Shinjuku Front Tower, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Obtained SBTi Science Based Targets validation |
| 2023 | Became a subsidiary of MIRAIT ONE Corporation |
