The heart to give, The heart to share｜JTC Inc.

1993

May

Opened an electrical appliance store, named Tokyo Denki Beppu Shop in Beppu, Oita Prefecture.

July

Obtained 'Tax-Free Shop licence' from Japanese Government.

1994

March

Registered private limited company Tokyo Denki Beppu shop with the capital of 3 million yen.

April

Registered capital increased to JPY 8 million.

1998

March

Changed the name of the company to TOKI Limited.

2003

July

Opened Tsushima shop at Tsushima, Nagasaki (Later, the shop was renamed as JTC Tsushima shop and closed in August 2005).

September

Changed the name of the company to “Japan Tourism Corporation Limited”.

December

Head Office moved to Beppu, Oita (Current KOO SKIN Beppu Shop).

2004

October

Opened a shop in Shinjuku, Tokyo (Closed in September 2011).

2005

March

Opened an online shop named DUTY FREE 365(Currently renamed to “Every Shop”).

July

Registered capital increased to JPY 20 million.

October

The organization was renamed “Japan Tourism Corporation Inc.”.

2006

February

Opened JTC Fukuoka shop in Daizaifu area (In August 2012, location of the shop was moved to Fukuoka City which is the recent location of JTC Fukuoka Shop).

June

Opened JTC Shop at Tsushima, Nagasaki (Current JTC Tsushima Shop).

July

Opened JTC shop at Eniwa, Hokkaido (It was moved to Sapporo City and renamed as JTC Hokkaido in May 2010, Closed in November 2019).

December

Registered capital increased to JPY 70 million.

2007

August

Acquired Shinnihonseiyaku Co., Ltd. (Registered capital JPY 8 million).

September

Opened JTC Tenmangu Shop at Daizaifu area (Closed in February 2009).

December

Opened JTC Miyazaki Shop at Miyazaki (Closed in February 2009).

December

Opened JTC Korea office at Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea (Closed in February 2009).

2008

September

Acquired Japan tourism corporation PLUS and opened JTC Osaka Shop in Osaka (Current JTC Osaka Shop).

2010

June

Invested 49% in Ion Latex Thai Co.,Ltd.

July

Opened JTC Nagoya shop in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture (Current JTC Nagoya Shop) (Closed in September 2020).

October

Opened JTC Kyoto Shop in Kyoto (Closed in January 2011).

October

Opened JTC Tokyo shop in Minato district (Renovated and renamed the shop as KOO SKIN Shinbashi in February 2015).

2011

March

Renamed company name as “JTC Inc.”.

March

Established an office in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.

2012

August

JTC head office moved to Fukuoka shop (Current JTC Fukuoka shop).

December

Opened JTC Shimonoseki Shop in Yamaguchi Prefecture (Closed in July 2017).

2013

February

Opened JTC Okinawa Shop in Naha, Okinawa (Later, the shop was renamed as JTC Okinawa shop, and closed in November 2016).

May

Opened JTC Nagasaki Shop in Nagasaki (Closed in December 2015).

August

Invested in bus business and established a subsidiary company named Ieyasu Tourism Co. Ltd.(Recently named as IEYASU CORPORATION).

2014

January

Transfered all shares of IEYASU CORPORATION.

January

Opened FUJINOEKI (Earthquake simulation center) in Yamanashi Prefecture.

February

Transfered all shares of Ion Latex Thai Co., Ltd.

March

Acquired all shares of Ikushu International Co., Ltd. and established as a subsidiary company.

March

Funded 58.3% to Korean company (Hyundai Paint Co., Ltd.) and established as a subsidiary company.

October

Opened JTC Shinjuku Shop in Tokyo.

2015

January

Opened AKA JEWELRY Shinjuku shop in Tokyo .

January

Renamed company as JTC Inc.

February

Registered capital increased to JPY 631 million.

February

Opened JTC Omura Shop in Omura, Nagasaki.

March

Transfered all shares of Hyundai Paint.

May

Opened JTC Hakata Shop in Fukuoka (Closed in October 2017).

June

Moved Head Office to Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture.

July

Opened Rakuichi Okinawa Shop in Naha, Okinawa.

August

Opened Rakuichi Osaka Shop in Osaka (Closed in July 2017).

September

Opened Rakuichi Fukuoka Shop in Kasuya District, Fukuoka.

November

Opened Rakuichi Kagoshima Shop in Kagoshima (Closed in May 2020).

November

Opened ION LATEX Okinawa Shop in Nakagami District, Okinawa (Closed in April 2016).

December

Opened Rakuichi Hokkaido Shop in Sapporo, Hokkaido.

2016

January

Opened JTC Kumamoto Shop in Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture (Closed in October 2019).

February

Transfered all shares of Ikushu International Co., Ltd.

April

Opened Seikatsu Hiroba Isahaya Shop in Nagasaki (Closed in June 2020).

September

Opened Rakuichi Tsushima Shop in Nagasaki (Closed in May 2018).

2017

January

Opened Seikatsu Hiroba Yatsushiro Shop in Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture (Closed in March 2019).

January

Opened Seikatsu Hiroba Okinawa Shop in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture.

February

Opened Seikatsu Hiroba Kagoshima Shop in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture.

April

Opened Shopping Mall named DOTON PLAZA in Osaka.

July

Opened YOSHIYOSHI Drugstore in Kumamoto (Closed in November 2017).

July

Opened Seikatsu Hiroba Kitakyushu Shop in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture (Closed in June 2020).

September

Opened Seikatsu Hiroba Fukuoka Shop in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture (Closed in June 2020).

September

Opened JTC Tsushima Shop in Nagasaki.

September

Opened the JTC Inc Korean office in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea.

2018

February

Opened JTC Kumamoto Shop at the new place inside Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture.

April

Korea Exchange KOSDAQ Market listing.

April

Opened Seikatsu Hiroba Tsushima Shop in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture.

April

Toward expanding business in Korea KBOX is made 100% wholly owned subsidiary.

June

Seikatsu Hiroba Okinawa Shop was renamed to JTC Okinawa Shop (Closed in June 2020).

2019

January

Opened YOSHIYOSHI Drugstore Ishigakijima in Okinawa (Closed in November 2019).

May

Opened Seikatsu Hiroba Kumamoto Shop in Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture (Closed in September 2020).

June

Transition to a Company with an Audit & Supervisory Committee

November

Rakuichi Hokkaido Shop was renamed JTC Hokkaido Shop and opened at the new place inside Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture.

November

Opened Seikatsu Hiroba Ishigaki in Okinawa.