| 1950 |
Tadachika Arakawa founds Sagami Kanko and Kokusai Kotsu Co.
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| 1956 |
Establishes Kokusai Toyopet and opens Toyopet store
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| 1961 |
International Toyopet opens Johoku Sales Office
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| 1982 |
Tadahide Arakawa appointed CEO
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| 1985 |
Establishes Sanji Co., Ltd.
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| 1993 |
Establishes Arese International and opens an authorized Alfa Romeo dealership
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| 1995 |
Establishes Jaguar International and opens an authorized Jaguar dealership
Establishes FISCO Co., Ltd.
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| 1996 |
Changes the company name from Kokusai Kotsu K.K. to Kokusai K.K. and merges group companies
Starts telecommunications and advertising businesses, and acquires primary agency rights for NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
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| 1998 |
Kokusai Kotsu Division starts operational management, nursing care, and motorcycle delivery services
Launches internet business
Appears on NHK News Good Morning Japan
Launches Porsche business and opens Porsche Center Koishikawa
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| 1999 |
Opens Tanta Roba Koishikawa
Relocates International Transportation Division to a new building in Shimo, Kita-ku
Establishes Excellence International Co., Ltd. and opens Porsche Center Setagaya
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| 2000 |
50th anniversary
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| 2001 |
Opens Tanta Roba GENBU in Yatsugatake
International Transportation Division appears on NHK's Close-Up Gendai
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| 2002 |
Opens car dealership in Hotel Okura
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| 2003 |
Excellence International Co., Ltd. opens Porsche Center Ginza
Establishes Trad International Co., Ltd. and opens Jaguar Aoyama and Land Rover Aoyama
Opens Meissen Ceramics authorized boutique in Hotel Okura
Starts handling long-term care insurance V-CARE
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| 2004 |
Establishes Shimada International Co., Ltd. and opens Porsche Center Meguro
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| 2005 |
Relocates head office to Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
International Toyopet relocates to Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Establishes Trad International Co., Ltd. and opens Jaguar Shibuya SC
Establishes Lexus Koishikawa Sales Corporation and opens Lexus Koishikawa
Trad International Co., Ltd. opens Jaguar Oyamadai and Jaguar Yukigaya
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| 2006 |
Forms capital and business alliance with Tokyo Lucky Automobile Co.
Contracted with Centex, one of the best 150 companies in the U.S.
Opens a salon in the Imperial Hotel Main Building
Fisco Co., Ltd. listed on Hercules
International Toyopet celebrates 50th anniversary of dealership agreement
Capital investment and capital alliance with Kokusai Motorcars Co.
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| 2007 |
Acquires all shares of non-life insurance agency NY Trust
Relocates head office moved to the Imperial Hotel Tower Building
Valley International Inc. joins the Kokusai Group
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| 2008 |
Establishes Toms International Co.
Trad International Co., Ltd. obtains approval for hire car business
Establishes AforL Ltd.
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| 2009 |
Toms International K.K. opens Museo Gotemba and Museo Gotemba Tokyo (in Hotel Okura)
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| 2010 |
Toms International K.K. opens Tanta Roba del Museo Gotemba
Lexus Koishikawa Sales Corporation opens Lexus Certified Pre-Owned CPO
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| 2011 |
Toms International K.K. opens an art gallery in Museo Gotemba and starts bridal services.
Capital and business alliance with Shinwa Kotsu Co.
Establishes MT International Co., Ltd. and becomes the exclusive agent for McLaren
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| 2012 |
EXCELLENCE GROUP participates in the Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
Launches owners’ magazine "kTOUCH”
Opens McLaren Tokyo Akasaka Showroom
Establishes K.K.The B’s International and becomes the exclusive agent for Bang & Olufsen
Changes company name from Shimada International Co., Ltd. to Bright International Co., Ltd.
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| 2013 |
EXCELLENCE GROUP participates in the Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
K.K. The B’s International opens Bang & Olufsen Ginza and Hakata
Bright International Co., Ltd. opens Porsche Center Ginza Koishikawa Certified Pre-Owned Vehicle Center
Sanji International Co., Ltd.opens OSTERIA al nodo
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| 2014 |
EXCELLENCE GROUP participates in the Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
K.K. The B’s International opens Bang & Olufsen Seibu Shibuya
Changes company name from Shinwa Kotsu Co. to Shinsetsu Taxi Co.
International Transportation Division spins off to form Kokusai Kotsu Co.
Sanji International Co., Ltd.. opens The Momentum by Porsche
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| 2015 |
EXCELLENCE GROUP participates in SUPER GT and Porsche Carrera Cup Japan
EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION opens Porsche Center Aoyama
Excellence International Co., Ltd. changes the name of Porsche Center Setagaya to Porsche Center Aoyama Setagaya Certified Pre-Owned Vehicle Center, and becomes a Porsche Classic Partner
K.K. The B’s International opens Bang & Olufsen Futako-Tamagawa and Umeda
Changes company name from Tokyo Lucky Automobile Co. to Lucky Taxi Co.
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| 2016 |
EXCELLENCE GROUP participates in SUPER GT
MT International Co., Ltd. opens McLaren Tokyo Ariake Technical Center
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| 2017 |
Establishes E.B.I. Marketing Co., Ltd.
Tadahide Arakawa appointed chairman of Kokusai K.K.
Naoya Yamano and Yuki Arakawa appointed CEO and Representative Director of Kokusai K.K.
Relaunches owners’ magazine kTOUCH Plus, a roadmap to a new car life
Porsche Team EBI participates in BLANCPAIN GT SERIES Asia
K.K. The B’s International opens Bang & Olufsen Gaienmae
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| 2018 |
Porsche Team EBI participates in BLANCPAIN GT SERIES Asia
Trad International Co., Ltd. supports The Road to Wimbledon in Japan
K.K. The B’s International supports the activities of Japan National Trust
EBI GROUP holds "The Rally -Amazing Moment-" to commemorate Porsche's 70th anniversary
K.K. The B’s International opens 3 stores, Bang & Olufsen Fukuoka Watanabe-dori, Nihonbashi and Akihabara
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| 2019 |
K.K. The B’s International, Inc. opens pop up store Kyoto
Porsche Team EBI participates in Porsche Sprint Challenge Japan (PSCJ)
K.K. The B’s International opens Bang & Olufsen Sakae in Nagoya
McLaren Qualified Tokyo opens at MT International Co., Ltd.
K.K. The B's International opens Bang & Olufsen Ginza
Establishes Ktouch Insurance, Inc.
EBI GROUP holds the second "The Rally -Amazing Moment-".
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| 2020 |
EBI GROUP opens "Porsche NOW Tokyo", the first pop-up store in Japan and the eighth in the world
Kokusai K.K. celebrates its 70th anniversary and establishes K-CREDO
Kitchen MOTOTECH opens at Tokyo Institute of Technology's Suzukakedai Campus
Completes full renovation of Ristorante Italiano Sakuragami
Completes full renovation of Tanta Roba Koishikawa
Opens Gotemba G-TECH
AforL launches group welfare program
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| 2021 |
Porsche Team EBI WAIMARAMA participates in the Super Taikyu Series.
TMI Marketing Co., Ltd. opens TMI GALLERY
Kokusai K.K., establishes SDGs Promotion Office
Bright International Co., Ltd. opens Porsche Center Meguro Roppongi Certified Pre-Owned Vehicle Center.
Establishes Epochal International Co., Ltd.
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| 2022 |
Porsche Team EBI WAIMARAMA participates in the Super Taikyu series.
K.K. The B’s International opens Bang & Olufsen
K.K. The B's International opens Bang & Olufsen Isetan Shinjuku
Epochal International Co., Ltd. opens Porsche Center Takanawa
Completes full renovation of The Momentum by Porsche
Epochal International Co., Ltd. opens Porsche Studio Ginza
EBI GROUP holds the 3rd "The Rally -Amazing Moment-"
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| 2023 |
Porsche Team EBI WAIMARAMA participates in the Super Taikyu Series
Trad International Co., Ltd. opens Jaguar Land Rover Hibiya show room
Establishes k-connect Co.
Launches “kTOUCH Forest” an SDG project of planting trees
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| 2024 |
Launches the English version of the Kokusai Group website
Porsche Team EBI participates in the Super Taikyu Series
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