1955 |
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- Kyoritsu is established at its current location in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo and forms business alliances with Philips Duphar (Netherlands), Welcome Foundation (UK), Pitman-Moore (US), and Coopers (UK).
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- Toyota releases first Toyopet Crown model.
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1957 |
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- Hit Japanese film Man Who Causes a Storm released, starring Yujiro Ishihara
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1961 |
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- Business alliances with Borden (US) and Rhône-Poulenc (France).
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- Yuri Gagarin (former Soviet Union) becomes first human to travel to outer space.
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1964 |
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1968 |
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- Central Research Laboratory is completed (in the current Tsukuba Science City)
- Technical alliance on vaccine manufacturing with Philips Duphar.
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1969 |
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- Kyoritsu begins vaccine production.
- Nippon Calmic Ltd. is established.
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- Apollo 11 makes world's first successful moon landing.
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1970 |
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- Business alliance with Johnson & Johnson (US).
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- Japan World Exposition, Osaka 1970 held.
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1972 |
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- Aesop Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is established.
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- Sapporo Winter Olympics held.
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1973 |
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1974 |
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- Japanese baseball legend Shigeo "Mr. Giants" Nagashima retires.
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1977 |
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- Business alliance with Schering-Plough (US).
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1979 |
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- Business alliance with Shionogi & Co. (Japan).
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1981 |
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- Space Shuttle Columbia launched.
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1982 |
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- Business alliance with Solvay (Belgium).
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1985 |
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- Business alliance with Shell Chemical.
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- The International Exposition, Tsukuba, Japan, 1985 held.
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1988 |
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- Seto-Ohashi Bridge connecting mainland Japan and Shikoku completed.
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1989 |
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- Business alliance with Masterfoods (US).
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- Japan's Heisei era begins.
- Fall of the Berlin Wall.
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1991 |
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1992 |
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- Business alliance with Intervet International (Netherlands).
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- Takahanada becomes the youngest champion in history by winning the January Grand Sumo Tournament.
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1993 |
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- Business alliances with American Cyanamid (US), Toray (Japan), and Adtec (Japan).
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- Masako Owada becomes Crown Princess of Japan.
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1994 |
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- Business alliance with Idemitsu Materials.
- Kyoritsu releases Intercat®, the world's first antiviral medicine with genetically-modified feline interferon as its active ingredient.
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- Sony releases the PlayStation, its first home video game console.
- Astronaut Chiaki Mukai becomes the first Japanese woman in space, travelling on the Space Shuttle Columbia.
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1995 |
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- Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology established.
- Kyoritsu serves as a major sponsor of the World Veterinary Congress (Yokohama).
- Business alliance with Addison Biological Laboratory (US).
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- Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, centered in the Akashi Strait, devastates Western Japan.
- Release of Windows 95 drives boom in PC industry.
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1996 |
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- Business alliances with Animal Health Options (US) and Fort Dodge Animal Health (US).
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- Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center) opens.
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1997 |
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- T Cell Research Institute, Ltd. is established.
- Business alliance with Kyowa Hakko Bio (Japan).
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- Japanese men's soccer team wins entry to World Cup.
- Akita and Nagano Shinkansen bullet train lines open.
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1998 |
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- Kyoritsu launches Three-Year Medium-Term Plan for the 21st Century.
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- Nagano Winter Olympics held.
- Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge, opens.
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1999 |
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- Kyoritsu participates in the Japan Veterinary Medical Association's microchipping project.
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- Joshinetsu expressway opens.
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2001 |
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- Business alliance with Bayer (Germany).
- Kyoritsu changes its name to Kyoritsu Seiyaku Corporation.
- Kyoritsu embarks on New Five-Year Plan.
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- 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.
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2002 |
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- 2002
Kyoritsu receives 100% share of Denka Seiyaku from Denka Company Limited.
- Central Research Institute renamed Advanced Technology Development Center.
- Large-scale advanced facilities further expanded, new Central Manufacturing Unit constructed.
- Kyoritsu introduces and begins promoting HACPP.
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- FIFA World Cup jointly hosted by Japan and Korea.
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2003 |
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- Affiliate Denka Seiyaku K.K. renamed Kawasaki Seiyaku K.K.
- Kyoritsu receives 100% share of Mitaka Seiyaku K.K. from Asahi Kasei Pharma and Intervet Holding B.V.
- Business alliance with Virbac (France).
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2004 |
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- Group companies Kawasaki Seiyaku K.K. and Mitaka Seiyaku K.K. merged to create Kawasaki-Mitaka Seiyaku K.K.
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- Teito Rapid Transit Authority privatized to form Tokyo Metro.
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2005 |
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- Kyoritsu celebrates its 50th anniversary.
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- Expo 2005 Aichi held.
- Chubu Centrair International Airport opens.
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2006 |
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- Business alliance with Suntory.
- Kyoritsu embarks on Second Five-Year Plan.
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2007 |
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- Business alliance with Iris Ohyama.
- Kyoritsu participates in Japan Aquaspace, a joint venture between industry, academia, and government in Kochi Prefecture.
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2009 |
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- Kawasaki Mitaka Seiyaku K.K. renamed Kawasaki Seiyaku K.K.
- First phase of Advanced Technology Development Center expansion plan: Administration Unit, Manufacturing Unit III, and Experimental Animal Unit II constructed.
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- Japan introduces lay jury system.
- Total solar eclipse seen from Japan's Amami Islands.
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2010 |
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- June 1: Kyoritsu merges with Kawasaki Seiyaku K.K.
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- Space probe Hayabusa returns to earth from Itokawa asteroid.
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2011 |
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- January: Business alliance with Idemitsu Kosan.
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- Great East Japan Earthquake occurs off the Pacific coast of Tohoku.
- Nadeshiko Japan wins FIFA Women's World Cup held in Germany.
- Japan terminates terrestrial analog television broadcasting, switching solely to digital broadcasting.
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2012 |
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- February 20: Head Office moved to Mori Kaikan, 1-11-5 Kudankita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo in order to integrate headquarter functions (Registered Office: 1-5-10 Kudanminami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo).
- June 1: Kyoritsu merges with NEW EPOLEON CORPORATION.
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- Tokyo Skytree opens.
- Professor Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University becomes first Japanese in 25 years and second of all time to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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2013 |
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- Japan Microchip Network Corporation is established.
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2015 |
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- Kyoritsu celebrates its 60th anniversary.
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2016 |
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- Kyoritsu begins A Further Transformation project.
- Kyoritsu starts in-house development and manufacturing of canine combined vaccines and feline combined vaccines.
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2017 |
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- Nippon Calmic Ltd. moved to Kudanshita, Tokyo.
- New Refrigerated Unit constructed at Tsukuba Plant.
- Kyoritsu receives 60% of Tamura-Seiyaku Corporation shares.
- Carus Animal Health Ltd. (UK) is established as a 100% subsidiary.
- Kyoritsu starts animal health consultation service “AI Dr. HOMES”.
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2018 |
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- Kyoritsu starts animal medicine platform “VRAINERS™”.
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