HISTORY
Corporate History
70 years and counting of steadfast adherence to our principles of trust.
Fujita & Co., Ltd. has provided a wide variety of products and services having high cultural value since it was founded in 1950 by Den Fujita. The company is guided by three main principles: “opposite viewpoints,” “communication with an emphasis on trust,” and an “attention to cultural traits.”
Corporate History
- 1950
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Fujita company, established.Founder, Den Fujita established the independent trading company while a student of Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo.
- 1960
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Reorganized into company limited.Fujita & Co., Ltd., started after eleven years from establishment and became a pioneer in brand products. 40 million yen in capital and the selected 15 employees.
- 1965
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The importance of trust in our principles.We received orders for knives and forks from American Oil. The first order was for 3 million, and the second time it was for 6 million. We ordered the production from a manufacturer, but both times the delivery was just barely on time.
Thus, in order to keep to our deadlines, we chartered a Boeing 707 for 20 million yen, thereby buying trustworthiness. This is just one of many times when our company has stuck to its principles and put reliability first.
- 1971
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McDonald’s Company (Japan), Ltd., established.First restaurant opened in Ginza.
Import agency business of BORBONESE brand products, started.
- 1985
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Entered the sports business.Founded Fujisawa Indoor Sports Co., Ltd. (Fujisawa, Kanagawa).Acquired International Leisure Corporation.Began managing a wax figure museum on the third floor of Tokyo Tower.
- 1986
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Rental Housings for Foreigners, constructed Shimokitazawa Mac Heights in November.
- 1989
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Mac Sports Plaza Mukogawa opened (Amagasaki, Hyogo).
- 1990
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Toys”R”Us Japan Ltd., established as a joint venture by McDonald’s Japan and the world’s largest toy retail chain, Toys “R”Us Inc. based in U.S.A.
- 1991
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Mac Sports Plaza Kakogawa opened (Kakogawa, Hyogo).The largest video rental chain in the world, Blockbuster Entertainment Inc. (U.S.), and Fujita & Co., Ltd. invested as equal partners to establish Blockbuster Japan Co., Ltd.
- 1994
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Rental Housings for Foreigners, constructed.
Akatsutsumi Garden House in June.
- 1995
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Signed a contract for exclusive sales in Japan with the largest necktie chain in the world, Tie Rack Inc. (Headquartered in London).Mac Sports Plaza Ryokuchi Koen opened (Suita, Osaka).
- 1997
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Establishment of Tie Rack Japan Co., Ltd.Fujita Institute of Future Management Research(FIF),opened.
- 2000
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Fujita & Co. 50th Anniversary.
- 2002
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Nursing Homes, owned.
Granda Yakumo Meguro in February.
Granda Yamate Yokohama in August.
Lifecommune Noborito in October.
- 2003
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Nursing Homes, owned.
Lifecommune Shimosa-Nakayama in June.
- 2011
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Nursing Homes, owned.
Assisted living Inage in January.
Bestlife Takahata, Hino & Makuhari in September.
- 2012
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Headquarters moved.
- 2013
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“TOKYO ROCK SHOWCASE”, opened in Roppongi in December.
- 2020
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Fujita & Co. 70th Anniversary.
