Short answers, pulled from the story.
Pony Canyon traces its founding to the 1st of October 1966 when Nippon Broadcasting System Service, Inc. established a division for music production. The entity changed its name to Pony Inc. in 1970 before merging with Canyon Records Inc. on the 21st of October 1987 to form Pony Canyon Inc.
Pony Canyon opened five subsidiaries outside Japan starting in 1990 including Golden Pony in Hong Kong and Sam Pony in South Korea. Four of these branches closed in 1997 due to the Asian financial crisis while only the Malaysian subsidiary remained operational during that period.
Between 1986 and 1990, Pony produced remakes of the first four Ultima titles for MSX2 and NES platforms featuring rewritten code and new graphics. The company also brought Advanced Dungeons and Dragons series from Strategic Simulations to Nintendo's Family Computer under the name Ponyca.
Pony Canyon opened Ponycan USA in September 2014 as a North American anime distribution label targeting US and Canada markets. Home video releases were distributed exclusively by Right Stuf Inc. and included titles such as Sound! Euphonium and Welcome to the Ballroom.
Fuji Television Network, Inc. became the major shareholder of Pony Canyon following a merger with Nippon Broadcasting System in 2006. Fuji Television made Pony Canyon its wholly owned subsidiary the next year before renaming itself Fuji Media Holdings in 2008.