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Companies formerly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

  • TaitōUkrainian refugee Michael Kogan established a business in Shanghai during 1944 called Taitung. The name combined the Chinese characters for Judea and East to…
  • SegaOn the 3rd of June 1960, Martin Bromley and Richard Stewart established a new company in Tokyo to take over the assets of Service Games of Japan.
  • BayerFriedrich Bayer and Johann Friedrich Weskott opened a partnership in 1863 within the German town of Barmen. They established a facility to produce dyes for…
  • Dwango (company)Nobuo Kawakami led a company that began as DWANGO, an acronym for Dial-up Wide-Area Network Game Operation. This service offered online multiplayer…
  • TV TokyoOn the 12th of April 1964, Tokyo Channel 12 launched its first broadcast at noon. The opening lineup included a NHK Symphony Orchestra concert and the…
  • EnixYasuhiro Fukushima stood at the helm of Eidansha Boshu Service Center on the 22nd of September 1975. The company began as a publisher for real estate…
  • Line CorporationOn the 4th of September 2000, a new Japanese internet company opened its doors under the name Hangame Japan. This entity emerged as part of Hangame, an…
  • NamcoOn the 1st of June 1955, Japanese businessman Masaya Nakamura founded a company in Ikegami, Tokyo. The son of a shotgun repair business owner, Nakamura…
  • Gonzo (company)On the 11th of February 1992, a group of former Gainax staff members established Gonzo Inc. in Japan. This new entity emerged from the ashes of a previous…
  • Hudson SoftHudson Soft began as CQ Hudson, an amateur radio shop in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Japan. The business opened on the 18th of May 1973, founded by brothers Yuji…