Initiatives and History
1905
Zentaro Kuroda opened the Kuroda Ledger Cover Shop, a shop manufacturing covers for Japanese-style account ledgers (wacho)
1908
Production of wacho began
1913
Production of readymade Western-style account edgers began
1914
Company name changed to Kuroda Kokkodo.
Started production of accounting slips, invoices, duplicate copybooks, and letter paper
1932
Stationery pads with high-quality colored paperboard released
1956
Flat files released
1959
Survey filed notebooks released
1960
Entry into the office furniture business
Filing cabinets released
1961
Company name changed to KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
1964
Scrapbooks released
1965
Steel desks released
1966
Office swivel chairs released
1969
Japan’s first Live Office is born
1975
Campus Notebooks released
Started manufacturing of furniture for educational facilities
1981
KuruKuruMeka (adjustable child desk) released
1983
File box FS released
1996
Established overseas group companies and started manufacturing, sales, and import and export operations of stationery and furniture
1998
Initiatives for Universal Design began
2000
Kaunet established
“PunyoPunyo Pin,” universal design-compliant thumb tacks released
2002
KOKUYO DESIGN AWARDS began
2003
KOKUYO K Heart established
“Kadokeshi” plastic eraser released
2004
Segmented all KOKUYO Co., Ltd. businesses into separate companies and moved to holding corporation system
Dot Liner (glue tape) released
2006
KOKUYO invested in Actus Co., Ltd.
2008
Picture book series “The Face Notebook” released
2009
Harinacs (staple-free stapler) released
2011
2013
Kaucore launched
2015
Businesses reintegrated
“DAYS OFFICE” furniture brand launched
2016
In-house office bag Mobaco released
2017
Shop and café “THINK OF THINGS” opened
Office chair “ing” released
2018
Adhesive product brand “GLOO” released
2019
Launch of IoT-powered stationery: Shukudai Yaruki Pen
