Journey of Honyaku Shuppan-sha

1960

The Ikeda Cabinet formulated the 'Income Doubling Plan'.

The principles of trade liberalisation were outlined, which subsequently accelerated international exchanges; Japanese companies were invigorated to advance overseas and introduce new technologies into Japan.
Resonating with the trend, Honyaku Shuppan-sha focused on helping businesses overcome language barriers and communication problems.

1963

The Meishin Expressway, the first expressway in Japan, was opened.

Moving along with the times, Honyaku Shuppan-sha newly set up the new OR (Operation Research) Department, stepping ahead of its rivals, to strengthen its research expertise.
Honyaku Shuppan-sha also increased its capital to three million yen, and set up the printing department in November; the first step into providing an integrated service system from translation to bookbinding.

1964

The 1964 Summer Olympics were held in Tokyo.

Honyaku Shuppan-sha took part in the publication of the YS-11, a Japanese passenger plane.
The company continued to expand its expertise in the fields of automobiles, electricity, machinery, and many more.

1965

The 'Izanagi Boom' (a period of high economic growth) in Japan in the late 1960s

The Manual Department was inaugurated with technical staff capable of creating manual manuscripts and drawings as well as layout arrangement so as to ensure the perfection of manuals.

1966

The Beatles in Japan

Honyaku Shuppan-sha increased its capital to 4.5 million yen.

1969

Apollo 11 landed on the Moon.

Aoba Building was completed (five floors above the ground and one floor under the ground).
The departments which were located in five different places were all accommodated in the building to streamline the operation system.

1971

The first McDonald's restaurant in Japan

The OR Department was reorganised into an independent entity for managing computer-processed technical data, and Park, Co., Ltd. was established.

1971

The 'Nixon Shock"; TOPIX (Tokyo stock price index) plummeted following the suspension of U.S. dollar convertibility into gold.

Honyaku Shuppan-sha increased its capital to seven million yen.
The integrated service system from translation to manuscript creation and to bookbinding was further enhanced.

1979

Space Invaders arcade craze in Japan

Honyaku Shuppan-sha increased its capital to 10 million yen.
The word-processing room was set up and a new system was developed for creating manuals in European languages.

1980

Japan became the world's largest car manufacturer.

The Nagoya Office was opened for business expansion in the Chubu region.

1982

The world's first home CD player was launched.

Honyaku Shuppan-sha increased its capital to 15 million yen.

1984

Glico Morinaga case involving extortions on two Japanese confectionary companies

The Nagoya Office was reorganised into a sales office.
Honyaku Shuppan-sha increased its capital to 20 million yen.

1985

Expo '85 was held in Tsukuba Science City, Japan.

Honyaku Shuppan-sha constructed a high-speed computerised typesetting system.

1986

The Chernobyl nuclear accident

Honyaku Shuppan-sha increased its capital to 30 million yen.

1989

The end of the Cold War

Honyaku Shuppan-sha increased its capital to 45 million yen.

1991

The collapse of Japan's 'bubble' economy

Honyaku Shuppan-sha introduced workstations and a computer-based DTP system, and constructed a total publishing system.

1992

The Tokaido Shinkansen (bullet train) 'Nozomi' and the Yamagata Shinkansen 'Tsubasa' began service in Japan.

Honyaku Shuppan-sha reorganised the Production System Group into an independent division (currently the System Department).

1993

12 nations of the European Community (EC-12) formed one large common market.

Honyaku Shuppan-sha extended services to meet the demands for DTP, electronic media creation, on-demand printing, etc.

1995

The Kobe earthquake, the Tokyo subway sarin attack

Honyaku Shuppan-sha adopted SGML (standard generalized markup language) data processing.

1998

The 1998 Winter Olympics was held in Nagano in Japan.

The Nagoya Sales Office (currently the Chubu Regional Branch) set up the Nagoya Text Department (currently the Manual Department) to process orders more efficiently.

2001

Junichiro Koizumi became the new prime minister of Japan.

Honyaku Shuppan-sha promoted a downsized computer system to coordinate data distribution between customers and suppliers.

2001

The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the U.S.

Honyaku Shuppan-sha joined the XML Consortium. (XML: eXtensible Markup Language)

2004

A contingent of the Japan Self-Defense Forces was sent to Iraq.

Honyaku Shuppan-sha set up the Gifu Office.

2006

Sadaharu Oh, a former professional baseball player, managed the Japan national baseball team to win the championship at the World Baseball Classic (WBC).

Honyaku Shuppan-sha set up the Planning and Development Department for formulating plans based on program development.

2007

Hakuho Sho, a professional sumo wrestler, promoted to the highest rank in sumo, 'yokozuna'.

The fiftieth anniversary of Honyaku Shuppan-sha.
The chubu regional branch was set up.

2008

Barack Obama, a member of the Democratic Party, took office as the 44th President of the United States.

Honyaku Shuppan-sha set up the Hamamatsu Office.

2013

Mt. Fuji became a world heritage site. "Amachan", a Japanese TV drama series, made a huge success.

Honyaku Shuppan-sha started providing the creation of rich contents.