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History of YAMATO 1919 - 2019

Founded as Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. in Tokyo Ginza on November 29,
1919, Yamato Holdings reached its 100th anniversary on 2019.

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Chapter1 Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (大和運輸) founded(1919-1928)

Timeline
of Yamato

Chapter1 Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (大和運輸) founded

1919

Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (大和運輸) founded
Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (大和運輸) founded

1923

Signed a formal contract of goods delivery with Mitsukoshi Gofukuten
(current Mitsukoshi department stores)
Signed a formal contract of goods delivery with Mitsukoshi Gofukuten (current Mitsukoshi department stores)
  • Provided trucks to the central government agencies and local governments for reconstruction transport according to the Great Kanto Earthquake

1924

Introduced uniforms and hats and adopted to drivers
Introduced uniforms and hats and adopted to drivers
  • Established garage and repair shop
    (Hamamatsu-cho, Tokyo)
  • Started moving and wedding furniture
    transportation services

1928

Registered the company emblem, "Cherry blossom and letter Y"
as trademark (used around from 1922)
Registered the company emblem, Cherry blossom and letter Y as trademark (used around from 1922)

1929

Started regular Tokyo-Yokohama combined-load transport service (Japan’s first regular route transport service)
Started regular Tokyo-Yokohama combined-load transport service (Japan’s first regular route transport service)

Chapter2 Construction of regular service network centrally in Kanto region

1930

Started publishing internal newsletter Yamato News
(monthly, mimeograph printed) 1931 Dec.
Started publishing internal newsletter Yamato News (monthly, mimeograph printed) 1931 Dec.

1931

Core Values (business philosophy) established
Core Values (business philosophy) established

1935

Completed Kanto region regular service network

Chapter3 Development of Yamato Courier and Yamato Transport under wartime regime

1936

Renamed regular service as "Yamato Courier"
Renamed regular service as Yamato Courier

1945

Formed Hikari Transport Division to assist relocation of Nakajima Aircraft Company Musashi Plant

Chapter4 Re-open route business postwar and enter new business

1946

Established Yamato Transport employees' union
(current Yamato Transport Union)

1947

Started household goods packing and transport service for
U.S. military personnel with opening of Echizenbori workshop
Started household goods packing and transport service for U.S. military personnel with opening of Echizenbori workshop

1948

Company shares registered at Tokyo Stock Exchange for first time
(over-the-counter trading)

1949

Acquired rail freight transport business licenses and started
operations the following year (Shiodome, Akihabara, Iidamachi)
Acquired rail freight transport business licenses and started operations the following year (Shiodome, Akihabara, Iidamachi)
  • Company shares listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange

1950

Started customs clearance business after acquisition of
Tokyo customs broker license

1951

Signed a contract with Civil Air Transport (CAT)
and started air freight agency operations
Signed a contract with Civil Air Transport (CAT) and started air freight agency operations

1952

Started sea cargo handling in Keihin Port
Started sea cargo handling in Keihin Port

1957

Established mother cat and kitten logo and started using black cat logo after getting permission for use from Allied Van Lines, Inc.
Established mother cat and kitten logo and started using black cat logo after getting permission for use from Allied Van Lines, Inc.

1958

Started artwork packing business (Inca Empire cultural exhibit)
Started artwork packing business (Inca Empire cultural exhibit)

Chapter5 Expansion of long distance transport and construction of total transport structure

1961

Started handling of mixed cargo for domestic air routes
Started handling of mixed cargo for domestic air routes

1968

Posted first overseas representative to New York

Chapter6 TA-Q-BIN,
the approach to bet the company

1972

Hired female drivers (Fukuoka Branch hires five women)
Hired female drivers (Fukuoka Branch hires five women)

1974

Started small-lot delivery service in Tokyo and capital delivery area
Started small-lot delivery service in Tokyo and capital delivery area

1976

Aired first TV commercial
Aired first TV commercial

1978

Launched Tokyo-Osaka Small Moving Service
(current "Household Goods TA-Q-BIN")

1979

Started sea container leasing service

Chapter7 TA-Q-BIN, the road to a national network

1981

Started international moving service

1982

Renamed Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (大和運輸: all in Chinese characters) to
"Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (ヤマト運輸: with katakana and Chinese characters)"
Renamed Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (大和運輸: all in Chinese characters) to Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (ヤマト運輸: with katakana and Chinese characters)

1985

Launched Easy Moving Pack
(current Easy Moving Timely Service)
Launched Easy Moving Pack (current Easy Moving Timely Service)

1986

Launched Business Time Service (current TA-Q-BIN Time Service) combining freight service by airplane and motorcycle
Launched Business Time Service (current TA-Q-BIN Time Service) combining freight service by airplane and motorcycle
  • Started Music TA-Q-BIN (current "Kuroneko Family Concert" program)

1987

Launched store-less book sales service: Book Service
(discontinued in 2007)
Launched store-less book sales service: Book Service (discontinued in 2007)

1988

Launched Sanchoku-kun customer management system

Chapter8 TA-Q-BIN, the higher advance of service

1990

Launched Fax mail service Dengon Fax (current "Kuroneko Fax")
Launched Fax mail service Dengon Fax (current Kuroneko Fax)

1991

Shironeko & Kuroneko (White Cat & Black Cat) mascots created
Shironeko & Kuroneko (White Cat & Black Cat) mascots created

1995

Established Yamato Transport Corporate Philosophy, comprising Core Values,
Management Philosophy, Corporate Stance and Employee Code of Conduct
Established Yamato Transport Corporate Philosophy, comprising Core Values, Management Philosophy, Corporate Stance and Employee Code of Conduct

1997

Launched Tokusen Ichiba Toilet Paper (first original merchandise)

1998

Swan Bakery Ginza opened
(first directly operated store)
Swan Bakery Ginza opened (first directly operated store)

Chapter9 Development of business foundation and promotion of group management

2000

Started full-scale entry into third-party logistics (3PL)

  • Published the first Environmental Report (current Yamato Group Corporate Social Responsibility Report)

2002

Started temporary staffing business

2003

Established group corporate philosophy based on
Yamato Transport corporate philosophy

2004

Established Federation of
Yamato Transport Group Unions

Chapter10 The birth of Yamato Holdings and promoting group management

2005

Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. renamed "Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd."
with transition to pure holding company structure

2006

Started direct marketing business

  • Launched JITBOX Charter service
  • Yamato Self-Support Center Swan Kosha Niiza starts operating
  • Launched confidential document recycling service

2007

Launched Kuroneko Yamato Recall Support Service

2008

Launched Kuroneko Reassurance Payment Service
(current Kuroneko Kakebarai)

2009

Entered into an official partnership agreement with Japanese Olympic Committee

  • Launched S-PAT, shared delivery service developed with 10 domestic air transport carriers

Chapter11 Announcement of "Value Networking Design"

2011

Implemented disaster-hit area relief activities following
the Great East Japan Earthquake
Implemented disaster-hit area relief activities following the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Opened Sanin Ryutsu Trinity Center jointly with Tottori Prefecture

2012

Started total distribution support service
for medical equipment manufacturers

2013

Established Haneda Chronogate
Established Haneda Chronogate
  • Announced Value Networking Design
  • Established Atsugi Gateway

2014

Launched Comfortable Lifestyle Support Service

2015

Entered into an official partner agreement with
Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Opened Okinawa global logistics center (Southern Gate)
  • Opened Okinawa global logistics center (Southern Gate)

2016

Established Chubu Gateway
Established Chubu Gateway
  • Established a joint venture company Packcity Japan Co., Ltd. with Neopost Shipping S.A. (France)
  • Started life support service utilizing the community base Neko Support Station

2017

Opened Kansai Gateway
Opened Kansai Gateway
  • Acquired PAS 1018 certification for small-lot refrigerated delivery services

2018

Launched Raku-uru Cart service

  • Launched ID payment service Kuroneko Pay connected with Kuroneko Members service

2019

Celebrated Yamato Group's 100th anniversary
Celebrated Yamato Group's 100th anniversary
  • Established Tokyo Global Logi Gate

Timeline
of TA-Q-BIN

1975

Formed working group to draft TA-Q-BIN implementation guidelines

・Main Points of TA-Q-BIN Development (basic policy) proposed to Board of Directors
・Formed working group to draft TA-Q-BIN implementation guidelines

1976

Launched TA-Q-BIN in Kanto area

・Launched TA-Q-BIN in Kanto area
・Started establishing TA-Q-BIN agencies

1979

Launched Heart Box as TA-Q-BIN packaging material

・Launched M size for TA-Q-BIN
・Launched Heart Box as TA-Q-BIN packaging material
・Annual handling of TA-Q-BIN parcels reached ten million in 1978

1980

Adopted dedicated bar-coded waybill and dedicated device NEKO-POS

Adopted dedicated bar-coded waybill and dedicated device "NEKO-POS"

1981

Birth of TA-Q-BIN banner flag to install at agencies

・Completed first prototype of new TA-Q-BIN pickup and delivery vehicle (1-ton walk-through vehicle)
・Birth of TA-Q-BIN banner flag to install at agencies

1983

Launched Ski TA-Q-BIN

・Launched Ski TA-Q-BIN
・Launched P size for TA-Q-BIN (three sizes available: S, M and P)
・Launched international TA-Q-BIN service for deliveries to United States, Hong Kong, Singapore (discontinued in 1988)

1984

Launched Golf TA-Q-BIN

・Launched Golf TA-Q-BIN
・Annual handling of TA-Q-BIN parcels reached hundred million in 1983

1985

Started Cash-on-delivery system of TA-Q-BIN (outward to home for Ski TA-Q-BIN and Golf TA-Q-BIN)

・Started Cash-on-delivery system of TA-Q-BIN (outward to home for Ski TA-Q-BIN and Golf TA-Q-BIN)
・Started TA-Q-BIN system for delivering when customers at home
・Established TA-Q-BIN policy

1986

Launched Collect Service (current TA-Q-BIN Collect Service)

Launched Collect Service (current TA-Q-BIN Collect Service)

1987

Started Cool TA-Q-BIN from 9 centers in the nation toward 23 wards in Tokyo and between Tokyo area

・Launched UPS TA-Q-BIN in collaboration with United Parcel Service of America, Inc. (UPS)
・Started "Cool TA-Q-BIN" from 9 centers in the nation toward 23 wards in Tokyo and between Tokyo area

1988

Started evening delivery service

・Launched Cool TA-Q-BIN
・Remodel of TA-Q-BIN (Size segments changed from 3 to 4, freight partially revised)
・Started evening delivery service

1989

Launched "Airport TA-Q-BIN"

1991

Acquired business right from Fukui Transport and completed the entire network by prefecture unit

Acquired business right from Fukui Transport and completed the entire network by prefecture unit

1992

Launched TA-Q-BIN Time Service

1993

・Remodel of Cool TA-Q-BIN (from 3 temperature settings to 2 temperature settings)
・Annual handling of TA-Q-BIN parcels reached billion in 1992
・Expanded Airport TA-Q-BIN able to use at 12 airports in nation

1994

Remodel of TA-Q-BIN (started 140・160 size, started Multiple parcel unit reduction system)

1996

Started Year-end/New Year TA-Q-BIN services, operating 365 days a year

1997

Design of attempted delivery notice changed to help people with visual disability

・Expanded coverage (to Ogasawara Islands Chichijima and Hahajima), completing nationwide TA-Q-BIN network
・Launched Kuroneko Mail-Bin service (discontinued in 2015)
・Design of attempted delivery notice changed to help people with visual disability

1998

・Launched Round Trip TA-Q-BIN (for Ski TA-Q-BIN, Golf TA-Q-BIN, Airport TA-Q-BIN)
・Started TA-Q-BIN Time Zone Delivery service

2000

Launched TA-Q-BIN service in Taiwan by providing know-how to President Transnet Corp.

2002

・Started TA-Q-BIN Mail Notification Service
・Launched PC TA-Q-BIN
・Started TA-Q-BIN Receive Service (renewal in 2007)
・Started SD Direct Communication
・The total number of handling reached to 10 billion since the launch of TA-Q-BIN

2003

Launched Air speed TA-Q-BIN (discontinued in 2018)

Launched Air speed TA-Q-BIN (discontinued in 2018)

2004

・Annual handling of TA-Q-BIN parcels reached billion in 2003
・Started TA-Q-BIN Delivery Notification Service

2005

Started TA-Q-BIN e-mail Notification series

2006

・Started TA-Q-BIN Receive Service (able to receive at convenience stores)
・Launched Auction TA-Q-BIN
・Launched International TA-Q-BIN, small-lot transport service for overseas

2007

Started Kuroneko Members service for individual customers

・Started Kuroneko Members service for individual customers
・Started correspond to electronic payment cards (for freight and mail order product payment)

2010

Started TA-Q-BIN services in Singapore and Shanghai

・Started TA-Q-BIN services in Singapore and Shanghai
・Started TA-Q-BIN Receipt Designation Service

2011

Started TA-Q-BIN service in Malaysia

・Started TA-Q-BIN service in Hong Kong
・Started TA-Q-BIN service in Malaysia

2012

・Started Yamato Business Members service for corporate customers
・Started TA-Q-BIN Receipt Location Choice Service
・Stared next-day delivery for International TA-Q-BIN expanded in foreign areas
・Started International TA-Q-BIN toward Hong Kong and Singapore

2013

Launched International Cool TA-Q-BIN service for deliveries to Hong Kong (world’s first international small-lot refrigerated transport)

Launched International Cool TA-Q-BIN service for deliveries to Hong Kong (world’s first international small-lot refrigerated transport)

2014

・Annual handling of TA-Q-BIN parcels reached 1.5 billion in 2013
・Started TA-Q-BIN freight discount service "Kuroneko member discount"

2015

Launched TA-Q-BIN Compact, Nekopos and Kuroneko DM-Bin

・Launched TA-Q-BIN Compact, Nekopos and Kuroneko DM-Bin
・Started using regular route buses for TA-Q-BIN transport together with passengers
・Started Cool TA-Q-BIN Delivery day Designation Service

2016

TA-Q-BIN 40th anniversary logo mark

・40th anniversary of TA-Q-BIN
・Started cash-on-delivery of TA-Q-BIN Compact
・Started installations of Pick Up & Drop Off (PUDO) stations (open parcel lockers)

2017

Introduction of Japan's longest Super Full-trailer 25

・Introduction of Japan's longest "Super Full-trailer 25"
・Started TA-Q-BIN service in Thailand
・Remodel of TA-Q-BIN service level (Changed time zone delivery from 6 to 5 segments)

2019

Jointly developed Japan’s first compact commercial EV truck specializing in parcel delivery

・Jointly developed Japan’s first compact commercial EV truck specializing in parcel delivery
・Opened "Kuroneko Stand", the first "self-service" store in parcel delivery

Movements
in the world

1919

Treaty of Versailles signed by Germany

1923

Great Kanto Earthquake

1925

Radio broadcast started in Japan

1926

From Taisho period to Showa period

1929

The Great Depression

1930

Pluto discovered

1931

Outbreak of Manchurian Incident

1933

Franklin Roosevelt became the 32nd president of the United States

1939

Outbreak of World War Ⅱ

1941

Outbreak of the Pacific War

1945

End of Pacific War

1946

Announcement of the Constitution of Japan

1948

Hibari Misora (a famous Japanese female singer) debut

1949

Hideki Yukawa, the first Japanese won Novel Physics Prize

1951

San Francisco Peace Conference

1953

NHK started television broadcast

1956

Japan joined the United Nations

1957

The three tools for modern life make waves (monochrome television, refrigerator, washing machine)

1958

Tokyo Tower estimated

1960

Colorcast of television broadcast started

1964

Tokyo Olympics

1968

Yasunari Kawabata won Novel Prize in literature

1970

Japan World Exposition (Osaka EXPO)

1972

Sapporo Winter Olympics

1973

Oil shock

1975

The second baby boom

1976

Montreal Olympics

1978

New Tokyo International Airport (Narita International Airport) opened

1979

Walkman in stores

1983

Tokyo Disneyland opened

1984

Los Angeles Olympics

1985

The boom of family computer

1986

Equal Employment Opportunity Act for Men and Women executed

1987

Privatization of Japan National Railways, JR (Japan Railways) inaugurated

1988

Seto bridge opened

1989

From Showa period to Heisei period, consumption tax (3%) started

1990

German reunification

1993

Inauguration of J league

1994

Kansai International Airport opened

1995

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

1996

The First Tamagotchi in stores

1997

Consumption tax increased from 3% to 5%

1998

Nagano Winter Olympics

1999

The birth of "Euro", the European single currency

2000

Okinawa Summit

2001

September 11 attacks

2002

FIFA World Cup hosted jointly by Japan and Korea

2003

"Spirited Away" won the Academy Awards

2004

New banknote emitted

2005

Large scale International Expo "Exposition of Global Harmony" in Aichi prefecture

2006

The first World Baseball Classic, first champion was Japan

2007

Postal service privatization

2008

Smartphones spread with the launch of the first iPhone

2009

Introduction of joint judge-jury system

2010

Haneda Airport International Terminal opened

2011

The Great East Japan Earthquake

2012

London Olympics

2013

Determination of Tokyo Olympics Paralympics in 2020

2014

Consumption tax increased to 8%

2015

Hokuriku Shinkansen opened

2016

Started the Social Security and Tax Number system

2017

Xiang Xiang born in Ueno zoo

2018

Determination of Osaka World Expo in 2025

2019

The new period "Reiwa"