History

  • Mar. 1972 Established Yano Shoten to sell household items
  • Dec. 1977 Incorporated as Daiso Sangyo Inc.
  • Nov. 1980 Established sales office in Tokyo
  • Oct. 1981 Established sales office in Kyushu
  • Jul. 1983 Increased capital to 50 million yen
  • Jan. 1986 Established sales office in Osaka
  • Jul. 1987 Moved to newly constructed office building and distribution center
  • Dec. 1987 Established sales office in Sapporo
    Prepared to launch 100 Yen Shop Daiso
  • Aug. 1990 Established sales office in Nagoya
  • Apr. 1991 Opened Takamatsu-ten, the first directly managed store
    Launched full-scale development of Daiso’s 100 yen shop chain
  • Nov. 1994 Received the NBC (New Business Conference)
    Excellent Achievement Award for new businesses
  • Sep. 1996 Increased capital to 496.6 million yen
  • Nov. 1997 Received Ministry of International Trade and
    Industry’s Contribution to Trade Award
  • Jan. 2000 Received Venture of the Year Award ’99
    (Non-Public Stock Category)
  • Mar. 2000 Increased capital to 900 million yen
  • Jun. 2001 Increased capital to 2.7 billion yen
  • Aug. 2001 Opened first store as start of full-scale expansion into Taiwan
  • Sep. 2001 Opened first store as start of full-scale expansion into South Korea
  • Mar. 2002 Opened IMM store
    (850 tsubo / 30,100 ft² / 2,800m² ) in Singapore
    Received Business Community’s
    Management Award 2002
  • Jun. 2003 Opened store in Thailand
  • Dec. 2003 Opened store in Vancouver, Canada
    (700 tsubo / 24,800 ft² / 2,300 m²)
  • Mar. 2004 Opened store in UAE (United Arab Emirates)
  • Jul. 2004 Opened store in Kuwait
  • Dec. 2004 Opened store in Qatar
  • Dec. 2004 Opened store in Indonesia
  • May 2005 Opened store in Bahrain
  • Aug. 2005 Opened store in Macao
  • Oct. 2005 Opened store in Seattle, USA
  • Dec. 2005 Opened store in New Caledonia
  • Dec. 2005 Opened store in Oman
  • Mar. 2006 Opened store in New Zealand
  • Dec. 2006 Opened store in San Francisco, USA
  • Nov. 2007 Opened store in Romania
  • Dec. 2007 Opened store in Mauritius
  • Mar. 2008 Opened store in Saudi Arabia
  • May 2008 Opened store in Vietnam
  • Jun. 2008 Opened store in Malaysia
  • Dec. 2008 Opened store in Lebanon
  • Jan. 2009 Opened store in Jordan
  • Apr. 2009 Opened store in the Philippines
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