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1914 ~ 1950s
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1914
Started cultivating grapes
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1924
Sumitaro Kondo started producing and selling grape wine
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1949
Started to produce and sell brandy
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1951
Started to produce and sell fruit wine
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1959
Started to produce and sell ume fruit liqueur
1960s ~ 1990s
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1962
Established CHOYA YOSHU JOZO CO., LTD. (Capital JPY 8,500,000)
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1966
Opened Nagoya Branch, Aichi Pref.
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1968
Started to produce and sell Medicinal Herbal Liqueurs
Began exporting ume liqueur
Increased Capital to JPY17,000,000
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1971
Opened Tokyo Branch
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1973
Started producing and selling pharmaceuticals
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1983
Completed second factory
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1985
Began importing and exporting various liquors
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1989
Opened German Branch
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1990
Established CHOYA UMESHU GmbH (Germany)Opened Sendai Branch, Miyagi Pref.
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1991
Increased Capital to JPY 28,000,000
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1992
Opened Sapporo Branch, Hokkaido
Opened Kishu Factory in Wakayama Pref.
Opened Osaka Branch
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1993
Opened Fukuoka Branch, Fukuoka Pref.
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1995
Opened Shanghai Branch, China
Opened Hiroshima Branch
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1996
Completed the first phase of the construction plan of Iga Ueno Factory, Mie Pref.
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1997
Established CHOYA UMESHU (Shanghai) CO., LTD.
Completed new office building for CHOYA UMESHU GmbH (Germany)
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1998
Completed the second phase of the construction plan of Iga Ueno Factory, Mie Pref.
Established CHOYA UMESHU USA INC.
2000 ~ present
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2000
Changed company name to CHOYA UMESHU CO., LTD.
Completed new HQ building in Osaka
Changed registered name in Germany to CHOYA UMESHU (DEUTSCHLAND) GMBH
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2001
Completed new Tokyo Branch office building
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2006
Established ume culture laboratory
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2007
Expanded Shanghai Factory and completed new office building
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2010
Established CHOYA UMESHU SOUTH EAST ASIA PTE. LTD.
