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History

1966 June Maruei Keisan Center, forerunner of Trans Cosmos, incorporated
1974 June Wakayama Office established
1976 September Tokyo Headquarters established
1979 March Nagoya Office established
1980 June Sapporo Office established
1981 May Fukuoka Office established
1982 January Asahi MKC incorporated (now Accelcareer)
          April Sendai Office established
1985 June Trans Cosmos incorporated
1987 April Trans Cosmos Health Insurance Association established
1987 November Trans Cosmos Pension Fund established
1989 May San Francisco Office established
          October Shares registered with the Japan Securities
Dealers Assozciation for OTC trading
1990 February Los Angeles Office established
1991 December Training, music, and recreation centers established in the Izu Highlands
1992 October Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1993 August Eurodollar warrants issued
1994 April Transcosmos Investments & Business Development incorporated
1995 February transcosmos Information Creative incorporated in China
           October EnCompass Group Japan incorporated
           December Primus Communications Japan (now Primus Knowledge Solutions)incorporated in a joint venture with US-based Primus Communications
1997 May J-Stream incorporated in a joint venture with KDD, NTT PC Communications, and US-based RealNetworks
           September Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange;
DoubleCliJapan incorporated in a joint venture with NTT East, NTT Ad, and US-based DoubleClick;
Invested in Mac Interface
1999 June Trans Cosmos CRM (now transcosmos CRM Okinawa)incorporated
           September Invested in NetRatings Japan along with Tech Invest, Proceed, US-based NetRatings, and others
           December Okinawa Contact Center established;
eVentures incorporated in a joint venture with Nikko Securities Group
2000 February Listen Japan incorporated in a joint venture with US-based Listen;
NetworkAsia incorporated in Hong Kong
           March Forecast Communications incorporated in a joint venture with Nippon Television Network and Yomiuri Shimbun;
Skylight Consulting incorporated
           June Sapporo Contact Center established;
SyberSource incorporated
           July Tokyo Contact Center established in Yotsuya
           September Invested in Shockwave Japan (now AtomShockwave Japan);
Ask Jeeves Japan established in joint venture with US-based Ask Jeeves;
Invested in Macromill
           December Marketswitch Japan incorporated in a joint venture with US-based Marketswitch
2001 April DoubleClick Japan listed on NASDAQ JAPAN(now traded on the OSE Hercules exchange)
           May CIC Korea incorporated in a joint venture with South Korea’s Dacom
           June Invested in NetMile
           July transcosmos CRM Sapporo incorporated
           September J-Stream listed on the TSE’s Mothers exchange for new ventures
           November transcosmos CRM Miyazaki incorporated;
Shinjuku Contact Center established
2002 January Invested in Init
           February transcosmos CRM Miyazaki eContact Center opened
           August Karuizawa Recreational House opened
           December transcosmos CRM Wakayama incorporated
2003 January Authorized Training Partner agreement signed with the Help Desk Institute
           February Certification to display the Privacy Mark granted by the Japan Information Processing Development Corporation (JIPDC);
ISO9001 certification acquired for engineering management work done by the CAD Machine Design Support Service of the System Engineering Service Headquarters, Engineering Solutions Service Division, East
           February ISO9001 certification acquired for engineering management work done by the CAD Machine Design Support Service of the System Engineering Service Headquarters, Engineering Solutions Service Division, East
           June Styling of company name revised to transcosmos inc.
           July transcosmos CRM Wakayama eContact Center opened
           October Tokyo headquarters moves to new premises in Shibuya-ku
           November CODE Inc. established in a joint venture with Microsoft Corporation
2004 February AD2 Inc. launches operations, acquires media business of DoubleClick Japan;
Invested in Applied Technology;
Capital and business partnership with WebCrew
           June Euroyen convertible bonds with stock acquisition rights issued
           July Marketing Chain Management Center Naha opened
           August Marketing Chain Management Center Osaka opened
           September BPS inc. established
           October arekao inc. established
2005 January CinemaNow Japan incorporated in a joint venture with Cinema Now, inc.
          February transcosmos information system (Shaghai) established
          March BS7799 and ISMS certification acquired in Marketing Chain Management Center Komagome
          April Transcosmos assist established
          June Team Lab development incorporated in a joint venture with Team Lab
          July transcosmos MCM Shanghai established
          September Become Japan incorporated in a joint venture with Become, inc.
          October Invested in Digital Golf, inc.
          December Invested in and had business tie-up with Dongbu Information Technology Co.,Ltd. (Korea) Invested in and had business tie-up with 9FRUITEMEDIA, Inc.(Korea) Invested in and had business tie-up with Damoim Co,. Ltd (Korea)
2006 January transcosmos design development incorporated in Shanghai
          March Wecosmos established in Shanghai Transcosmos MCM Korea Co.,. Ltd. Established
          April Marketing Chain Management Center Naha opened
          July Marketing Chain Management Center Sendai opened
          October Marketing Chain Management Center Yokohama opened
2007 March Strategic business alliance with Korean-based Tong Yang Group
          April Marketing Chain Management Center Naha opened
Organization Restructuring to further enhance customer satisfaction

Officers & Organization

Founder & Group CEO Koki Okuda
Chairman & CEO Koji Funatsu
President & COO Masataka Okuda
Executive Vice President Koichi Iwami
Shojiro Takashima
Senior Managing Director Masakatsu Moriyama
Shinichi Nagakura
Member, Board of Director Taiki Yoshioka
Kichiro Takao
Yoko Kamiyama
Corporate Executive Officer Masaaki Muta
Hiroshi Kaizuka
Nobuhiko Fujimoto
Masayuki Tada
Yoichi Kawano
Hiroyuki Mukai
Corporate Senior Officer Kunio Shimofusa
Masatoshi Kouno
Tsunetaka Miyaryo
Hiroyuki Morita
Kazuhiko Yamaki
Yasuhiro Hayami
Koji Okamoto
Hirofumi Inoue
Kazuhiro Shimizu
Kimihide Okino
Kazuhiro Umemura
Corporate Officer Hiroyuki Uchimura
Keisuke Yoshida
Kenshi Matsubara
Yutaka Kojima
Yoshihiro Uematsu
Shunji Hidaka
Yuichiro Kubo
Masato Ogino
Masatoshi Araki
Hiroyuki Kohara
Standing Auditor Mitsuo Ishii
Auditor Teruyuki Hiiro
Kazushi Watanabe
Toshiaki Nakamura
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