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Konami Group has advanced reform in various sectors and restructured group companies to sustain its persistent development, and on March 31, 2006, Konami Corporatin playing a central role in Konami Group shifted to holding company structure as culmination of what Konami has been aiming up to now in anticipation of the next ten years. In the holding company structure, clarifying management and enforcement of businesses, each of group company will provide products and services to meet the needs of the people and strive to evolve into a leading company in the respective business field. Konami Corporation, a holding company, will allocate and provide management resources appropriately to those group companies to promote group management further. Various environmental changes such as spread of the Internet, the declining birthrate and the aging population, and baby-boom generation retirement are to be expected continuously. It is a "DNA" of Konami Group to continue its reforms and challenges with responding appropriately to social changes and the changes of the times. We continue to use our accumulated digital technology and Internet technology to challenge new environmental changes. Konami Group continues to create value for your time to provide dream and excitement to all the people around the world. On March 31, 2006, Konami Group will strive to evolve into a socially respected and expected company. We appreciate your understanding and continued support of our activities. Kagemasa Kozuki Chief Executive Officer of Konami Group 
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| 1969 | March 21 |
Kagemasa Kozuki (current Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer) founded a jukebox rental and repair business at 148 Kozushima, Toyonaka, Osaka. |
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| 1973 | March 19 |
KONAMI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.（KONAMI） was established at 3-124-1 Meishinguchi, Toyonaka, Osaka with capital of 1 million yen.
KONAMI began to manufacture amusement machines for arcades. |
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| 1978 | January |
KONAMI created and began to market video games using microcomputers. |
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| 1979 | January |
KONAMI exported products to the US for the first time (marked the first step towards expansion into the US). |
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| 1980 | May |
Headquarters was transferred to the newly constructed office building at 2-11-1 Shonai-Sakaemachi, Toyonaka, Osaka. |
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| 1981 | March |
The KONAMI logo was established. |
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| 1982 | March |
KONAMI entered the toy game business. |
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KONAMI received an investment from Osaka Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd. and increased its capital to 120 million yen. |
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Headquarters was transferred to Osaka Ekimae Daiyon Building at 1-11-4 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka. |
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President Kagemasa Kozuki contributed his own Konami shares to establish the Kozuki Foundation for Higher Education (approved by Hyogo Prefecture) to which he was inaugurated as the Executive Director (began social contribution activities). |
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KONAMI entered the PC game business. |
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Konami of America, Inc. (currently Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.) was established in the US. |
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| 1983 | December |
KONAMI entered the MSX game business. |
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| 1984 | March |
Construction was completed on the new building for the Technology Development Center in Toyonaka, Osaka. |
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Konami Ltd. (currently Konami Digital Entertainment B.V.) was established in the UK. |
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KONAMI was listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange (specially designated stocks in the second section) and increased capital to 2.94 billion yen. |
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Konami GmbH (currently Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH) was established in Germany. |
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| 1985 | April |
KONAMI entered the Nintendo ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM (called "FAMILY COMPUTER" in Japan) game business. |
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| 1986 | August |
CI was introduced on the occasion of the 17th anniversary of its founding. KONAMI’s logo went through a transformation. |
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Headquarters was transferred to the newly constructed Konami Software Development Building (currently Kobe Building) at 7-3-2 Minatojima-Nakamachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo. |
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Construction was completed on the new building for the production control department and distribution center in Toyonaka, Osaka. |
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| 1987 | December |
Konami Kosan Co., Ltd. (currently Konami Real Estate, Inc.) was established. |
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| 1988 | February |
KONAMI was listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
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KONAMI was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
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| 1991 | May |
Construction was completed on the Konami Technology Development Center (currently Kobe Office) in Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo. |
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KONAMI INDUSTRY CO., LTD. changed its trade name to KONAMI CO., LTD. |
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KONAMI entered the PC Engine game business. |
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| 1992 | June |
The Tokyo Headquarters was set up at 4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo. |
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KONAMI entered the MEGADRIVE (called "GENESIS" in North America) game business. |
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| 1994 | August |
Construction was completed on the Tokyo Technical Center (currently Zama Office) in Zama, Kanagawa. |
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Konami (Hong Kong) Limited (currently Konami Digital Entertainment Limited) was established in Hong Kong. |
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KONAMI entered the PlayStation game business. |
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| 1995 | January |
The Kobe Building in Minatojima, Chuo-ku, Kobe received some damage due to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. |
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Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka Co., Ltd. (merged with KONAMI in April 2005) was established. |
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Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. (merged with KONAMI in April 2005) was established. |
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Konami Computer Entertainment Roppongi Co., Ltd. (currently Konami Career Management, Inc.) was established. |
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Konami Music Entertainment Co., Ltd. (merged with KONAMI in April 2005) was established. |
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| 1996 | April |
Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd. (merged with KONAMI in April 2005) was established. |
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KONAMI shifted to an organization based on business divisions. |
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US holding company, Konami Corporation of America was established in the US. |
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Konami Australia Pty Ltd was established in Australia. |
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| 1997 | January |
Konami Gaming, Inc. was established in the US. |
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Konami Computer Entertainment School Co., Ltd. (currently Konami School, Inc.) was established. |
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Construction was completed on the Amusement Machine Division Plant (currently merged with Kobe Office) in Kobe, Hyogo. |
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Control of domestic sales was transferred to 12 regional KONAMI distributing agents. |
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KONAMI obtained licenses from the Australian states of New South Wales and South Australia to manufacture and sell gaming machines. |
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KONAMI was listed on the Singapore Exchange. |
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European holding company, Konami Europe B.V. (currently Konami Digital Entertainment B.V.) was established in the Netherlands. |
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| 1998 | February |
KONAMI obtained a license from Northern Territory, Australia to manufacture and sell gaming machines. |
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KONAMI obtained licenses from Victoria, Australia and the Australian Capital Territory to manufacture and sell gaming machines. |
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KONAMI obtained a license from Queensland, Australia to manufacture and sell gaming machines. |
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KONAMI’s logo was changed from italics to plain text. |
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KONAMI obtained a license from West Australia, Australia to manufacture and sell gaming machines. |
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| 1999 | February |
KONAMI entered the card game business and released the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME. |
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KONAMI obtained a license from Tasmania, Australia to manufacture and sell gaming machines. |
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Konami Parlor Entertainment Co., Ltd. (currently KPE, Inc.) began to create, manufacture and market LCD games for pachinko manufacturers. |
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Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka Co., Ltd. (merged with KONAMI in April 2005) was listed on JASDAQ. |
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KONAMI was listed on the London Stock Exchange. |
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KONAMI obtained a license from Gauteng, South Africa to manufacture and sell gaming machines. |
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The registered office of KONAMI was transferred to "4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo" from "Kobe, Hyogo". |
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| 2000 | January |
KONAMI obtained a license from Mpumalanga, South Africa to manufacture and sell gaming machines. |
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KONAMI obtained a license from Nevada, USA to manufacture and sell gaming machines. KONAMI became the first Japanese company to enter the world’s largest gaming machines market of the US. |
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The Kozuki Foundation for Higher Education established the Kozuki Foundation for Advanced Information Technology (approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) to which Kagemasa Kozuki was inaugurated as Executive Director (the social contributio |
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