Corporate HistoryCompany overview

Jun 1941 Established Nagasaki Miso & Soy Sauce Brewery Association
Feb 1947 Building on the association, established the Nagasaki Miso & Soy Sauce Brewery Partnership.
Mar 1948 Incorporated under the name Nagasaki Soy Sauce and Miso Ltd.
Establishment of a sales division.
Jul 1951 Established Goto branch
Apr 1952 Established Sasebo branch
Oct 1952 Started business with Okinawa sales partner Tomiura Shouji
Oct 1956 Established Amakusa sales office
Apr 1958 Established Fukuoka branch
Nov 1960 Established Nagasaki branch (formerly part of the main office)
Aug 1963 Established Tokyo branch
Oct 1966 Renamed to Nagasaki Shoyu CO. LTD (sales division)
Oct 1973 Renamed to Choko Shoyu CO., LTD. (sales division)
Apr 1974 Established Osaka branch
Jul 1981 Renamed to Choko Shoyu Miso Cooperation (production)
Mar 1983 Constructed Choko hall (currently the main branch office)
Apr 1990 Established Nagoya branch
Jul 1995 Completion of the Kanto region distribution center
Mar 2000 Completion of the Kansai region distribution center
Sep 2004 Moved the Osaka branch into the Keiai Osaka sales branch
Mar 2005 Moved the Tokyo Branch into the Keiai Toda distribution center
Oct 2006 Start export to China (Shangai, Beijing)
Sep 2010 Start export to South-Korea (Seoul)