| 1912 |
| In Kobe city, Mokichi Nishimoto established the "Nishimoto General Store", a trading house dealing in imports and exports. His primary focus was exporting Japanese foodstuff to Japanese living abroad. |
|
| 1920 |
Seattle branch was established.
|
| 1921 |
The "Shirakiku" (A PB brand for exported foodstuff) trademark was registered. |
| 1941 |
During World War II, the assets of the Seattle branch were frozen and the business was put on hiatus. |
| 1947 |
After the war, coinciding with the resumption of private trade, the Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd was founded with \180,000 in capital.
A branch in Tokyo was established. |
| 1959 |
Hawaii branch was established. |
| 1960 |
Los Angeles branch was established. [Current
US Nishimoto Trading Co.
Ltd] |
| 1964 |
San Francisco branch was established. |
| 1968 |
Nishimoto Trading Co. became the sole import agent for the Sunkist Growers Company. |
| 1974 |
New York branch was established. |
| 1991 |
Chicago branch was established. |
| 1994 |
SBS rice becomes designated goods.
The Atsugi plant and distribution center was established.
|
| 1995 |
Florida and Arizona branches were established. |
| 1996 |
Las Vegas branch was established. |
| 1997 |
Denver branch was established. |
| 1998 |
Vancouver and Seattle branches were established.
The International Produce Market Co,
Ltd.
[Abbr.: IPM]
was established.
Atlanta, WashingtonDC, and Toronto branches were established.
|
| 2000 |
The SHANGHAI REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE was established.
The produce division of the Nishimoto Trading Co,
was detached and integrated into IPM Co.
IPM Co. was then renamed to IPM Nishimoto Co, Ltd. |
| 2001 |
Dallas Branch was established.
Natumedica Co, Ltd. and GBI Inc. were established. |
| 2002 |
San Diego branch was established.
Nishimoto Trading Co. redesignated its Tokyo branch office to Tokyo head office, moving headquarters operations from Kobe office. |
| 2004 |
IPM Nishimoto Co.
moved its head office in Tokyo
from Koto-ku
to Minato-ku.
US Nishimoto Trading Co.
moved its
head office in
Los Angeles
to a new building. |
| 2005 |
Nishimoto Trading Co.
moved its Tokyo head office
in Minto-ku from
Shinbashi to Hamamatsucho. |
