Mitsui Kura Express Co., Ltd.

The Osaka Warehouse Company was established in 1883 (Meiji 16).

Jiro Harada, managing director of Honke Gōmei Kaisha, served as vice president and handled day‑to‑day management from 1903 (Meiji 36).

The warehouse division was separated from Mitsui Bank and established as Higashi Kami Warehouse Co., Ltd. on October 11, 1919 (Meiji 42).

Mitsui Kura (formerly Higashi Kami Warehouse) acquired Osaka Warehouse Company in December 1917 (Taisho 6) after nearly two years of negotiations.

Commenced operations as Osaka branch in January 1918 (Taisho 7).

From 1924 (Taisho 13), began cotton processing and moved from warehousing to comprehensive logistics services.

Renamed the company to Mitsui Kura Co., Ltd.

Both warehousing and port operations were heavily affected by wartime controls and were absorbed into a control company established at the end of 1942 (Showa 17).

All 300,000 shares of Mitsui Kura, wholly owned by Mitsui Headquarters, were transferred to the Holding Company Restructuring Committee during the zaibatsu dissolution and publicly auctioned on September 22, 1949.

On December 27, Mitsui Kura submitted a "Complete Conditions Report on the Release of the Limited Company" to the Ministry of Finance.

Listed shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

On April 21, Mitsui Kura decided at the special shareholders' meeting on March 28 to increase capital from 15 million yen (300,000 shares) to 120 million yen (2.4 million shares) in preparation for listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

On April 20, 1950 (Showa 25), the Ministry of Finance announced the release of the limited company.

Mitsui Kura listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 21.

The number of shareholders increased from 1,462 (as of May 31, 1950) before the capital increase.

After the capital increase, the number of shareholders rose to 2,864 (as of September 30 of the same year).

Acquired shares of JTB Air Cargo and renamed the company to Mitsui Kura Air Cargo, strengthening international freight transport operations, including air freight.

Acquired shares of TAS Express and merged with Mitsui Kura Air Cargo. Launched as Mitsui Kura Express.

Moved headquarters from 3-chome Nishishimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo to Hakusaki-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.