| 1871-03 |
Establishment of postal business |
| 1874-12 |
Establishment of postal money order business |
| 1875-04 |
Establishment of postal savings business |
| 1885-11 |
Establishment of the Postal Ministry |
| 1906-03 |
Establishment of postal transfer business |
| 1949-06 |
Establishment of the Postal Agency |
| 2001-01 |
Reorganization of government ministries, merging the Postal Ministry, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the General Affairs Agency into the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Postal Business Agency |
| 2003-04 |
Establishment of Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. |
| 2005-10 |
Start of investment trust sales business |
| 2006-01 |
Establishment of Japan Post Co., Ltd. (a preparatory company for postal privatization) |
| 2006-09 |
Establishment of Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan Post Co., Ltd. |
| 2007-10 |
Privatization, establishment of Japan Post Group, and renaming to Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd. |
| 2007-12 |
Acquisition of licenses for new businesses such as syndicate loans (participation type), acquisition or transfer of lending claims, interest rate swap transactions, etc. |
| 2008-04 |
Investment in SDP Center Co., Ltd. (now: Japan Post Loan Center Co., Ltd.) |
| 2008-04 |
Acquisition of licenses for new businesses such as credit card operations, sales of variable annuity insurance, and housing loan mediation |
| 2008-05 |
Start of issuing JP BANK cards, housing loan mediation, and sales of variable annuity insurance |
| 2009-01 |
Start of domestic exchange operations with other financial institutions via the nationwide banking data communication system |
| 2013-03 |
Investment in Japan ATM Business Service Co., Ltd. |
| 2015-11 |
Listing of our common stock on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange: Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post Bank, and Kampo Life Insurance celebrate listing |
| 2015-11 |
Investment in JP Investment Corporation |
| 2017-06 |
Authorization for new business (account overdraft services, operations related to cooperation with regional financial institutions, market operation-related services, etc.) |
| 2018-02 |
Establishment of JP Investment Corporation |
| 2019-12 |
Subsidiarization of SDP Center Corporation (currently: Japan Post Loan Center Corporation) |
| 2021-04 |
Authorization for new business (holding subsidiaries that conduct credit guarantee operations related to account overdraft services, direct handling of Flat 35, and non-life insurance solicitation, etc.) |
| 2021-05 |
Start of handling account overdraft services, direct handling of Flat 35, and initiation of non-life insurance solicitation |
| 2022-03 |
Authorization for new business (mediation of investment discretionary contract conclusion operations) |
| 2022-04 |
Transition to Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market |
| 2025-05 |
The postal savings business celebrated its 150th anniversary. |
