| 1964-08 |
August 1964: Established with a capital of 1 million yen through joint investment by three companies: Japan Credit Bank (now Mizuho Bank, Ltd.), Chuo Japan Land & Building Co., Ltd. (now Chuo Japan Land & Building Co., Ltd.), and Minami Sakura Trading Co., Ltd. (now Chuo Japan Land & Building Co., Ltd.) |
| 1964-08 |
Established with a capital of 1 million yen through joint investment by three companies: Japan Kanyo Bank (currently: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.), Kanyo Land and Building Co., Ltd. (currently: Chuo Japan Land and Building Co., Ltd.), Minami Sakura Trading Co., Ltd. (currently: Chuo Japan Land and Building Co., Ltd.) |
| 1969-02 |
February 1969: Opened Osaka Sales Office, followed by branches and sales offices in major cities |
| 1969-03 |
Nippon Rent-A-Car Service Co., Ltd.: March 1969: Car rental: 88.6% |
| 1969-04 |
Itochu TC Machinery Co., Ltd.: April 1969: Sales and rental of construction machinery, etc.: 50.0% |
| 1969-07 |
July 1969: Established with a capital of 500 million yen through joint investment by four companies: Itochu Corporation, Dai-ichi Bank (now Mizuho Bank, Ltd.), Nippon Life Insurance Company, and Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company |
| 1969-07 |
Established with a capital of 500 million yen through joint investment by four companies: Itochu Corporation, Dai-ichi Bank, Ltd. (currently: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.), Nippon Life Insurance Company, and Asahi Life Insurance Company |
| 1972-04 |
April 1972: Established Tokyo Lease Management Co., Ltd. (now TC Agency Co., Ltd.) |
| 1972-04 |
Established Tokyo Lease Kanazai Co., Ltd. (currently: TC Agency Co., Ltd.) |
| 1978-03 |
FLCS Inc.: March 1978: Information and communication equipment leasing: 80.0% |
| 1979-03 |
March 1979: Established Tokyo Auto Lease Co., Ltd. (now Japan Car Solutions Co., Ltd.) |
| 1979-03 |
Established Tokyo Auto Lease Co., Ltd. (currently: Japan Car Solutions Co., Ltd.) |
| 1979-05 |
May 1979: Established a local subsidiary in Singapore, Tokyo Leasing (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (now Tokyo Century Leasing (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.) |
| 1979-05 |
Established Tokyo Leasing (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a local subsidiary in Singapore (currently: Tokyo Century Leasing (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.) |
| 1983-05 |
May 1983: Established Tokyo Leasing (UK) PLC in London |
| 1983-05 |
Established Tokyo Leasing (UK) PLC, a local subsidiary in London |
| 1985-04 |
April 1985: Established Century Auto Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 1985-04 |
Established Century Auto Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 1985-12 |
December 1985: Established a local subsidiary in Connecticut, USA, called Tokyo Leasing (U.S.A.) Inc. (now Tokyo Century (USA) Inc.), which moved to New York State in 1994. |
| 1985-12 |
Established Tokyo Leasing (U.S.A.) Inc. in Connecticut, USA (relocated to New York State in 1994, currently: Tokyo Century (USA) Inc.) |
| 1987-02 |
Japan Car Solutions Inc.: February 1987: Auto leasing: 59.5% |
| 1990-02 |
February 1990: Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 1990-02 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 1991-01 |
January 1991: Established Century Agency Inc. (now TC Agency Inc.). |
| 1991-01 |
Established Century Agency Co., Ltd. (now: TC Agency Co., Ltd.) |
| 1991-12 |
IHI Finance Support Inc.: December 1991: Main business activities: Voting rights ratio |
| 1997-11 |
November 1997: Established a joint venture in Taiwan, called Union Tokyo Co., Ltd. |
| 1997-11 |
Established a joint venture in Taiwan: United Tokyo Co., Ltd. |
| 2000-03 |
March 2000: Acquired Asahi Auto Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 2000-03 |
Acquired Asahi Auto Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 2000-10 |
October 2000: Merged with Century Auto Lease Co., Ltd. (now Japan Car Solutions Co., Ltd.). |
| 2000-10 |
Merged with Century Auto Lease Co., Ltd. (now: Japan Car Solutions Co., Ltd.) |
| 2000-11 |
November 2000: Launched lease management web system Century Net (now LINCS). |
| 2000-11 |
Launched lease management web system "Century Net (now: LINCS)" |
| 2001-05 |
May 2001: Obtained certification for the international environmental management system standard ISO 14001. |
| 2001-05 |
Obtained certification for the international environmental management system standard "ISO 14001" |
| 2002-09 |
September 2002: Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 2002-09 |
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 2002-10 |
October 2002: Merged with Kawaguchi Steel Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 2002-10 |
Merged with Kawatech Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 2003-09 |
September 2003: Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 2003-09 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 2004-07 |
July 2004: Tokyo Auto Lease Co., Ltd. (now Japan Car Solutions Co., Ltd.) merged with Sankyo Trading Co., Ltd. |
| 2004-07 |
Tokyo Auto Lease Co., Ltd. (now: Japan Car Solutions Co., Ltd.) merged with Sanko Trading Co., Ltd. |
| 2004-09 |
September 2004: Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 2004-09 |
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 2005-02 |
Obtained certification for Information Security Management System (ISMS) under UK standard BS7799-2 and domestic standard ISMS Certification Standard Ver.2.0 (migrated to international standard ISO/IEC27001 in May 2007) |
| 2005-03 |
Obtained certification for the UK standard "BS7799-2" and domestic standard "ISMS Certification Standard Ver2.0" (migrated to international standard "ISO/IEC27001" in March 2006) |
| 2005-10 |
Century Auto Lease Co., Ltd. merged with NTT Auto Lease Co., Ltd. (now: Japan Car Solutions Co., Ltd.) on equal terms to establish Japan Car Solutions Co., Ltd. |
| 2005-10 |
Century Auto Lease Co., Ltd. merged with NTT Auto Lease Co., Ltd. on equal terms to establish Japan Car Solutions Co., Ltd. |
| 2006-03 |
Obtained certification for Environmental Management System standard ISO/14001 |
| 2007-06 |
Established a local subsidiary in Malaysia, TLC Capital (Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd. (currently: Tokyo Century Capital (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.) |
| 2007-06 |
Established a local subsidiary in Malaysia: TLC Capital (Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd. (now: Tokyo Century Capital (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.) |
| 2008-03 |
Established a joint venture company with Orient Corporation, ORICO Auto Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 2008-03 |
Established a joint venture with Orient Corporation: Orico Auto Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 2008-07 |
Additional acquisition of shares in Mizuho Corporate Leasing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (currently: TISCO Tokyo Leasing Co., Ltd.) in Thailand, and made it an equity-method affiliate (May 2014, became a consolidated subsidiary): Additional acquisition of shares in Fujitsu Lease Corporation (currently: FLCS Corporation), and made it a consolidated subsidiary |
| 2008-07 |
Increased shares in Mizuho Corporate Leasing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (now: TISCO Tokyo Leasing Co., Ltd.) and made it an affiliated company under the equity method (became a consolidated subsidiary in May 2014) |
| 2008-09 |
Japan Car Solutions Co., Ltd. acquired all shares of Showa Auto Rental Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 2008-09 |
Japan Car Solutions Co., Ltd. acquired all shares of Showa Auto Rental Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 2009-04 |
April 2009: Merged Century Leasing System Co., Ltd. and Tokyo Lease Co., Ltd., changing the company name to Tokyo Century Lease Co., Ltd. |
| 2010-04 |
April 2010: Merged Tokyo Lease Management Co., Ltd. and Century Business Service Co., Ltd., changing the company name to TC Agency Co., Ltd. |
| 2010-07 |
July 2010: Acquired 66.5% of shares of IHI Finance Support Co., Ltd. |
| 2011-02 |
February 2011: Established a local subsidiary in Indonesia, PT. Century Tokyo Leasing Indonesia (now PT. Tokyo Century Indonesia). |
| 2011-03 |
March 2011: Acquired additional shares of Nippon Rent-A-Car Service Co., Ltd., making it an equity-method affiliate (became a consolidated subsidiary in June 2013). |
| 2011-10 |
October 2011: Established TC Property Solutions Co., Ltd. (now TC Hotels & Resorts Co., Ltd.). |
| 2012-03 |
March 2012: Acquired a 16.7% voting rights stake in Jetstar Japan Co., Ltd. |
| 2012-09 |
September 2012: Established Kyocera Corporation and the power generation business company Kyocera TCL Solar LLC |
| 2012-12 |
December 2012: Invested in GA Telesis, LLC and became an equity method affiliate |
| 2013-06 |
June 2013: Established a factoring company in Shanghai, Dongruishengshi Li (Shanghai) Commercial Factoring Co., Ltd. |
| 2013-10 |
October 2013: Merged with Tokyo Auto Lease Co., Ltd. and Japan Car Solutions Co., Ltd., and made Japan Car Solutions Co., Ltd. a consolidated subsidiary |
| 2013-10 |
October 2013: Established a local subsidiary in Ireland, TC Aviation Capital Ireland Ltd. |
| 2013-11 |
November 2013: Established a local subsidiary in the UK, TC Aviation Capital UK Ltd. |
| 2014-05 |
May 2014: Made the Thai local subsidiary TISCO Tokyo Leasing Co., Ltd., which was an equity method affiliate, a consolidated subsidiary |
| 2014-10 |
October 2014: Established aircraft leasing businesses, TC-CIT Aviation Ireland Ltd. (now TC Skyward Aviation Ireland Ltd.) and TC-CIT Aviation U.S., Inc. (now TC Skyward Aviation U.S., Inc.) |
| 2014-12 |
December 2014: Invested in the leasing subsidiary of Bank of the Philippine Islands, BPI Century Tokyo Lease & Finance Corporation, and became an equity method affiliate |
| 2015 |
March 2015: Acquired shares of the local sales finance subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery Group and entered the construction machinery vendor finance business in ASEAN region |
| 2015-02 |
February 2015: Invested in the leasing company Suzho High-tech Industry Co., Ltd., established by the Suzhou New District High-tech Industry, a state-owned enterprise operated by the Suzhou High-tech Zone government, and became an equity method affiliate |
| 2015-03 |
March 2015: Invested in CSI Leasing, Inc., and became an equity method affiliate (consolidated subsidiary in June 2016) |
| 2016-06 |
June 2016: Invested in Land Corporation Asset Management Co., Ltd. (now Chuo Land Asset Management Co., Ltd.) and became an equity method affiliate |
| 2016-10 |
October 2016: Changed the company name to Tokyo Century Corporation |
| 2017-03 |
March 2017: Acquired additional shares of the consolidated subsidiaries TC-CIT Aviation Ireland Limited (now TC Skyward Aviation Ireland Ltd.) and TC-CIT Aviation U.S., Inc. (now TC Skyward Aviation U.S., Inc.) and made them wholly owned subsidiaries |
| 2017-03 |
March 2017: Established a joint venture with Dalian Iceberg Group Co., Ltd., China’s largest frozen air conditioning equipment manufacturer group, called Dalian Iceberg Group Huahui Da Financing Leasing Co., Ltd. |
| 2017-12 |
December 2017: Invested in the US major aircraft leasing company Aviation Capital Group LLC and became an equity method affiliate (became a consolidated subsidiary in December 2019) |
| 2018-07 |
July 2018: Acquired 70% of the shares of Kobe Steel Real Estate Co., Ltd. (now TC Kobe Steel Real Estate Co., Ltd.), a real estate subsidiary of Kobe Steel, Ltd., and made it a consolidated subsidiary |
| 2018-10 |
October 2018: Additional acquisition of shares of BePlatz Co., Ltd., and became an equity method affiliate |
| 2019-03 |
March 2019: Acquired 60% of the shares of Amada Lease Co., Ltd., a leasing company of Amada Holdings Co., Ltd. (now Amada Co., Ltd.), and made it a consolidated subsidiary |
| 2019-06 |
2019: June: Acquired 50% of shares of Itochu Techno-Solutions Corporation (currently: Itochu TC Techno-Solutions Corporation), a subsidiary of Itochu Corporation, and made it an equity-method affiliate |
| 2019-11 |
2019: November: Our U.S. local subsidiary TCUSA acquired 100% of shares of AP Equipment Financing Inc., an independent leasing and finance company in the U.S. mainly dealing with small to medium-sized trucks and tree maintenance equipment, and became a wholly owned subsidiary |
| 2020-02 |
2020: February: Signed a capital and business alliance agreement with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (currently: NTT Corporation, hereinafter: NTT) |
| 2020-02 |
NTT-TC Lease Inc.: February 2020: Leasing, finance: 50.0% |
| 2020-07 |
2020: July: NTT Finance Corporation's leasing global business was spun off and NTT TC Lease Corporation started operations |
| 2020-07 |
2020: July: Acquired 14.9% of issued common stock of Advantage Partners Group holding company |
| 2021-01 |
NX-TC Lease & Finance Inc.: January 2021: Leasing, finance: 49.0% |
| 2021-04 |
IBeeT Inc.: April 2021},{ |
