Impress Holdings

Keiichiro Tsukamoto established Impress Corporation (now Impress Holdings) to enter the media business in the IT field

Acquired shares of three specialized publishers (Radio Technology Corporation, Rittor Music Corporation, M.D.N. Corporation) and established the Impress Group

Published the first in the 'Dekiru' series of computer introductory books using graphics, 'Dekiru Excel 5.0 Windows compatible' (Impress Corporation)

Started publishing the 'New Year Card CD-ROM' and developed the PC data publishing market (Impress Corporation)

Launched 'Akihabara Map' (now 'AKIBA PC Hotline!'). Subsequently launched news media such as 'INTERNET Watch,' 'PC Watch,' and 'Mado no Mori' (Impress Corporation), fully entering the internet information dissemination business

Launched Japan's first book direct sales site 'Impress Direct' (Impress Corporation)

Published 'Internet White Paper' and started market research business (Impress Corporation)

Launched Japan's largest musical instrument search site 'Gakki Sagaso! Digimart' (Rittor Music Corporation)

Changed the capital structure of group companies through share exchange, transitioning to a group with Impress Corporation as the holding company

Impress Corporation, as the group's holding company, was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Acquired shares of Kindaishobo Corporation and entered the publication business for science and engineering specialized books

Separated Impress Corporation into Impress Holdings, a group holding company, and Impress, a media business company, through a company split

Acquired shares of Medical Tribune Corporation and entered the medical media business

Impress Watch, which operates news media under the 'Watch' brand, was separated and became independent from Impress Corporation through a company split

Established Impress Comic Engine and entered the mobile manga production and distribution business

To further promote focus on specialized business fields, split Impress Corporation into three companies: 1. Impress R&D, 2. Impress Japan, 3. Air Impress

Established 'Impress Technology Beijing' in Beijing and began business expansion in China

Acquired shares of Yama to Tani Corporation and entered the mountain and nature media business

Impress R&D Corporation is divided into two companies: Impress R&D Corporation, which continues to conduct advanced IT research and publishing, and Impress Business Media Corporation, which develops magazine media business using controlled circulation methods

Hosting Japan's first mountain festival, "Kurosawa Festival" (Yamato and Keikoku Publishing Co., Ltd.)

Hosting Japan's first percussion instrument specialized event, "Rhythm & Drum Magazine Festival" (Rittor Music Co., Ltd.)

Yamato and Keikoku Publishing Co., Ltd. established the "Japan Mountain Heritage Fund" as part of its 80th anniversary project

Impress R&D Corporation launched "libura PRO"

Launching weekly electronic magazine "OnDeck" in EPUB format (Impress R&D Corporation)

Hosting a live event "Guitar Magazine Festival" to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Guitar Magazine (Rittor Music Co., Ltd.)

Impress Japan Corporation launched the Android smartphone specialty magazine "Androider+"

Realized the world's first magazine zero inventory publishing model with electronic magazine "OnDeck" (Impress R&D Corporation)

Launching a new concept electronic book "impress QuickBooks" optimized for smartphone viewing (Impress Communications Inc.)

Launching the paid EPUB magazine "MAGon" by popular authors of Impress Watch (Impress Watch Inc.)

Launching the next-generation publishing system "NextPublishing" utilizing electronic publishing and POD (Impress R&D Corporation)

Launching Japan's only smart grid specialty media "Impress SmartGrid Newsletter" (Impress Business Media Co., Ltd.)

20th anniversary of group formation

Launching weekly electronic magazine "Weekly YamaKei" providing the latest mountain information in EPUB format (Yamato and Keikoku Publishing Co., Ltd.)

Establishing IAD Corporation as a domestic base for business targeting the Asian market

Impress Japan Corporation launched EPUB magazine "Weekly GANREF"

"Sound & Recording Magazine iPad version" was selected as Apple’s "App Store Best of 2013" Best iPad app (Rittor Music Co., Ltd.)

20th anniversary of the "Dekiru" series of computer introductory books, with a total circulation exceeding 60 million copies (Impress Japan Corporation)

Establishing Impress Group Singapore Pte. Ltd. as a base for business targeting the Asian market

Impress Business Media Inc., Impress Japan Inc., Impress Watch Inc., and Impress Communications Inc. merged and changed their company name to Impress Inc. Established Impress Professional Works as a company responsible for overall management and sales/logistics management of the group.

Yamakei Publishing Inc. started issuing the series 'Yamakei Shinsho'.

Relocated the group office to Kanda-Jinbōchō, Tokyo.

Launched the travel information news site 'Travel Watch' (Impress Inc.).

Yamakei Publishing Inc. established the 'Yamakei Climbing Research Institute'.

Littor Music Inc. launched a new label 'Rittosha' handling culture in general and practical books.

iOS app 'Yamakei Handy Guidebook: Japanese Birds' was selected for Apple's 'App Store BEST of 2015' iPad app category and Apple Watch app category (Yamakei Publishing Inc.).

'Internet White Paper' celebrated its 20th anniversary (Impress R&D Inc.).

Acquired shares of Tenmujin Inc. and entered the travel and railway business sectors.

Launched a 'POD service for authors' for individual users (Impress R&D Inc.).

Impress Group celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Launched the daily comprehensive news site 'Cryptocurrency Watch' related to cryptocurrencies and blockchain (Impress Inc.).

Monthly magazine 'Yamakei' reached its 1000th issue in August 2018 (7/14 release) (Yamakei Publishing Inc.).

Started on-demand publishing service 'Kindai Kagaku-sha Digital' (Kindai Kagaku-sha Inc.).

Opened a multi-purpose space 'Ochanomizu Rittor Base' (Littor Music Inc.).

Celebrated the 40th anniversary of the magazine 'Guitar Magazine' (Littor Music Inc.).

Started handling e-books at Nekopabu Authors Press (Impress R&D Inc.).

Impress Holdings Inc. joined the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren).

Acquired shares of Icarus Publishing Inc. and entered the aviation sector.

Celebrated the 30th anniversary of the magazine 'DOS/V POWER REPORT' (Impress Inc.).

Impress Holdings Co., Ltd. transitioned to the new market segment "Standard Market" of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Co., Ltd.

Impress Group celebrates its 30th anniversary.

Impress Professional Works Co., Ltd. changed its trade name to IPG Network Co., Ltd. to promote the group's growth strategy.

Acquired shares of Shifuka Co., Ltd. to strengthen the solution business.

The sheet music collection "Shirabe" series surpassed 1 million copies in total (Rittor Music Co., Ltd.).

Provided 1,278 e-books from Impress Group companies to the "Accessible Library" electronic library service for visually impaired users (Impress Co., Ltd. and others).

Creators Guild Co., Ltd. changed its trade name to Impress Digital Values Co., Ltd.

The "Dekiru" series of books has surpassed 80 million copies in total (Impress Co., Ltd.).

The New Year's card material collection celebrates its 30th anniversary (Impress Co., Ltd.).

Nekpabu Authors Press changed its name to PubFanself (PUBFUN Co., Ltd.).

Started issuing the "Impress Group Integrated Report" (Impress Holdings Co., Ltd.).

The "Dekiru" series of introductory computer books celebrates its 30th anniversary (Impress Co., Ltd.).

Established TechReb Co., Ltd., a joint venture with Maruzen CHI Holdings Co., Ltd., to plan and operate a technical book unlimited reading service.

Impress Holdings Co., Ltd. became a private company through share consolidation.