1880年

Oka Tsuneyoshi Shoten is a sugar wholesaler established here.

1939

The company was incorporated and became Okatsune Shoten Co., Ltd.

1951

Started flour wholesale business as a side business

1960

Koto branch office opened in Kinshicho, Sumida Ward

1970

Opened Yamate branch in Nakamura Minami, Nerima-ku Changed company name to Okatsune Co., Ltd. on the 90th anniversary of founding

1972

Osaka branch opened

1978

Information magazine "Marketing Eye" launched

1979

Opened the food department and established a cold storage and processing plant for shiitake mushrooms.

1983

Koto Branch and Meiwa Transport moved to the former Matsushima workshop in Edogawa Ward (January)
Moved to temporary office in Kofunecho due to new head office building construction (February)

1984

Head office building completed, move-in and unveiling (September)
Company newsletter "Gaslight" launched (November)

1985

Started selling frozen food and cyclodextrin (April)

1986

The food wholesale sales division was separated and established as Okatsune Shoji Co., Ltd. (April)

1987

Actively started selling premixes and other imported food ingredients (April)
President of Okatsune Co., Ltd. and Chairman of Okatsune Shoji Co., Ltd., Oka Tsuneyoshi III, passes away (May)
Established Ettalong Enterprises, a subsidiary of Okatsune Shoji, in Hong Kong, and began selling imported food products with even more detail (September)

1988

Data communications begins at Mitsubishi Corporation, Meisho Corporation, Okatsune Corporation, and Meiwa Transportation (July)

1989

Okatsune Food Salon launched (October)

1990

President Kiichiro Oka takes on the name of Tsuneyoshi Oka IV (December)

1991

ShinMaywa Sugar Co., Ltd. completed construction of cold storage warehouse, Meiwa Transportation Co., Ltd. opened Funabashi office (October)

1992

Okatsune Co., Ltd. opens non-life insurance agency business (August)

1994

Okatsune Co., Ltd. opens CVS Seikatsu Saika Nihonbashi Honcho Okatsune store as its retail division (November)

1999

Koto branch office moved to Kanamachi, Katsushika Ward (March)
Meiwa Transportation Co., Ltd. closed its Edogawa office and relocated to Shinminato, Mihama-ku, Chiba City (April)

2000

Acquired Liquor Shop Hirakawa store and opened CVS Poplar Hirakawacho store (April)
Chairman of Okatsune Co., Ltd., Okashitsu passed away (July)
120th anniversary commemorative magazine "Cultural Theory of Commitment" published (November)
120th Anniversary Food Salon held at Royal Park Hotel (November)

2001

Koto and Yamate branches converted into sales offices (April)

2003

Established Okatsune Sugar Co., Ltd. (January)
ShinMaywa Sugar Co., Ltd. Funabashi factory closed (March)
The Koto and Yamate sales offices were integrated to form the Kanto branch (April)
Okatsune Sugar Co., Ltd. absorbs ShinMaywa Sugar Co., Ltd. (April)
Test kitchen installed on the 5th floor of the head office (September)

2004

Liquor Shop Hirakawa Branch absorbs Okatsune Co., Ltd.'s Lifestyle Saika Nihonbashi Honcho Okatsune Branch (January)

2005

Established Noren Co., Ltd.

2006

Noren Co., Ltd. launches Japanese sweets catalogue "Washin Denshin" (June)
Liquor Shop Hirakawa Branch is sold to Poplar Co., Ltd. The operation of Seikatsu Saika Nihonbashi Honcho Okatsune Branch is transferred to ORS Co., Ltd. (August)
Osaka branch office relocated to Ote-dori, Chuo-ku, Osaka (December)

2008年

"Fukukokubansai" trademark registered (March)
Kaneman mark registered as a trademark (April)

2009年

Sales of "coku*mi", a multigrain cooking kit for general consumers, began (June)

2011年

The Kanto branch office was relocated to Shibamata, Katsushika Ward, and reorganized as the Kanto sales office (March).
Capital reduced to 100 million yen (September)

2013年

The fourth Tsuneyoshi Oka became chairman and Keitaro Oka became president (May).

2014年

Okatsune Co., Ltd. and Okatsune Shoji Co., Ltd. merged and changed the company name to Okatsune Shoji Co., Ltd. (April)

2016年

Kanto sales office moved to Nihonbashi head office (May)