{"id":10,"date":"2014-05-19T11:16:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T02:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.valuecommerce.co.jp\/en\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:56:45","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.valuecommerce.co.jp\/en\/company\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our History<\/h2>\r\n
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March 1996<\/th>\r\nEstablishes Transpacific Inc., predecessor to ValueCommerce<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
November 1999<\/th>\r\nRenames ValueCommerce Co., Ltd
\r\nDevelops proprietary e-commerce marketing program and launches performance-based Internet Ad distribution service<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
April 2005<\/th>\r\nYahoo Japan Corporation (currently LY Corporation) acquires stake in the company through a tender offer bid, making it an equity-method affiliate<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
July 2006<\/th>\r\nLists on the Mothers Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
November 2007<\/th>\r\nAcquires 20.3% shares of Web-based services provider JP21, Inc., making it an equity method affiliate (Sold all shares the Company own to JP21 on September 2018)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
March 2012<\/th>\r\nIntroduces Executive Officer System<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
October 2012<\/th>\r\nBecomes a consolidated subsidiary of Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently LY Corporation), SoftBank Corporation, and SoftBank Group Corporation through acquisition of Company treasury shares<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
November 2012<\/th>\r\nTransfers from the Mothers Section to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
January 2014<\/th>\r\nJin Kagawa becomes President and CEO; kicks off new management regime comprised of executives who are expert in advertising distribution technologies<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
September 2014<\/th>\r\nRenews corporate logo and identity<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
December 2015<\/th>\r\nAcquires all shares in DIGIMIHO Co., Ltd, a CRM business company, making it a consolidated subsidiary (liquidation of DIGIMIHO completed in June 2021)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
March 2016<\/th>\r\nMakes the transition to a Company with Audit and Supervisory Committee from a Company with the Audit & Supervisory Board<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
August 2016<\/th>\r\nRelocates head office to Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
January 2018<\/th>\r\nMission changed to \u201cBuilding Together\u201d<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
September 2019<\/th>\r\nAcquires all shares in Dynatec inc., a leader in online reservation systems dedicated to official sites of hotels and inns, making it a consolidated subsidiary<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
January 2020<\/th>\r\nAcquires all shares in B-SLASH Corporation, a provider of essential e-commerce operation solutions for e-commerce companies, making it a consolidated subsidiary (conducts an absorption-type merger with B-SLASH in July 2020)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
July 2020<\/th>\r\nMerger of B-SLASH Corporation<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
May 2021<\/th>\r\nRelocates head office to Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
April 2024<\/th>\r\nMission changed to \u201cYour Success is Our Value\u201d<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
May 2024<\/th>\r\nBecomes an equity method affiliate of LY Corporation, SoftBank Corporation, and SoftBank Group Corporation through tender offer of treasury shares<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
May 2025<\/th>\r\nAcquired all shares of BUZMA Inc., and made it a consolidated subsidiary<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
April 2025<\/th>\r\nMerger of Dynatech Inc.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
July 2025<\/th>\r\nMerger of BUZMA Inc.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Auguest 2025<\/th>\r\nSale of all shares in the Company indirectly held by LY Corporation
\r\nCeases to be an affiliate of LY Corporation, SoftBank Corporation, and SoftBank Group Corporation<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
April 2026<\/th>\r\nRelocates head office to Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our History March 1996 Establishes Transpacific Inc., predecessor to ValueCommerce November 1999 Renames Value […]","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":38,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valuecommerce.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valuecommerce.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valuecommerce.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valuecommerce.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valuecommerce.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.valuecommerce.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3852,"href":"https:\/\/www.valuecommerce.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/3852"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valuecommerce.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valuecommerce.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}