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| November 1934 | Founder. late Seinosuke Kiyohara established Kiyohara Shoten at Yokobori, Higashi-ku, Osaka and engaged in the export of buttons and dressmaking supplies. |
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| August 1948 | Established Kiyohara Shoten Co., Ltd. with a capital of one million yen. |
| December 1949 | Established Osaka Lining Co., Ltd. with a capital of one million yen and set the office in Kiyohara Shoten Co., Ltd. |
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| November 1956 | Constructed 5-storied new company building with one basement level at 4-40 Minami-Kyuhoji-machi, Higashi-ku, Osaka. |
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| July 1960 | Opened Tokyo Office at Torigoe, Taitoh-ku, Tokyo. |
| October 1962 | Changed the name of Kiyohara Shoten Co., Ltd to Kiyohara & Co., Ltd. |
| December 1962 | Changed the name of Osaka Lining Co., Ltd. to Kiyohara Textile Co., Ltd. |
| January 1963 | Raised Tokyo Office to Tokyo Branch and moved to new company building constructed at Asakusabashi, Taitoh-ku, Tokyo. |
| October 1963 | Opened Okayama Branch. |
| February 1966 | Opened Nagoya Branch. |
| March 1967 | Constructed 6-storied new company building at Higashi-Kanda,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo and Tokyo Branch moved there. Opened Gife Branch. |
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| May 1970 | Constructed 7-storied new company building at 5-43 Minami-kyuhoji-machi, Higashi-ku,Osaka, and Kiyohara & Co., Ltd. moved to the new building. |
| June 1972 | Kiyohara & Co., Ltd and Kiyohara Textile Co., Ltd were merged and late Ichiro Ito was elected as President. |
| June 1972 | Established Kiyohara & Co., (H.K.) Ltd. in Hong Kong under joint venture. |
| March 1976 | Opened Fukuoka Branch. |
| March 1977 | Opened Taipei Office Branch Taiwan. |
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| November 1983 | Opened Mino Distribution Center. |
| July 1987 | Late Ichiro Ito was elected as Chairman and Hideo Onohara was elected as President. |
| August 1988 | Opened kobe Branch. |
| October 1989 | Changed Kiyohara & Co., (H.K.) Ltd. to 100% owned subsidiary company of Kiyohara & Co., Ltd. |
| June 1991 | Opened Noda Distribution Center. |
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| October 1993 | Opened Shanghai Office. |
| November 1994 | Established Shanghai Kiyohara & Co., Ltd. 100% owned. |
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| November 2000 | Established KiS Co., Ltd. |
| July 2003 | Introduced Executive Committee. |
| November 2004 | Opened Gifu Distribution Center |
| November 2006 | Opened Shenzhen Office |
| July 2007 | Hideo Onohara was elected as Chairman and Masaaki Onohara was elected as President. |
| October 2010 | Opened Viet Nam Hochiminh Office |