1976 | Com Stute, Inc., a U.S. corporation specializing in compilers, established Computer Institute of Japan, Ltd. (CIJ) in Yokohama as an independent company. Began developing Operating System for Hitachi, Ltd. |
1982 | Established Kansai Branch Office. |
1991 | Selected as a business partner of NTT DATA Corporation. |
1992 | Established Hokkaido Branch Office. |
1995 | Established Tokyo Office. |
1998 | Acknowledged as the Authorized Java Center by Oracle Corporation Japan. Contributed to promoting the appropriate use of Java. Established Chubu Branch Office. |
1999 | Established Kyushu Branch Office. |
2000 | Changed corporate name to the current CIJ. Acquired ISO 9001 certification. |
2001 | Listed on the Japan Securities Dealers Association over-the-counter market. |
2002 | Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
2004 | Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Acquired Privacy Mark. |
2005 | Made associated company Custanet Co., Ltd. a subsidiary. Acquired ISO 14001 certification. |
2008 | Acquired ISO 27001 certification. |
2010 | Merged subsidiaries Nihon Koken Systems Co., Ltd., CIJ Sophia Co., Ltd. and Nihon Advanced System Co., Ltd. to establish CIJ Next Co., Ltd. |
2011 | Merged Kanazawa Software Co., Ltd. into subsidiary CIJ Next Co., Ltd. |
2013 | Obtained a patent (Japanese patent No. 5406957) for its "SONOBA COMET" product. Contracted a bussiness alliance with the SYSCOM Group in Taiwan. |
2015 | Merged CIJ Managed System, Inc., CIJ BSC Co., Ltd. into subsidiary CIJ Next Co., Ltd. |
2017 | Merged CIJ Solutions, Ltd. |
2019 | Made Japan Financial Engineering, Ltd. a subsidiary. |
2021 | Obtained a patent (Japanese patent No. 6833966) for its "CREDIAL" product. Merged Business Soft Service Co., Ltd. Made a-LINK Corporation a subsidiary. Launched “Acceleration of growth to 50th ~ (Accel50)”, CIJ’s 6th medium-term business plan. |
2022 | Head office relocated to Yokohama Gate Tower. Listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
2023 | Made i-BRIDGE Group (i-BRIDGE Co., Ltd., i-BRIDGE Systems Philippines Inc.) a subsidiary. Made Nissinsoftware Co., Ltd. a subsidiary. |
2024 | Launched “Become the strategic partner with IT (BEIT50)”, CIJ’s 7th medium-term business plan. |