'Tokachi Mainichi Newspaper, Inc.

Sept. 1919	The first president, Hoshu Hayashi, founded The Obihiro Newspaper, Inc. In November, he started publishing The Obihiro Newspaper every ten days.
Apr. 1920	The paper was renamed The Tokachi Mainichi Newspaper.
Oct. 1925	Sponsored the First All-Tokachi Baseball Tournament.
Sept. 1919	The first president, Hoshu Hayashi, founded The Obihiro Newspaper, Inc. In November, he started publishing The Obihiro Newspaper every ten days.
Apr. 1920	The paper was renamed The Tokachi Mainichi Newspaper.
Oct. 1925	Sponsored the First All-Tokachi Baseball Tournament.
Aug. 1929	Held the First Cool Breeze Fireworks Festival.
Aug. 1931	Built a new three-story building.
Sept. 1931	Installed rotary press with 8-page color printing capacity. An 8-page evening paper was published, the first of its kind in Japan.
Sep. 1934	Held the First Citizens' Bon Festival Dance.
Dec. 1935	The first president, Hoshu Hayashi, died. His oldest son, Katsumi Hayashi, succeeded him as president.
Oct. 1936	Designated as the newspaper to represent eastern Hokkaido newspapers when the Emperor visited. It was the newspaper he read.
June 1939	Merged with old The Hokkaido Times under the name The Tokachi Mainichi Newspaper as part of the government's control on speech during wartime.
Oct. 1942	To unify all Hokkaido newspapers, The Hokkaido Newspaper Co., Ltd. was started and The Tokachi Mainichi Newspaper become a part of it.
Jan. 1946	Returned as a weekly after the war ended.
July 1952	Started publishing a 2-page newspaper daily.
Jan. 1962	Became a member of the Japan Newspaper Association.
Feb. 1964	Cosponsored the First Obihiro Ice Festival.
Mar. 1964	Made a special arrangement with Jiji Times and set up a short-wave radio fax. Started to receive Jiji Fax News.
Oct. 1969	Commemorated the 50th anniversary of its founding by beginning construction on a new five-story building.
June 1971	Introduced a high speed rotary press with a mono color auto folder made by Ikegai Corporation, which could print a maximum of 80,000 copies an hour.
Oct. 1972	Received a testimonial at the ceremony for the 90th anniversary of Obihiro's founding and the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the city administration. Published the commemorative album, The History of Obihiro.
Apr. 1976	Introduced an offset high speed rotary press. It was the first step to implementing a new system called CTS (Cold Type System). Constructed a new printing factory and started printing on July 1. The Tokachi Mainichi Newspaper grew to about 12 pages.
Mar. 1979	Introduced a composing machine and an automatic phototypesetting and plate arranging system. Switched to computerized editing and proofreading. Adopted 14 different phototypesetting styles.
Oct. 1979	Held the 60th anniversary ceremony of the company's founding.
Apr. 1981	Introduced a computerized proofreading machine.
Mar. 1982	Set up Kachimai Salon, an art exhibition gallery, on the seventh floor of Fujimaru Department Store.
June 1982	Opened the First Kachimai Home Center.
July 1982	Held Tokachi Exposition in commemoration of the centennial anniversary of Obihiro's founding.
Jan. 1983	Circulation reached 50,000.
Oct. 1984	Introduced a computerized phototypesetting machine and a computer proof machine. A 13-letter-a-line style was adopted.
May 1985	Joined the Japan ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations) Association.
June 1985	Introduced a high speed offset rotary press, which could print 60,000 copies per hour.
July 1985	Completed construction on a new seven-story office building.
Aug. 1985	Started Obihiro City Cable Television.
Oct. 1985	Held the 65th Anniversary Ceremony.
June 1986	Circulation reached 60,000.
Aug. 1988	Completed construction of the new Hiroo Branch Office building.
Nov. 1988	President Katsumi Hayashi received the Fourth Class Order of the Zuiho Prize from the Emperor.
July 1989	Introduced the Jiji News Agency's data correspondence system "JACS" to promote an efficient phototypesetting process.
Oct. 1989	Held the 70th Anniversary Ceremony.
Apr. 1990	Set up "Mina," a computerized information terminal, in the Japan Railways Obihiro Station.
Apr. 1990	Introduced word processors for reporters to write articles.
Oct. 1990	Circulation reached 70,000.
Oct. 1990	Completed construction on the new Shintoku Branch Office building.
Nov. 1990	Vice President Masami Hayashi received the Sixth Class Order of Kiyokujitsu from the Emperor.
Jan. 1991	Vice President Masami Hayashi took office as president. President Katsumi Hayashi was installed as the chairman.
June 1991	Printed the 20,000th edition.
July 1991	Set up an editorial annex at the Tokyo Branch Office.
July 1992	Held Midorium '92 in commemoration of the 110th anniversary of Obihiro's founding.
Dec. 1992	Presented Symphony Tokachi to Obihiro City.
Jan. 1993	Vice President Mitsushige Hayashi took office as president. President Masami Hayashi was installed as the chairman.
Feb. 1993	The second president, Katsumi Hayashi, died.
Apr. 1993	Established KC's to design and produce digital content.
May 1994	Started "Tokachi Millennium Forest" project and planted 24,000 trees in Haobi, Shimizu.
Dec. 1994	Started FM Obihiro (FM-JAGA), a community FM station.
Feb. 1995	Circulation reached 80,000.
Mar. 1995	Held a ceremony to celebrate 75th anniversary and reaching a circulation of 80,000.
Oct. 1995	Started byline system.
Nov. 1995	Established Tokachi Beer, a microbrewery.
Sept. 1996	Opened Tokachi Mainichi Newspapers, Inc. websites, "Virtual Tokachi Village" (Now "Web Tokachi: http://www.tokachi.co.jp/)
Nov. 1996	Introduced Computerized Typesetting System (CTS).
Jan. 1997	Started the Hakodate Newspaper.
Apr. 1997	Opened Tokachi Beer brewery and restaurant.
Oct. 1997	Started carrying translated articles from USA Today.
July 1998	Obihiro City Cable subscribers reached 20,000.
July 1998	Started the first free paper in Tokachi, Chai (20-page, full-color tabloid-sized, 100,000 copies).
May 1999	Obihiro City Cable started the internet-access service, "RUN LAN," using its cable network.
June 1999	Completed the extension of the printing factory and introduced "Tower Color Top CT6000," a most-advanced, high-speed offset newspaper printer made by Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, Ltd. that can print a 40-page paper including 16 color pages, 150,000 copies per hour.
Oct. 1999	Held the 80th anniversary ceremony.
June 2001	Circulation reached 90,000.
June 2002	Kachimai Home Center celebrated its 20th anniversary. In 33 home shows 400 houses were displayed .
July 2002	Demeter—Tokachi International Contemporary Art Exhibition was held to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Obihiro's founding.
Sept. 2002	Opened a goat cheese factory and Cafe de Kisara at Tokachi Millennium Forest.
Dec. 2002	Held Kachimai Home Center 20th anniversary ceremony.
Apr. 2003	Obihiro City Cable started FTTH service.
Jan. 2004	Opened "Sanyo-an," the annex of Daiichi Hotel.
June 2004	Updated the CTS.
Sept. 2004	Co-organized WRC Rally Japan 2004 with Manichi Newspaper Co.
June 2005	Held the international natural cheese conference, “Comite Plenier Fromages.”
Mar. 2006	Opened POSTA, a satellite studio for OCTV and FM Obihiro, in Posful Obihiro.
June 2006	Completed the extension of the printing factory and introduced “Tower Color Top CT6200UD, a high-speed offset newspaper printer made by Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, Ltd. that can print a 40-page paper including 24 color pages.
July 2006	Established the restaurant management company Green Story Corporation.
Oct. 2006	Green Story Corp. opened the restaurant “Otoriyose Dining Tokachiya.”
June 2007	“Sanyo-an,” the annex of Daiichi Hotel, was selected as a “Hotel with the Finest Service,” It was the first small hotel in Hokkaido awarded the title.
July 2007	The Head Office of Tokachi Mainichi Newspaper Inc. and the Advertising Insert Division of its affiliate company Kachimai Service obtained ISO14001 (the international standards for the environmental management system) certification.
Sept. 2007	Signed an agreement with the Yomiuri and Asahi newspapers to print Asahi Newspaper, in addition to Yomiuri Newspaper, the printing of which began in July 1999. It was the first case that these two newspapers were printed in the same factory.
Oct. 2007	Obihiro City Cable started the optical TV service.
Oct. 2007	Started, in conjunction with the Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, research on producing bioethanol using waste paper and cellulosic materials, as a part of the Tokachi Mainichi Newspaper 90th anniversary project.