| Past presidents |
Business transition and major events | Social events |
|---|---|---|
1977～1982 Torao Suzuki |
Began operation of 7-load trailers ('80) |
Japan's automobile production became the world's No.1 ('80) |
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Shonan Rikuso Co., Ltd. became a subsidiary ('81) |
Began used car and personal car transport business ('82) |
Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd merged into a new company named Toyota Motor Corporation ('82) |
1982～1988 Kozo Minowa |
The 30th anniversary of our founding ('82) |
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Began security services business ('83) |
Tokyo Disneyland opened ('83) |
Began packing business of parts for production for overseas ('84) 
Abolished freight car transportation ('84) |
Glico Morinaga Incident ('84) |
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Began regular transportation of cargo vehicles ('85) 
Shift to regular service of PCC ships ('85) Integrated self-driving and cargo Kyoyukais / Began New Toyota Kyoyukai ('85) |
Japan Airlines plane crashed ('85) |
Recession due to the strong yen ('86) |
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Logistics information management system in operation ('87) 
Began Higashi-Fuji relay transportation ('87) |
World population surpasses 5 billion ('87) Black Monday (stock market crash) ('87) |
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Five new ports were built to increase the number of coastal ship landings ('88-'90) 
Opened Matsuyama port ('88) |
1988～1990 Jun-ichi Sakurai |
Began consumption tax 3% ('89) Emperor Showa passed away and the new Heisei era began ('89) |
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1988～1990 Jun-ichi Sakurai |
Opened Miyazaki port ('90) |