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The History of JRC

- Dec.1915
"Anonymous Association,Nippon RadiotelegraphManufacturing Co."is founded.
- Mar.1917
"Nippon Radio Telegraph Manufacturing&Co., Ltd."is founded.
- Feb.1920
The company is reorganized as Nippon Radio Telegraph and Telephone Co., Ltd.
- Apr.1924
A contract on capital and technology is concluded with TELEFUNKEN GmbH in Germany.
- Jan.1930
Our headquarters and factory relocate to newly constructed facilities in Osaki, Tokyo.
- Jul.1938
Our factory relocates to newly constructed facility in Mitaka, Tokyo.
- Dec.1942
Our company name changes to "Japan Radio Co., Ltd."
- Dec.1945
Our new logo is「JRC」born.
- Oct.1949
The firm restarts as "Japan Radio Co., Ltd."(secondary corporation).
“Nagano Japan Radio Co., Ltd.”is founded.
“Ueda Japan Radio Co., Ltd.” is founded.
- Feb.1953
Our stock is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- Oct.1954
“Osaka Wireless Office Co., Ltd.”(current JRC System Service Co., Ltd.) is founded.
- May.1955
“Japan Radio Glass Co., Ltd.” is founded.
- Apr.1957
A technical assistance contract is concluded with TELEFUNKEN in Germany.
- Nov.1957
“Sasebo Japan Radio Co., Ltd” is founded.
- Jul.1961
A new head office opens in Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
- Oct.1961
“Japan Radio Cooperation Association” is founded.
- Dec.1961
As a joint venture with RAYTHEON company in the US, “New Japan Radio Co., Ltd.” is founded.
- Aug.1968
A new Defense Systems factory opens.
- Oct.1969
A laboratory opens.
- May.1975
JRC do Brasil Empreendimentos Electronicos Ltda. is founded.
- Apr.1982
Japan Radio clinic opens.
- May.1982
The Saitama plant opens.
- Apr.1983
“JRC Engineering Co., Ltd.” is founded.
A new automated production factory opens.
- May.1983
The head office relocates to Akasaka,Minato-ku, Tokyo.
- Oct.1985
“JRC Tokki Co., Ltd.” is founded.
- Oct.1986
A new factory of manufacturing of printed wiring board opens.
- Jan.1990
Our capital surpasses 10 billion yen.
- Apr.1994
“Japan Radio Company (HK) Limited” is founded.
- Jul.1994
We introduce its system of independent divisions.
- Jun.2000
LPA (Linear Power Amplifier) factory opens.
- Oct.2000
“Marinfonet Co., Ltd.” (current JRC Marinfonet Co., Ltd.) is founded.
- Dec.2002
The head office relocates to Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
- Aug.2009
The head office relocates to Ogikubo, Suginami-ku, Tokyo.
- Dec.2010
We become a consolidated subsidiary of Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.
- Nov.2011
A locally incorporated company is established in Shanghai.
- Sep.2012
We issued a plan for “Structural business reforms toward renewed growth.”
- Dec.2013
Alphatron Marine Beheer B.V. becomes a consolidated subsidiary.
- Jul.2014
The head office relocates to Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo.
- Aug.2014
The head office relocates to Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo.
- Dec.2014
The Advanced Technology Center opens.
- Mar.2015
Construction of the production building is completed
- Oct.2015
We celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding.
- Mar.2016
Nagano Japan Radio Co., Ltd. and Ueda Japan Radio Co., Ltd. becomes wholly owned subsidiary
- May.2016
The Marine Service Center opens.
- Aug.2016
Kawagoe plant opens.
- Oct.2016
Alphatron Marine Beheer B.V. becomes wholly owned subsidiary
- Jan.2017
PT. JRC SPECTRA INDONESIA is founded.
- Apr.2017
San Jose Technical Development Center opens.
- Jul.2017
Alphatron Marine Korea Co., Ltd. is founded.
- Oct.2017
JRC becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.
- Jul.2018
ProNav As becomes wholly owned subsidiary.
- Dec.1916
“Nippon Radio quenched spark radiotelegraph unit,”our first product, is developed.
- Sep.1918
Our first “vacuum tube” is developed.
- Feb.1922
Japan's first “radio for weather broadcasting” is developed.
- 1Dec.1923
Japan's first “500W vacuum tube type transmitter” is developed.
- Jun.1924
Development of radio parts and radio receiver commences.
- Dec.1930
Our “new style of radio receiver” wins first prize in the National High-grade Radio Receiver Prize Competition Exhibition.
- Mar.1932
Fully nationalized “500W power broadcasting transmitter” is developed.
- 1939
The world's first “cavity magnetron” is developed.
- Nov.1948
Japan's first “ultrasonic sounding equipment” is developed.
- Dec.1952
Japan's first “9GHz marine RADAR” is developed.
- Mar.1954
Japan's first “weather RADAR” is developed.
- Feb.1960
“The world's first transistorized LORAN receiver” is released.
- Sep.1960
“A rainfall/water-level telemeter system” is delivered to the Futase Dam.
- Aug.1964
Japan's first “simultaneous interpretation system” is delivered.
“The sound systems for the Tokyo Olympics” are delivered.
- May.1970
Our “JAC-120 general-purpose computer system” is released.
- May.1971
Japan's first “real-time signal analyzer” is released.
- Aug.1975
Japan's first “Ship Earth Station device for the international maritime satellite system ” is developed.
- Jun.1977
“An amateur radio receiver” is released.
- Mar.1979
“Fully solid-state PCM/PSK multiplex radio communication equipment” is developed.
- Aug.1983
We achieves the top world share in “Ship Earth Station devices for the international maritime satellite system.”
- Mar.1990
The world's first “Automotive GPS receiver for car navigation” debuts.
- Sep.1991
“A new series of radio communication equipment for the GMDSS” is developed.
- 1993
We delivered our first mobile telephone for domestic market.
- Oct.2006
“JRM-11 Series ETC automotive equipment for motorcycles” is released.
- May.2008
The world's first “MED approval for marine RADARs conforming to the new IMO RADAR performance standard” is acquired.
- Jun.2010
The world's first “9GHz band 300W marine solid-state RADAR” with a narrower RADAR band is developed.
- Dec.2011
The world's first “S-band/solid state meteorological RADAR” is supplied to PAGASA in the Philippines.
- Jul.2015
We release “the world's smallest and lightest S-band solid state RADAR.”
- May.2016
Japan's first "Compact LTE system" is delivered to Kyoto University.
- Jul.2016
"JRM-21 ETC2.0 automotive equipment for motorcycles" is released.
- May.2017
New navigation support tool "J-Marine NeCST" is jointly developed.
- Sep.2019
Began transmitting disaster-related information to digital signage used at underground commercial facilities using Alertmarker+, the first system of its kind in Japan.
- Mar.2020
Developed JM-Watcher II, the first app in Japan that helps prevent collisions by providing notice of approaching marine vessels.