{"id":24,"date":"2008-07-23T14:37:57","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T05:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kvh.mti.co.jp\/eng\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:01:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T02:01:46","slug":"corporate-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mti.co.jp\/eng\/?page_id=24","title":{"rendered":"Corporate History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"company__index\">\n<div class=\"company__nav\">\n<p class=\"company__nav__h\">ABOUT MTI<\/p>\n<ul class=\"company__nav__list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/eng\/?page_id=9\">About MTI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/eng\/?page_id=36\">Corporate Philosophy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"s_menu_h\"><a href=\"\/eng\/?page_id=3661\" class=\"non_cl\">Sustainability<\/a>\n<div class=\"s_menu_r sp_nn\">\n<div class=\"s_menu\">\n<a href=\"\/eng\/?page_id=240\">CSR<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"is--current\"><a href=\"\/eng\/?page_id=24\">History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/eng\/?page_id=25\">Access<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"company__history\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>History<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Aug. 1996<\/th>\n<td>MTI Ltd. Is established with 90 million yen capital in order to conduct mobile phone sales and provide data communication services.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Oct. 1997<\/th>\n<td>Begins provision of voice information services.<br \/> Launches a weather information website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Apr. 1999<\/th>\n<td>Begins provision of content on &#8220;Ezweb&#8221;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Oct. 1999<\/th>\n<td>Offers stock publicly.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Dec. 1999<\/th>\n<td>Begins provision of content on &#8220;J-SKY&#8221;.<br \/> Launches &#8220;Obunsha&#8221; study-aid book website.<br \/>Launches &#8220;Mapple Travel Guide&#8221; map and guide website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Apr. 2000<\/th>\n<td>Launches a roadway traffic information website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Aug. 2000<\/th>\n<td>Launches a ringtone website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Nov. 2000<\/th>\n<td>Launches the &#8220;Luna&#8221; (currently &#8220;Luna-Luna&#8221;) women&#8217;s health website. *A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Apr. 2001<\/th>\n<td>Launches a cellular phone solutions business.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Sept. 2001<\/th>\n<td>Begins provision of &#8220;i-mode&#8221; content.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Mar. 2004<\/th>\n<td>Launches the &#8220;music.jp&#8221; ringtone website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Nov. 2004<\/th>\n<td>Launches the full &#8220;music.jp&#8221; ringtone website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Apr. 2005<\/th>\n<td>Consolidates all music services on &#8220;music.jp&#8221;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Sept. 2006<\/th>\n<td>Launches the &#8220;comic.jp&#8221; comic books website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Dec. 2007<\/th>\n<td>Launches &#8220;Luna-Luna&#8221;. *D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Jun. 2010<\/th>\n<td>Establishes SHANGHAI HYRON MTI Co., Ltd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Jul. 2010<\/th>\n<td>Begins provision of smartphone services.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Nov. 2010<\/th>\n<td>Jibe Mobile K.K. (currently Automagi Inc.) becomes a consolidated subsidiary.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Dec. 2010<\/th>\n<td>Launches the &#8220;CARADAmedica&#8221; 24-hour health Q&#038;A website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Apr. 2011<\/th>\n<td>Launches the &#8220;yomel.jp&#8221; e-book website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Jun. 2012<\/th>\n<td>Establishes our healthcare business headquarters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Sept. 2012<\/th>\n<td>Number of paid smartphone subscribers surpasses 3 million.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Mar. 2014<\/th>\n<td>Number of paid smartphone subscribers surpasses 5 million.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Sept. 2014<\/th>\n<td>Begins provision of e-books on &#8220;music.jp&#8221;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Mar. 2015<\/th>\n<td>Expands &#8220;music.jp&#8221; into a comprehensive music, video and book distribution store.<br \/>\nListed in the 1st Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Apr. 2015<\/th>\n<td>PHARUMO, Inc. becomes a consolidated subsidiary.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Jul. 2015<\/th>\n<td>Establishes the CARADAmedica Inc. health consultation services provider.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Sept. 2015<\/th>\n<td>Number of paid smartphone subscribers surpasses 6 million.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Nov. 2015<\/th>\n<td>StaGen Co., Ltd. becomes an equity affiliate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Sept. 2016<\/th>\n<td>Establishes MYTRAX VIETNAM Co., LTD. (currently MTI TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd.).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Dec. 2016<\/th>\n<td>Authlete Japan, Inc. (Currently Authlete, Inc.) becomes an equity affiliate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Mar. 2017<\/th>\n<td>Establishes MTI TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd. as a base for offshore development.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Mar. 2018<\/th>\n<td>CLIPLA Inc., a cloud-based medical records company, becomes a consolidated subsidiary.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Jul. 2018<\/th>\n<td>Crowd Cast, Ltd. becomes an equity affiliate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Aug. 2018<\/th>\n<td>Establishes Solamichi System Inc.,  a company that produces a cloud-based prescription history system.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Sept. 2018<\/th>\n<td>Motivation Works Inc. becomes a consolidated subsidiary.<\/td>\n<tr>\n<th>Nov. 2018<\/th>\n<td>MEDIPAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION invests in CARADAmedica Inc. (34.4% share)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Jun. 2019<\/th>\n<td>Shobunsha Publications, Inc. becomes an equity affiliate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Aug. 2019<\/th>\n<td>Establishes Boshimo Ltd., a company that provides electronic mother-and-child health handbook services.<br \/>Establishes LunaLuna Medico Ltd., a company that connects women to  doctors.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Oct. 2019<\/th>\n<td>Pocket Queries, Inc. becomes an equity affiliate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Jul. 2020<\/th>\n<td>Establishes MTI CS Ltd. for provision of digital transformation consulting services.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Jul. 2021<\/th>\n<td>Establishes MTI Healthcare Holdings Inc. to support the utilization of ICT in medical and healthcare fields.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Apr. 2022<\/th>\n<td>Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>May 2022<\/th>\n<td> Eagle Inc. becomes a consolidated subsidiary. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Jul. 2022<\/th>\n<td>Establishes LIFEM Inc., a corporate provider of femtech services.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<th>Jul. 2024<\/th>\n<td>Establishes Grand Secunology Inc., a company with a focus on cybersecurity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*D: Currently a docomo service\/feature. *A: Currently an au service\/feature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT MTI About MTI Corporate Philosophy Sustainability CSR History Access Date History Aug. 1996 MTI Ltd. 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