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1976 | ・Founded as a trading company of electronic components. |
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1988 | ・Started to distribute “Sentinel” software protectors of Rainbow Technologies, Inc. (current SafeNet, Inc.). |
1992 | ・Opened Tokyo Office. |
1994 | ・Signed a distributor agreement with Tactician Corporation. |
1995 | ・Released the first Japanese version of “Tactician” geographic information system. |
1996 | ・Opened Osaka Office. |
1997 |
・Changed the company name to “Giken Shoji International Co., Ltd.”. ・Concluded a technical partnership agreement with Tactician Corporation. ・Launched the F@xEm@il service. |
1998 |
・F@xEm@il was certified as the first “New Business of Communication and Broadcasting” by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. ・Received the Nagoya Mayor Prize of Chubu New Business Award. |
2007 | ・Obtained patent numbers (No. 3914303 & 4007720) for the F@xEm@il service. |
2009 | ・Obtained a patent number (No. 4334831) for a direct mail system. |
2010 |
・Obtained a patent number (No. 4548645) for the WebGIS service. ・Obtained a patent number (No. 4585594) for an external memory for software license. |
2011 |
・Obtained a patent number (No. 4750497) for a content tampering protection system. ・Released MarketAnalyzer for China. ・Obtained a patent number (No. 4776170) for a location authentication system. |
2012 |
・Obtained a patent number (No. 4981957) for an external memory for software license. ・Obtained a patent number (No. 5123422) for a location feature-based profiling system. ・Launched the r4b® (report for biz) reporting cloud service. |
2013 |
・Obtained a patent number (No. 5199143) for an anonymized aggregation system. ・Obtained a patent number (No. 5214054 & 5284548) for a location feature-based profiling system. ・Obtained a patent number (No. 5258832) for a demographic-based location analysis model. ・Obtained a patent number (No. 5384281) for an area analysis system for direct mail distribution. |
2014 |
・Obtained a patent number (No. 5536725) for a store profiling system. ・Obtained a patent number (No. 5576784) for a commercial facilities data analysis system. ・Subscribed for the shares issued by Cooytech Co., Ltd. for the capital increase. |
2016 |
・Launched the Marketing Intelligence Platform (MIP) service. ・Started the reporting cloud service (report for biz : r4b-C) in China. ・Obtained a patent number (No. 5946372) for a geocoding system. |
2017 |
・AGOOP Corporation (SoftBank Group) released “AGPackage – Marketing Specialist powered by MarketAnalyzer™ Cloud” ・Launched a new brand MarketDiscovery to roll out the big data product line that is valuable to business ・Added AudienceOne® by D. A. Consortium Inc. to the area-marketing data lineup for MarketAnalyzer™ 【MarketDiscovery】 |
2018 |
・Released a MarketAnalyzer™’s new analysis function based on ProfilePassport by Blogwatcher, Inc. 【MarketDiscovery】 ・Obtained a patent number (No. 6317940) for a high-precision small-area simulation sytem and its program |
Company Name | Giken Shoji International Co., Ltd. (GSI) |
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Founded in | January, 1976 |
Capital | JPY 231,125,000 |
President and CEO | Tomomi Kojima |
Managing Director & Operating Officer | Yoshinori Matsumoto |
Director & Operating Officer | Azuma Oshima |
Director & Operating Officer | Katsumasa Murahashi |
Operating Officer | Fumiyoshi Ichikawa |
Auditing Officer | Junichi Matsui |
Affiliate | Cooytech Co., Ltd. (President: Satoshi Oda) |
Headquarters |
GSI Bldg. 2-30 Chikara-machi, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 460-0018 Japan TEL.+81-52-972-6544 / FAX.+81-52-972-6577 |
Tokyo Office |
4F Kintetsu Kasumigaseki Bldg., 3-5-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013 Japan TEL.+81-3-3506-1800 / FAX.+81-3-3506-1807 |
Osaka Office |
4F Imon-kawara-machi Bldg., 4-5-9 Kawara-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0048 Japan TEL.+81-6-6227-4660 / FAX.+81-6-6227-4677 |
No. of Employees | 27 (as of April 1, 2018) |
Business |
・GIS (geographic information system) solutions for area marketing ・Census/trade area data and industry-specific databases ・Marketing support and consulting services based on census/trade area data and industry-specific databases ・Marketing analysis platform for information providing and sharing ・Marketing indexes and trade area analysis reports in China |
Clients | AEONMALL Co., Ltd. / Cocokara Fine Inc. / East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc. / Shiseido Co., Ltd. / Saint-Care Holding Corp. / Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. / Takenaka Corp. / D. A. Consortium Inc. / Nikkei Research Inc. / Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. / Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. / MOS Food Services, Inc. / YAOKO Co., Ltd. / Yomiuri IS Inc. / Renaissance Inc. / Hellen Asset Management Group Ltd. (Shanghai) etc. |
Patents |
Patent No. 3914303, 4007720 (FaxEmail service) Patent No. 4334831 (Direct mail system) Patent No. 4548645 (Web GIS service) Patent No. 4585594, 4981957 (External memory for software license) Patent No. 4750497 (Anti-tampering system) Patent No. 4776170 (Location authentication system) Patent No. 5123422, 5214054, 5284548 (Location feature-based profiling system) Patent No. 5199143, 5276232 (Anonymized aggregation system) Patent No. 5258832 (Demographic-based location analysis model) Patent No. 5384281 (Area analysis system for direct mail distribution) Patent No. 5536725 (Store profiling system) Patent No. 5576784 (Commercial facilities data analysis system) Patent No. 5946372 (Geocoding system) Patent No. 6317940 (High-precision small-area simulation sytem and its program) |
GSI Bldg., 2-30 Chikara-machi, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 460-0018 Japan GoogleMap
Tel: +81-52-972-6544 / Fax: +81-52-972-6577
4F Kintetsu Kasumigaseki Bldg., 3-5-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013 Japan GoogleMap
Tel: +81-3-3506-1800 / Fax: +81-3-3506-1807
4F Imon-kawara-machi Bldg., 4-5-9 Kawara-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0048 Japan GoogleMap
Tel: +81-6-6227-4660 / Fax: +81-6-6227-4677