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Company History
Representative Director Yasuhiko Okamoto established Powers International, Co., Ltd. (currently LIKE, Inc.) for operating a package tour planning business in Nishi-ku, Osaka-shi.
Company name changed to TRADIA, Co., Ltd.
J-TELECOM, Ltd., a company established by the Company’s Representative Director Yasuhiko Okamoto, launched a multimedia service business by signing an agency contract for the sales of mobile phones.
Transferred the tour planning business to STEP TOURS, Co., Ltd., a company established by the Company’s Representative Director Yasuhiko Okamoto (currently dormant).
Company name changed to J-COM Co., Ltd.
Signed a consignment contract for sales of mobile phones and launched the Comprehensive Human Resources Service business.
Acquired license for general worker dispatching undertaking business. Launched the Comprehensive Human Resources Service business through dispatch contracts.
Opened Nagoya Business Office (currently Tokai Branch Office) in Higashi-ku, Nagoya-shi.
Opened Hiroshima Business Office (currently Chugoku Branch Office) in Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi.
Opened Tokyo Branch Office (currently Tokyo Head Office) in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
Moved the Tokai Branch Office to its current location in Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi.
Listed on the Mothers segment of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Relocated the Head Office to Nishi-Shinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka.
Opened the Tohoku Branch Office in Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi.
Opened the Kyushu Branch Office in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi.
Changed the listed market to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Opened the Hokkaido Branch Office in Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi.
Moved the Tokyo Branch Office (currently Tokyo Head Office) to its current location in Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
Established J-COM Staff Co., Ltd. (currently consolidated subsidiary LIKE Staffing, Inc.) in line with the decision to transition to a holding company structure.
All business portions of the Company succeeded to by J-COM Co., Ltd. through an absorption-type company split, and the Company transitioned to a holding company structure. Company name changed to J-COM Holdings Co., Ltd.
Acquired shares of Success Academy Co., Ltd. (Success Academy Co., Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Success Holdings Co., Ltd. through a share transfer in November 2010.)
J-COM Co., Ltd. transitioned to a double head office structure in both Tokyo and Osaka.
Acquired shares of IFC Co., Ltd.
Moved the Head Office to its current location in Kakuda-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka.
Implemented an absorption-type merger with J-COM Co., Ltd. as the surviving company and IFC Co., Ltd. as the absorbed company.
Made ACA Healthcare Reorganization No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership into a consolidated subsidiary.
Made Sunrise Villa Co., Ltd. and Japan Contract Food Co., Ltd. into consolidated subsidiaries.
Transferred all shares of Japan Contract Food Co., Ltd. and excluded it from the scope of consolidated subsidiaries.
Moved the Tokyo Head Office to its current location in Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
Acquired shares of equity-method affiliated company Success Holdings Co., Ltd. through a tender offer and made it into a consolidated subsidiary.
Corporate name changed to LIKE, Inc.
Made Sunrise Villa Co., Ltd. (currently LIKE Care, Inc.) into a wholly owned subsidiary.
Established LIKE Works, Inc. through an incorporation-type company split from LIKE Staffing, Inc.
Combined the Tokyo offices for subsidiary companies at current location in Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
Acquired shares of LIKE Kids, Inc. through a tender offer and made it into a wholly owned subsidiary.
Due to the restructuring of the market divisions of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, transferred from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Prime Market.
Business management, finance and accounting, labor, and administrative operations (billing administrative agencies) succeeded to by the Company through a company split, implemented with LIKE Academy, Inc. (currently LIKE Kids, Inc.) as the surviving company and LIKE Kids, Inc. as the absorbed company. Company name of the surviving company, LIKE Academy, Inc., changed to LIKE Kids, Inc.
Implemented an absorption-type merger with LIKE Staffing, Inc. as the surviving company and LIKE Works, Inc. as the absorbed company.
Established LIKE Products, Inc.
Acquired shares of Digital Defense Co., Ltd. and made it into a wholly owned subsidiary.
Established a local subsidiary, “PT. LIKE GLOBAL INDONESIA,” in Indonesia.