History

August 1970 Established Chubu Pets Co., Ltd., in Kurumadacho, Showa-ku, Nagoya City, with the capital of 500,000 yen.
June 1972 Relocated the head office to the following location: Ikomacho, Kita-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture.
April 1973 Relocated the head office to the following location: Joutouchou, Kita-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture.
July 1975 Relocated the head office to the following location: Koshincho, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture.
December 1980 Relocated the head office to the following location: Matsukawadocho, Kasugai City, Aichi Prefecture.
December 1982 Increased the capital to 15 million yen.
June 1983 Established Japell Kanto Co., Ltd.(Integrated in June 1990)
April 1988 Opened Nagoya Liberty Trimming School
(Closed Liberty Pet Care College in February 2018.)
July 1989 Established Japell Hokuriku Co., Ltd.(Integrated in August 1996)
June 1990 Changed the name of Chubu Pets Co., Ltd. to Japell Co., Ltd.
September 1991 Relocated the head office to the following current location: Momoyamacho, Kasugai City, Aichi Prefecture
February 1993 Increased the capital to 40 million yen.
April 1997 Established Japell Tohoku Co., Ltd.(Integrated in November 2000)
June 1997 Established Japell Transportation Co., Ltd.
(Company name changed to “JAPELL Partnership Service Co., Ltd.” in September 2005)
October 1998 Increased the capital to 72 million yen.
September 2003 (Changed name to “Toki LC” in April 2018)
October 2003 Increased the capital to 140.985 million yen.
June 2005 Entered into a stock exchange agreement with Arata Corporation.
March 2006 Changed fiscal year end to March 31
July 2012 Established JAPELL (HONG KONG) CO., LIMITED in Hong Kong.
October 2017 JAPELL’s subsidiary company JAPELL Partnership Service Co., Ltd. acquired the shares and ownership of “Pet Library Co., Ltd.”
April 2018 JAPELL’s subsidiary company JAPELL Partnership Service Co., Ltd. acquired the shares and ownership of “Mobby Co., Ltd.”
May 2018 Established “Pet Food Repack Center”
(Operations transferred to “Vet’s Choice Japan Co., Ltd.” in October 2022)
April 2021 Established Animal Care House.
April 2022 Acquired the shares of “Vet’s Choice Japan Co., Ltd.”
April 2024 Acquired shares of “Kai Rao Tai (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.”