History

1950-1976

Business expansion in the period of rapid growth

Nissui Events		World Events
October 1950	Designation as a restricted company was lifted.
March 1951	Sunken ship Tonan Maru III was successfully refloated.
November 1951	Death of Ichiro Tamura.
May 1952	The Tenryu Maru fleet leaves from Hakodate to begin first mother ship-type salmon/trout fishery in the postwar era. Reopening of north-sea fisheries.	April 1952 MacArthur Line abolished. May 1952 Japan joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
August 1952	The trawler Asama Maru began fishing flounder in north-sea.
September 1952	A fleet centering on Miyajima Maru began flounder operations in the eastern Bering Sea with north-sea mother-ship trawl fishery.
October 1952	Full-scale production of fish sausage started at the Tobata Plant.	February 1953 NHK began television broadcasts in the Tokyo region. June 1953 International Convention for the High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean went into effect. March 1954 Fukuryu Maru No. 5, which was exposed to radiation at the Bikini Atoll, returned.
April 1955	Fleet, centering on crab fishery mother ship Yoko Maru, King crab harvests begin off the west coast of western Kamchatka Head office moved to Tokyo Building in Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku.
April 1957	Nippon Suisan Sponsored radio broadcast of Akado Suzunosuke, and it became a sensational hit.	March 1956 The Soviet government announced a salmon and trout regulatory zone and established the "Bulganin Line." January 1957 An Antarctic observation team succeeded in setting up the Showa Station.
1958	The Tobata Plant began full-scale production of frozen products.
February 1958	Nissan Fishery Institute changed its name to Nissan Research Institute Co., Ltd.
June 1958	Fishmeal fleets began operations in the Bering Sea.
July 1958	Trawler Uji Maru dispatched to Africa.
1959	Began joint research regarding surimi with the Hokkaido Fisheries Experimental Station. Began production of the first frozen food product for ordinary households, "Chawanmushi" egg custard, at Hakodate Teion Reizo.
April 1959	The Five-Year Reformation Plan began.
April 1960	The meal factory ship Gyokuei Maru began research on offshore surimi production.
May 1960	The Harumi Coldstore was completed.
March 1961	Sale of "Nissui Delux Mayonnaise" began.
May 1961	A ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the company's founding was held. "A History of Fifty Years of Nippon Suisan Kaisha.Ltd." and "Nippon Suisan Gyofu (Scientific Illustrations of Food Fish of the world" were published. A History of Fifty Years of Nippon Suisan Kaisha.Ltd.	1961 Fishery canned imports liberalized.
January 1962	Nissan Research Institute was renamed Nissui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
June 1962	Hachioji General Plant completed. Hachioji General Plant
July 1962	Nissui began its sale of Nissui Cheese.
November 1962	Ore carrier Andesu Maru was built.	November 1963 U.S. President Kennedy assassinated. April 1964 Japan joined the OECD (transition to an open market economy). October 1964 Tokaido Shinkansen began operation (Tokyo - Shin Osaka).
1965	Marketing of instant noodles "Nissui Ramen" began.
April 1966	Head office moved to Nippon Building in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
February 1967	Surimi equipment was installed on the refrigerated factory ship Shikishima Maru which set sail as a mother ship-type trawl fishery in the Bering Sea. Gyokuei Maru also began full-scale production of frozen surimi.
1967	Frozen food product "Chibikko Korokke" became a big hit.
June 1967	The Central Research Laboratory was relocated from Suginami-ku to Hachioji in Tokyo. Frozen food product "Chibikko Korokke" became a big hit.
November 1968	Sales of "Yaki-Chikuwa" began.	July 1969 U.S. Apollo 11 landed on the moon. December 1969 Japan's GNP ranked second among capitalist nations next to the U.S.
February 1970	Mineshima Maru went into operation as a mother ship-type trawl fishery in the Bering Sea. The surimi fleet was comprised of three ships, the Mineshima Maru, Shikishima Maru, and Gyokuei Maru.
July 1970	Started use of Alaska pollock surimi as the ingredient of fish sausages and ham.
1970	Began sales of "Fleuret," mayonnaise in an upside-down container.
October 1970	Yamato Maru (a 5,000-ton stern trawler, the world's largest) was completed. Yamato Maru	March 1970 The Japan World Exposition was held in Osaka. August 1971 The exchange rate system transitioned into a floating one for the Japanese yen.
April 1972	Sales of Akado Suzunosuke sausages began.
February 1973	Manufacturing of frozen food products was relocated from the Harumi Plant to the Hachioji General Plant.
September 1973	Production of fish sausages that did not contain acrylic furylfuramide (AF2) began.	October 1973 First oil crisis erupted.
1973	Yoko Maru left for the final mother-ship type king crab expedition off the west coast of Kamchatka.
March 1974	Nippon Suisan (U.S.A.) was established in the United States.
May 1974	Unisea founded in the U.S.
October 1975	The Tonan Maru II fleet made its last Antarctic whaling expedition.
December 1975	It was decided that mother ship-type whaling operations would be transferred to Nippon Kyodo Hogei K.K.
June 1976	Mother ship-type vessel Tonan Maru II and seven whaling vessels as well as crewmen were transferred to Nippon Kyodo Hogei.

History

1950-1976

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