| Chronology of the History of Japanese Calculating Machines |
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| Katsunori Kadokura |
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| 1500s? |
Chinese Abacus appears in Japan
and is modified. |
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| 1800s |
Japanese SOROBAN becomes
popular. |
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| 1868 |
Japanese modern Government is
organized |
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| 1885 |
Japanese Low's Patent is
published |
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| 1890 |
Japanese Navy uses a
"Thomas Arithmometer" |
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| 1894 |
Japanese-China war starts. |
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| 1897 |
Nippon Insurance uses a
"Tates Arithmometer" |
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| 1900s |
Some Odhner and Brunsviga
machines are imported. |
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| 1903 |
Daichi Insurance Co. imports a
"Millionaire " price: Yen 500 |
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R. Yazu patents his Arithmometer |
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| 1905 |
R.Yazu die |
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Japanese-Russia War is ended |
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| 1909 |
Kurosawa Shoten sales
"Comptometer" price: Yen 415 |
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| 1913 |
Maruzen and Itohki sales
"Brunsviga" price: Yen 350 |
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| 1915 |
Maruzen sales
"Moldibo" |
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| 1916 |
Sotoyama Utility Patent 47281
"Calculator" |
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| 1919 |
Calculating Manufacturing Co,
Ltd. is incorporated. |
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mark "IDEAL" is registered by Marzen. |
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| 1921 |
Maruzen sales
"IDEAL" Machines. |
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| K. Frieden Patent 40871 |
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| 1923 |
T. Ohmoto finishes his first
Machine |
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| 1925 |
"Brunsviga" trade mark
is registered in Japan |
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| 1928 |
Nippon Calculating Machine Co,
Ltd. is incorporated. |
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Tiger, Motor driven calculator,
price: Yen 1350 |
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| 1930 |
Tiger Calculating Machine Co,
Ltd. is incorporated. |
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| 1931 |
Tiger
Model " Tokuso" |
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| 1931 |
Tamaya
Shokai sales "Toyo?," "Aikoku" and "Nohritsu" |
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| 1933 |
Tiger
Model "Renjou." |
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| 1934 |
Taiyo Calculating Machine Co,
Ltd. is incorporated. |
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Taiyo Model "Taiyo"
(Japanese word logo). |
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| 1937 |
Government prohibits imports of
equipment including business machines. |
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| 1938 |
Maruzen sales "Maruzen."
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| 1939 |
Tiger motor drive calculating Machine? shown at New York World
Exhibition |
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Maruzen Calculating Machine Co, Ltd. is incorporated (Maruzen
merge Taiyo). |
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World War 2 breaks out. |
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| 1940 |
Tiger Calculating Sale Co, Ltd.
is incorporated, (splits Manufacturing and Sales) |
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| 1942 |
Army orders the high speed
calculating machine to Maruzen, but not finished. |
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| 1945 |
World War 2 ends. |
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Nippon Calculating Machine Co,
Ltd. is incorporated by Showa Youkou, Model "Fujiboshi" |
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| 1947 |
Nippon
Calculating Machine Sales Co, Ltd. is incorporated, (splits manufacturing and
sales) |
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| 1949 |
Marchant, Monroe, Frieden (
motor drive calculators) are started to be imported and sold |
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| 1950 |
Tiger "Model 20" (RENJOU ) |
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Tiger "Model 18"(TOKUSO ) |
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Tokyo Electric Co, Ltd. is
incorporated. |
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| 1951 |
Taiyo Calculating Machine Co,
Ltd. is incorporated again |
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Nippon Business Machine Co, Ltd.
Model "Blue Star 20-S" made by Tokyo Electric Co, Ltd. |
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| 1953 |
Tiger Model "JUSSIN KIHONN." |
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Nippon Business Machine, Model
"Blue Star 20-T" |
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| 1954 |
Toshiba Business Machine Co,
Ltd. is incorporated, Model "Blue Star 13-T" made by Tokyo Electric
Co. |
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| 1956 |
Nippo Model "Nippo
101" |
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Toshiba Model "20-E" (motor driven
calculating machine) |
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| 1957 |
Busicom & Co, Ltd. is
incorporated. |
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| Keybar
Calculating Machine Co, Ltd. is incorporated, Model "Keybar" |
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| Casio
Keisannki Seisakusho Co, Ltd. is incorporated |
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| 1958 |
Tiger improves Model 20" |
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Nippo Model "Nippo
202" |
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| 1959 |
Tiger improves Model 18" |
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Toshiba Model "20-TB"
and "20-EB" (motor driven calculating machine) |
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| 1960 |
Tiger Model" E60-3" (motor driven adding machine) |
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Toshiba Model " BC-4001" (motor driven
adding machine) |
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Plus sales "Keybar
A-2" |
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| 1961 |
Toshiba
Model "20-TC", Nippon Calculating Machine Model "SM-21" |
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Pilot
merges Keybar and incorporates Pilot Business Machine Co, Ltd. |
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Nippo
discontinues calculating machines. |
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| 1962 |
Tiger
Model "H-62-20" (improved Model 20
plastic body cover) |
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Toshiba Model
"BC-5001" (Accounting Machine) |
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| 1963 |
Tiger Model "A63-12" (electric adding machine), H62-18 (new
type of Model 18) |
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| 1964 |
Tiger Model E64-21(motor driven calculator, improvement of E60-3) |
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Hayakawa Electric (Sharp) and
Canon launch Electronic calculators.
PILOT sales Model
"P-1" |
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| 1966 |
Tiger Model AM66-12 (motor
driven adding machine) |
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Tiger sales ANITA. |
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Nippon Calculating Machine Model
"HL-21" |
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| Busicom
launches Electronic Calculator Model "161" |
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| 1967 |
PILOT Model "P-3" |
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| 1968 |
Tiger Model H68-21. |
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| 1970 |
Tiger sales Tiger brand
electronic calculator 1213E. |
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| 1971 |
Intel and Busicom launch the
Microprocessor "i4004" |
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| 1974 |
Nippon Calculating Machine and
Busicom goes bankrupt. |
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| 1975 |
Tiger layoffs many workers. |
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| Note: Yellow cells refer to the history of Tiger machines. |
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| History of Japanese Calculators |
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| Evolution of the
Japanese Market |
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| Sales of Tiger
Calculators |
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| June 20, 2004Tiger Calculators Serial Numbers |
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