History
| April 1964 | Established as Kabushiki Kaisha Hosho Shoji aka Hosho Trading Inc. |
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| April 1972 | Started distributing products as an import and export trading company and simultaneously as a sole agent. |
| July 1975 | Enhanced manpower in each division in order to accelerate trading activities as a member of the Kibun Group. |
| July 1977 | Established Hosho Singapore Pte., Ltd, in Singapore and started to import and export fish and agricultural products and processed foods. |
| November 1978 | Established Hosho America Inc. in Seattle, WA., U.S.A. and started to import and export fish and agricultural products and processed foods. |
| March 1980 | Established Kibun Hong Kong Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong |
| June 1980 | Established Kibun Foods Singapore Pte., Ltd. in Singapore |
| July 1984 | Enhanced trading activities at Hosho America Inc. and increased manpower in each division. |
| March 1985 | Re-organized and increased capital to 200 million yen. |
| May 1985 | Established Kibun (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Thailand and started to import and export fish and agricultural products. |
| January 1988 | Established Hosho Holland B.V. in the Netherlands. |
| November 1991 | Hosho Singaore Pte.,Ltd. renamed Kibun Headquaters Asia Pte.,Ltd. |
| June 1992 | Hosho Trading Inc. renamed Kibun Trading Inc. |
| October 1997 | Jointly established Yilin-Kibun Co., Ltd. in Taiwan. |
| February 1998 | Increased capital to 670 million yen. |
| May 1998 | Hosho America Inc. acquired Kibun Foods Hawai, Inc. and renameed Kibun Foods (U.S.A.), Inc. |
| April 2002 | Acquired Toei Tsusho Co., Ltd, and Hosho Sanitary Co., Ltd. and enhanced foodstuff and sanitation business. |
| January 2005 | As Kibun Group reorganized, Kibun Trading Inc. was liquidated and all business was transferred to Kabushiki Kaisha Kibun Sangyo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kibun Foods, Inc. (This concludes the history of the original Kibun Trading Inc.) |
| January 2005 | Kabushiki Kaisha Kibun Sangyo (also known as Kibun Trading Inc.) started business as a trading company after receiving business transferred from the original Kibun Trading Inc. |
| February 2005 | Capital set at 100 million yen. |
| July 2007 | Moved head office from Chuo-ku to Minato-ku. |