FOUNDING ARCHIVE / APPROVED SUMMARY
A company worthy of its people.
“A company may call itself a family only when it accepts a family’s responsibilities.”— Masayoshi Shimizu, Founder, 1948
國志 Welfare Enterprise is established by Masayoshi Shimizu to provide stable employment, meals and medical care to workers and their families.
The first Kokushi clinic opens. Treatment is provided without charge to employees, spouses and children.
The first integrated family settlement opens outside Yokohama.
Chairman Shimizu rejects a proposal to link company housing eligibility to attendance records.
The Tokyo Early Development Centre opens within Headquarters.
Urban Systems begins physical modelling of integrated workplace and residential environments.
Behavioural research is formally incorporated into the Human Systems Division.
Human Systems expands research into employee optimisation, workplace behaviour and integrated corporate environments.
Human Systems programme custody passes to the Development Committee on 01 AUG 1987. Individual project assignments remain under review.
Masayoshi Shimizu delivers his final Founder's Day address.
Haruo Shimizu is appointed Chairman.
The Group designation is standardized from 國志 to 酷使 across machine-generated and public materials.
Employee Welfare is reorganized as the Human Capacity Division.
Predictive absence planning begins across all operating groups.
Voluntary participation in Human Continuity provision reaches 100%.