TANAKA Holds Press Conference to Commemorate Its 140th Anniversary
Group CEO Koichiro Tanaka and Other Speakers Share TANAKA’s Future Outlook and Diverse Range of Products and Solutions likewise Exhibited
TOKYO, Aug 15, 2025 – (JCN Newswire) –TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL GROUP Co., Ltd. (Head workplace: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Group CEO: Koichiro Tanaka) commemorated the 140th anniversary of its starting in July 2025. To honor the event, it held a “140th Anniversary Press Conference” on July 31 at KABUTO ONE in Nihonbashi Kabutocho.
Speaking at journalism conference were Koichiro Tanaka, Group CEO of TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL GROUP Co., Ltd., Masakazu Tanaka, CEO of TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL RETAILING Co., Ltd., and Tomoyuki Tada, COO of TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL TECHNOLOGIES Co., Ltd. The 3 reviewed TANAKA’s history as a leading business in the rare-earth elements market, from its head workplace in Nihonbashi Kayabacho, where the Group was established, and highlighted its contributions to society through rare-earth elements.
Turning to the Group’s future outlook, the speakers clarified strategies to tactically concentrate on 2 pillars of service: retail company and commercial service. They provided TANAKA’s ambidextrous management method, which intends to attain ultra-long-term development leading up to the Group’s 200th anniversary in 2085 and shows TANAKA’s dedication to developing contemporary worth while actively accepting future difficulties.
Contents of speakers’ discussions
Reflecting on the Group’s 140 years of history, Group CEO Koichiro Tanaka offered an introduction of its existing company and provided how it has actually handled brand-new obstacles and innovated. He followed with a description of the Group’s total future techniques and its vision for development, and likewise revealed an organization collaboration with JEPLAN, Inc., with the objectives of lowering CO2 emissions from rare-earth element healing procedures and recycling organics. Group CEO Tanaka commented, “TANAKA, which has worked to create a circular economy in the field of precious metals, and JEPLAN, which has worked toward the same goal in the plastics field, will work together to help achieve decarbonization and create a circular society.”
CEO Masakazu Tanaka discussed how the retail service has actually altered and its existing organization scenario, discussing what instructions TANAKA would take with the items in its property and precious jewelry companies and its techniques for reacting to the progressively varied requirements of clients. He likewise spoke about how the Group would promote more precise understanding about gold and raise awareness relating to gold trading through continuous interactions. Throughout his discussion, he revealed that from November 21, 2025, the names of the Group’s directly-operated stores would alter from GINZA TANAKA to TANAKA PRECIOUS METALS to combine its rare-earth elements retail company.
COO Tomoyuki Tada resolved the existing state and future instructions of technological development and market growth in commercial valuable metal items, going over in specific the Group’s method of speeding up the awareness of a circular society by connecting valuable metal recycling and item production. He likewise went over how the Group was working to construct and broaden its international recycling system by additional deepening its partnership with Group business Metalor Technologies SA, and stressed the Group’s dedication to developing a sustainable and healthy society through its pioneering efforts in crucial locations such as the hydrogen economy, semiconductors, and medical fields. His discussion likewise presented innovation advancement tasks targeted at developing brand-new need for platinum group metals and revealed the Group’s desire to make the most of future development capacity.
CEO Masakazu Tanaka
COO Tomoyuki Tada
The occasion website likewise had a timeline of the Group’s 140-year history, charts of modifications in gold costs launched by TANAKA, exhibits of services and products used by the Group in the retail service section, commercial rare-earth element items, and commercial rare-earth element innovations.
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To recognize the TANAKA Renaissance Plan, an ultra-long-term business management prepare for leading up to the Group’s 200th anniversary in 2085, TANAKA will continue to promote technical and organization advancement. Through the production of worth in emerging fields, TANAKA intends to add to a brighter and more sustainable future.
About TANAKA
Given that its structure in 1885, TANAKA has actually constructed a portfolio of items to support a varied series of organization utilizes concentrated on rare-earth elements. TANAKA is a leader in Japan concerning the volume of rare-earth elements it deals with. Over several years, TANAKA has actually produced and offered rare-earth element items for market and offered rare-earth elements in such types as fashion jewelry and possessions. As rare-earth elements professionals, all Group business in Japan and around the world work together on production, sales, and innovation advancement to provide a complete variety of services and products. With 5,591 staff members, the group’s combined net sales for the ending December 2024, was 846.9 billion yen.
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