{"id":226,"date":"2019-08-19T17:21:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T08:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lecien.co.jp\/en\/?page_id=226"},"modified":"2025-04-02T17:19:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T08:19:52","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lecien.co.jp\/en\/company\/history","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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History<\/h2>\n
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1933<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Feb.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Naozo Nomura launched \u201cNomura Shoten\u201din the city of Kyoto.
\nImporting and sales of textiles and notions including laces started.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1946<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Aug.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u201cNomura Shoten\u201d Co., Ltd. established.
\nImporting and distribution of laces and textiles including fabrics for clothes restarted.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1948<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Feb. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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A detached office opened in Chuo-ku, Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1950<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Jan.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Another detached office opened in Chuo-ku, Osaka.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Sales of COSMO embroidery threads started.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1955<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Oct. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Sales of ladies’ intimate apparels such as slips, camisoles etc started.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1962<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Apr. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Sales of sweaters and blouses started.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1963<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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May<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Corporate name renamed to \u201cNomura Co., Ltd.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1966<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Feb. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Operation of brassieres and shorts launched.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1968<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Mar. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Operation of ready-made clothes launched.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1979<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Feb.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Importing of cotton printed fabrics for patchwork started.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1992<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Apr.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Corporate name changed to \u201cLECIEN Corp.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2002<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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May<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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A detached office in Shanghai opened.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Sep.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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ZHE JIANG JIAXING LECIEN TEXTILE CO., LTD. established.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2004<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Nov.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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LECIEN (VIETNAM) CO., LTD. started operation after the acquisition of a ladies\u2019 intimate apparel factory.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2006<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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May<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Shanghai Lecien Co., Ltd. established.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2009<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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May<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Osaka office relocated to Yotsubashi Grand Square in Nishi-ku, Osaka.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Aug. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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LECIEN acquired by Wacoal Holdings Corp. through stock exchange and became a wholly owned subsidiary.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2010<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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May<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Offices in the western part of Japan centralised to the head office in Osaka.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2013<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Apr.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Lecien(Cambodia)Corporation established.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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May<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Tokyo Office relocated to Wacoal Asakusabashi Bldg. Taito-ku, Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2015<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Apr.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Corporate name changed to Lecien Kyoto Corp. and founded a business corporation”Lecien Corp.” as successor.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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May<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Lecien Kyoto Corp. taken over by Wacoal Corp.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2016<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Nov.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Osaka Office relocated to Wacoal Osaka Bldg. Yodogawa-ku, Osaka.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2021<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Dec.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Restructured the innerwear production system; production at DALIAN LECIEN FASHION CO., LTD. and Lecien Nagasaki Corporation terminated and transferred to other captive factories and partner factories in ASEAN Region.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2022<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Aug.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Osaka Office relocated to Shichijo Goshonouchi Minami-machi, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, and renamed to Kyoto Office serving as the head office and business base for the Kansai region.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2025<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Apr.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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LECIEN acquired by TANAAKK K.K. through stock transfer and became a wholly owned subsidiary.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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History 1933 Feb. Naozo Nomura launched \u201cNomura Shoten\u201din the city of Kyoto. Importing and sales of textiles and notions including laces started. 1946 Aug. \u201cNomura Shoten\u201d Co., Ltd. established. Importing and distribution of laces and textiles including fabrics for clothes restarted. 1948 Feb. A detached office opened in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. 1950 Jan. Another detached office […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":184,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"temp_company.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lecien.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lecien.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lecien.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lecien.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lecien.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.lecien.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6664,"href":"https:\/\/www.lecien.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/226\/revisions\/6664"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lecien.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lecien.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}