Company History

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Chronology

  • 9/2009   Received patent for language discrimination device, translation device, translation server, language discrimination method, and translation processing method.
  • 9/2009   Began the multilingual website package service.
  • 9/2008   Began the Global Talk and Global Line services. Capital increased to 93.98 million yen.
  • 7/2008   Signed sales agreement with World One, Inc. for "Global Talk" and "Global Line."
  • 2/2008   Joint development and sales of "Honyaku-kun," a multilingual website service for hotels, with JTB Corp.
  • 11/2007   Received patent for website translation device and website translation method.
  • 12/2006   Mitushiko Tadatsu, former Director of Venture Link Co., Ltd., became CEO of Impulse Japan.
  • 11/2006   MagicalGate's monthly page views reached over 1,000,000 visits.
  • 9/2006   Received patent for e-mail translation processing server, e-mail processing method, and e-mail processing program.
  • 6/2006    Capital increased to 57.49 million yen.
  • 6/2006   Signed automatic translation system provision contract with SOLCOM Co.,Ltd.
  • 10/2005   Started the Yakusul translation service.
  • 8/2005   Signed research and development contract related to automatic translation systems with TTG.
  • 6/2005   Capital increased to 52.2 million yen.
  • 5/2005   "MagicalGate" trademark registered in the United States of America.
  • 2/2005   MagicalGate Text Translation released.
  • 1/2005   "MagicalWeb" trademark registered.
  • 12/2004   "MagicalSearch" trademark registered. MagicalGate Trial Version released.
  • 9/2004   "MagicalGate" trademark registered in Korea.
  • 8/2004   Impulse Japan's Western Japan office was opened in Osaka.
  • 7/2004   Capital increased to 47.75 million yen. In the process of filing worldwide patent application and acquiring ISMS (Information Security Management System).
  • 6/2004   Patent applications filed for website translation device and website translation method.
  • 6/2004   Multilingual web search services MagicalSearch and MagicalWeb were opened.
  • 6/2004   Multilingual website translation and multilingual application translation services begun.
  • 5/2004   "MagicalGate" trademark registered in Taiwan. Capital increased to 44.2 million yen.
  • 5/2004   Patent applications filed for language discrimination device, translation device, translation server, language discrimination method and translation processing method.
  • 4/2004   Affiliated with the Central Japan Industries Association. The "MagicalGate Sample Sentence Collection" service was opened.
  • 2/2004   The "MagicalGate Educational Service" was opened.
  • 1/2004   TTG (JASDAQ listed company) invested in Impulse Japan.
  • 8/2003   Contract signed with Korean sales company (Impulse Korea).
  • 7/2003   "MagicalGate" international trademark registered. Approved under the Small and Medium Enterprise Basic Law.
  • 5/2003   MagicalGate was redesigned and reopened. Became affiliated with the Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation. Impulse Japan's main office moved from 6-chome, Kameido, Koto-ku to 2-chome, Kameido, Koto-ku.
  • 4/2003    The City of Kyoto introduced Magical Gate.
  • 1/2003   "MagicalGate" trademark registered.
  • 12/2002   The Sales Agency Department was set up, and sales agencies began operations.
  • 11/2002   Impulse Japan's main office moved from Kotobuki, Taito-ku, Tokyo to Kameido, Koto-ku, Tokyo.
  • 10/2002   Signed mutual sales agreement with GaiaX Co. Ltd.
  • 9/2002   Capital increased to 36 million yen. Takahiro Kano (Representative Director of Kano Shoten, Inc.) became Outside Director.
  • 9/2002   The MagicalGate service for businesses was started.
  • 8/2002   Signed mutual sales agreement with OnNet (Korea).
  • 7/2002   Keiji Ando (Representative Director of Mars System co., ltd.) became Outside Director.
  • 5/2002   Signed licensing agreement with IBM Japan. Signed business collaboration agreement with Plala Networks Inc.
  • 5/2002   Began the "MagicalGate Community" service. Joined the Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation.
  • 4/2002   The "MagicalGate" online test system was completed. Capital increased to 15 million yen.
  • 4/2002   Signed sales partner agreement with Ivy Technology Co., Ltd.
  • 2/2002   Technical collaboration agreement signed with Mars System co., ltd. Development of the "MagicalGate" online test system begins.
  • 1/2002   Patent application filed for e-mail translation processing server, e-mail processing method, and e-mail processing program.
  • 12/2001   "MagicalGate" online research system is completed.
  • 10/2001   "MagicalGate" market survey begins (until 3/2002).
  • 7/2001   The commercialization of "MagicalGate".
  • 5/2001   Impulse Japan, Inc. is established and begins distribution of OA machines. The "MagicalGate" system is invented.