History
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September
1979
Established NIHON ORTHO SHOKUHIN CO., LTD.
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October
1982
Successfully developed and launched a vitamin B complex supplement
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June
1986
Successfully developed and launched high-protein diet cookies
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March
1989
Successfully developed a meal-replacement diet product licensed by a UK company
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March
1994
Began development of immune milk products under the guidance of Professor Kikuo Nomoto of the Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University.
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April
1995
Developed and launched Stolle Milk, an immune milk
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April
1996
Began basic research on immune protein in a laboratory of the Department of Immunology at the Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University.
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December
1996
Changed our trading name to Ortho Corporation Co., Ltd.
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May
1997
Developed and launched IMMUNOLACT, an immune protein granule
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April
2001
Established a laboratory within the Research Park of the Keio University School of Medicine and began joint research into immune antibody food
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December
2004
Launched a business for direct sales (e-commerce) with our own brands
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October
2005
Changed our trading name to Ortho Corporation
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March
2006
Co-hosted (together with the Keio Medical Society) a lecture given by Dr. Barry J. Marshall*
*Dr. Barry J. Marshall was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2005 for his research into H. pylori -
August
2007
Established STOLLE JAPAN CORPORATION as a joint venture with SMBI Asia (licensed immune milk company in Taiwan)
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September
2008
Developed and Launched SUSTAINA, an immune milk
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September
2013
Developed and launched Bambi Wink, an eyelash supplement
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March
2015
Developed and launched YAKANAI SUPPLE, a supplement that serves as edible sun protection
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October
2018
Developed and launched im Protein, an immune protein product
Began joint research on immune protein with Waseda University -
September
2019
Won the Moriguchi Prize following presentations at JSPFSM, ISEI, and other symposia based on joint research with Waseda University
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November
2019
Kaitaryuju Aoyama became President of Ortho
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February
2021
Launched WHIET, a Food with Function Claims (FFC)
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October
2022
Launched BINOTORI, an FFC
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April
2023
Began sponsoring the Japanese Fencing Federation
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May
2023
Launched NAGARURUMO, an FFC
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July
2023
Relocated our office to Shiodome Italia-gai
Secured a patent regarding anti-obesity effects -
April
2024
Joined the Japan Autophagy Consortium
