Story
We have grown alongside society through our products and services.
Discover our journey — from the history of the Coca-Cola business in Japan, the evolution of our bottlers, and how we embrace today’s challenges.
For details on the history of Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc. and our group companies, please click here.
| Evolution of Bottlers | Coca-Cola business in Japan | |||
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| 1956 | Japan’s first Coca-Cola bottler, Tokyo Beverage Co., Ltd. (later renamed Tokyo Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.) established | |||
| 1957 | Delivered Coca-Cola to the first private customer in Japan
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| 1960 | Nichibei Beverage Co., Ltd. (renamed Kitakyushu Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. in 1973; now Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc.) established | |||
| 1961 | Chukyo Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. established | |||
| 1962 | Sendai Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd., Fuji Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd., Tone Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd., and Kinki Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. established | |||
| 1963 | Mikuni Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd., Shikoku Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd., Sanyo Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd., and Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. established | |||
| 1964 |
Mikasa Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. established (Together with Hokkaido, Michinoku, Okinawa, Hokuriku, and Nagano, reaching a maximum of 17 bottlers) |
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| 1970 | Introduced canned beverage vending machines
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| 1982 | Launched Coca-Cola system’s first PET bottle product: Coca-Cola 1.5L PET
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| 1999 | Kitakyushu Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. merged with Sanyo Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Coca-Cola West Japan Co., Ltd. | |||
| 2001 | Fuji Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. and Chukyo Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. established parent company Coca-Cola Central Japan Co., Ltd. through stock transfer and integrated management | |||
| 2002 | Coca-Cola West Japan Co., Ltd. acquired Mikasa Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary | 2003 | Introduced community contribution vending machines
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| 2002 | Coca-Cola West Japan Co., Ltd. acquired Mikasa Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary | |||
| 2003 | Introduced community contribution vending machines
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| 2005 | Coca-Cola Central Japan Co., Ltd. absorbed Fuji Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. and Chukyo Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. | |||
| 2006 | Coca-Cola West Japan Co., Ltd. made Kinki Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary and changed its name to Coca-Cola West Holdings Co., Ltd. | |||
| 2009 |
Coca-Cola West Holdings Co., Ltd. absorbed Coca-Cola West Japan Co., Ltd., Kinki Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd., and Mikasa Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. acquired Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. (fully owned in 2013) |
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| 2013 | Coca-Cola Central Japan Co., Ltd. integrated Mikuni Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd., Tokyo Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd., and Tone Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd., forming Coca-Cola East Japan Co., Ltd. | |||
| 2014 | Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. absorbed Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. | |||
| 2015 |
Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. acquired Shikoku Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. Coca-Cola East Japan Co., Ltd. absorbed Mikuni Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd., Tokyo Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd., Tone Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd., and Coca-Cola Central Japan Co., Ltd. ; acquired Sendai Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. |
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| 2016 | Coca-Cola East Japan Co., Ltd. absorbed Sendai Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. | 2016 | Launched official Coca-Cola app 'Coke ON®'
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| 2016 | Coca-Cola East Japan Co., Ltd. absorbed Sendai Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. | |||
| 2016 | Launched official Coca-Cola app 'Coke ON®'
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| 2017 | Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. executed stock exchange to make Coca-Cola East Japan Co., Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary and integrated management; renamed Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc. | |||
| 2018 |
Coca-Cola East Japan Co., Ltd. absorbed Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. and Shikoku Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.; reorganized subsidiaries; renamed Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc. |
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| 2019 | Began nationwide sales of Coca-Cola system’s first alcoholic beverage 'Lemon-do'
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| 2020 | Launched 'I LOHAS Natural Water' using 100% recycled PET; expanded to core products the following year; Hiroshima Plant completed and began operations 
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| 2021 | Saitama Mega Distribution Center began operations
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| 2022 | Akashi Mega Distribution Center began operations
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| 2023 | Full-scale rollout of cashless unmanned store POP GARDEN
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