Los Angeles Mutual opens a showroom specializing in Japanese restaurant supplies.
1978
Kyodo Food Processing operation begins, specializing in fresh seafood processing.
1977
Toyo Suisan, in collaboration with Mutual Trading, begins Maruchan Instant Ramen production at a plant located in Irvine, California.
1976
Miyako Oriental Foods, a Miso manufacturing plant, is established under a joint venture with Yamajirushi Jozo. Mutual Trading advises Yamamotoyama to establish a tea processing plant in an adjacent property building. Noritoshi Kanai becomes Mutual’s…
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1974
New York Mutual Trading Co., Inc. opens for business with an office in New Jersey and a showroom in Manhattan, New York.
1968
Mutual relocates to the Los Angeles office warehouse in an industrial district on Crocker Street.
1967
Richard Akira Inaba becomes the third President of Mutual Trading. Mutual marks a culinary breakthrough by debuting Kanto-style Japanese cuisine with a selection of Tonkatsu, Japanese curry, Gyoza, and Edomae Sushi.
1965
Noritoshi Kanai immigrates to the US with his family as General Manager of Mutual Trading to manage the business for the ailing Chuhei Ishii. MTC becomes the first company in the world to freeze Edamame…
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1955
Chuhei Ishii, relocates to Los Angeles as the second President of Mutual Trading.
1948
Noritoshi Kanai teams up with Chuhei Ishii in Tokyo, forming an import-export business alliance and marking the birth of Tokyo Kyodo Boeki K. K.