History

2000	June	Establishment of Creator Team ECS ECS representative Akiyoshi, who started his career in video production, organized a team of creators based around the world and began planning and producing websites from Los Angeles, which he visited in 1996. He named this work style “Hollywood style,” derived from the Hollywood movie production scene. This style of remote work was also the prototype of what was called “remo-work,” a Japanese style of work that rapidly gained attention in Japan from 2020, the year of COVID-19 infection expansion, and established the basic form of ECS’s work style.
	September	Inspired by his experiences in the U.S., he started a free paper service and launched a web service for U.S. Green Card Lottery permanent residence applications.
2001	April	Developed an EC platform CMS that improved on the then-popular Internet bulletin boards.
	June	Proposed the application of video to web promotions and received related production commissions, and began planning work incorporating video into the web.
	August	Developed the “Transition Guidance Map” based on the Transition Guidance Theory that integrates real and web promotions. It became the original form of the current Hyper Promotion Map.
2002	January	Convinced that it will be the center of the next generation of web systems, Weblog research begins. (The prototype of a blog)
	June	The ECS website will be fully converted to a CMS.
	September	Blog functionality is implemented on the ECS website, and a real-time content uploading demonstration begins.
2003	January	Convinced that information sharing among the global community would become possible, he began researching SNS.
	March	Started drop-shipping e-commerce site planning business.
	June	As a platform for dropshipping, developed Hexagon, an original e-commerce site management tool, with improvements over the CMS developed in 2001.
2004	February	ECS strengthened its “Hollywood Style” work style and moved to a service that allows users to use and share tools over the Internet. Later, we established the know-how to utilize cloud computing.
	April	Planned and produced the official website of the All-Japan Baseball Congress (the national baseball team of Japan) on the occasion of the Athens Olympics, and was awarded the Yahoo!
2005	July	Began planning and production of the “Kurobe Dam Official Site,” a website designed to attract local visitors, as well as promotional consulting.
	December	Lecturer at Otani University, Department of Humanities and Information Studies Open Talk-in “Multimedia Creation in Practice”.
2006	February	Web utilization seminar on the theme of the food industry with Kenji Ishii, author of “Textbook of Access Log Analysis” and “The Essentials of Access Log Analysis to Double SEO Effectiveness.
2007	May	Key resident members of ECS gather in Osaka City to establish ECS Co.
	June	Started researching overseas SNS (Myspace, Face book, Second Life, twitter, etc.)
2008	April	After its incorporation in 2007, the company proposed to companies the comprehensive use of conventional media such as video, publishing, and broadcasting, as well as the Web. Under the name of “cross-media solutions,” the company’s main business is planning and consulting for web promotions.
2009	August	Started twitter consulting on the theme of SNS utilization.
	September	Began formulating SNS utilization guidelines for companies.
2010	January	Started overseas expansion support consulting.
	May	Started iPad utilization consulting for medical and educational institutions. started twitter utilization manual download service.
2011	February	Released “Trivia”, a communication service using twitter.
2012	January	Conducted annual coverage in preparation for the 50th anniversary of Kurobe Dam. Strengthened cross-media promotions such as the Yuru-chara project.
	February	Started Amazon EC research and consulting services.
		Began inspections of various countries to strengthen inbound tourism-related business.
		China, Yiwu and Shanghai inspection tour, JETRO visit, Japanese Embassy visit.
		Developed a promotional plan for the 50th anniversary of the Kurobe Dam.
		In order to strengthen support for individuals immigrating from Japan to the U.S., the U.S. Lottery Permanent Resident Application Service will be renamed “Green Card J.P.” to strengthen consulting services.
	March	Organized inspection tour and corporate training in Shenzhen, China
	April	Shanghai, China, inspection tour and travel agency visit
	September	Visits to Taiwan, company inspections and training, travel agency visits
	October	Shenzhen, China: inspection tour, factory tour, travel agency visit
	November	Tour of Sri Lanka, visit to Parliament, meeting with Minister of Education
2013	January	Joint meeting with 14 Taiwanese travel agencies in preparation for the launch of the Asia Tourism Promotion Council
	February	Launched the Asia Tourism Promotion Council
	April	Held the first seminar of the Asia Tourism Promotion Council jointly with JTB Western Japan.
		Debut of Kurobe Dam’s “KURONYON” loose character
	August	Visited Cebu, Philippines. Visited English conversation web services and local IT companies.
	October	Visited an inbound planning company in Shanghai, China. Inspection of the current status of Futian Market in Yiwu.
2014	May	20 winners were selected for the “Green Card J.P.” DV-2015 service. Launched Green Card Winner Support Service as an after-sales service for winners. The first free support in the industry attracts attention.
2015	January	Launched sharing economy services.
	May	Green Card J.P.” begins supporting 27 DV-2016 winners. This is the highest number of winners ever supported.
2016	May	Green Card J.P. begins supporting 22 DV-2017 winners. Started to provide immigrant visa support services in categories other than the DV program.
	October	Sales of the iPhone 7 series products, which were released on the company’s e-commerce site, reached a record high, and sales of the iPhone 7 series products were also high in the Yahoo Shop category.
	December	IGLASS, which was sold in advance, won the No. 1 weekly position in the Yahoo store.
2017	January	Expanded consulting services based on marketing theory proven by results with e-commerce sites and “Green Card J.P.”.
	April	Conducted trial training in Hong Kong in cooperation with planning of training program for companies entering overseas markets
	May	21 DV-2018 winners at Green Card JP. Started supporting all winners.
	July	Head office relocated in Osaka City due to business expansion.
	November	Co-hosted “Overseas Business Study Group” with Yanagino International Patent Firm.
2018	May	30 DV-2019 winners. 1 in 12 Japanese winners discharged. Launched solution services for immigrants to the United States.
	July	Established Samy’s Guest House, a ryokan business facility in Osaka City’s Nishi-ku as part of its inbound business.
2019	May	43 DV-2020 winners. This is one out of every eight Japanese winners and attracts a lot of attention from the media.
	August	Green Card JP pre-registration begins. First in the world to comply with new regulations.
	September	Opened “Kujo no Yado” (衢壌乃宿), a ryokan business facility in Osaka City’s Nishi Ward, targeting tourists from Europe and the United States.
	November	Nippon Television Network Corporation’s “Matsuko Kaigi” Green Card J.P. cooperates in production
2020	January	Achieved outcome goals and dissolved the Asia Tourism Promotion Council, which was established in 2013. Green Card JP cooperated in the production of the “Pineapple Conference” compilation following in November 2019.
	May	A record number of 94 DV-2021 winners were selected. One out of every five Japanese winners is a winner, attracting the attention of the U.S. media.
	March	COVID-19 expansion. Ryokan business facility “Samy’s Guest House” and Ryokan business facility “Kujo no Yado” (衢壌乃宿) temporarily closed and started operation as a shared house for foreigners staying in Japan.
	July	COVID-19 Expansion Impact. Increased consultation on remote work and began offering free consulting services to small and medium-sized businesses.
2021	April	Increase in the number of people having difficulty immigrating. Began handling U.S. re-entry permit applications for people waiting to immigrate and for people temporarily returning to Japan.
	May	There were 76 DV-2022 winners. One out of every six Japanese winners was discharged.
2022	May	There were 33 DV-2023 winners. One out of every six Japanese winners was discharged.
	June	All previous website production, operation, and management contract work has been completed, and all new website planning and production work has been completed.
	August	The company will specialize in web consulting services for businesses.
		Partial reopening of accommodations.
		Record monthly sales at lodging facilities.
2023	February	COVID-19, worldwide demise. It terminates its shared housing operations and fully reopens its lodging facilities for inbound visitors.
	March	Began handling visa services mainly for investors in the U.S. and Europe
	May	There were 32 DV-2024 winners. One out of every six Japanese winners was discharged.
		Started investment brokerage and consulting services for the general public to invest in the U.S. and Europe without the need to obtain a visa.
	September	Launched a limited intermediary service for the sale of overseas businesses.