The KOKUYO Group philosophy is to enrich the world through our products. We are constantly looking for ways to make people more creative through careful observation of their lives and work.
Corporate Profile
- Aug 6, 2021Supporting the next generation of designers through commercial launches The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2022 will be held
Theme:"UNLEARNING"-Question common sense, and change your perspective - Jun 25, 2021KOKUYO Signs Up to The Valuable 500, an International Movement for Promoting the Empowerment of People with Disabilities in the Workplace
- Mar 13, 2021The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2021 Winners Have Been Decided - The theme is "POST-NORMAL." Designs that propose new value in working, learning, and living environments have been selected from among 1,401 entries from Japan and abroad -
- July 22, 2020Japan’s largest design competition KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2021 will be held! Theme : “POST-NORMAL”
- Mar 18, 2020The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2020 Winners Have Been Decided - The theme is "♡." Designs that propose new value in working, learning, and living environments have been selected from among 1,377 entries from Japan and abroad -
- June 25, 2019Japan’s largest design competition KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2020 will be held! Theme : " ♡ "
- April 22, 2019Establishment of an Indonesia-based Subsidiary
- Mar 12, 2019"OPENING A NEW PAGE FOR TOKYO" Exclusive video and statement on Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 Official Supporter website
- Feb 01, 2019Introduction of a spatial design case: Creation of coworking space in the new office of doq, a cross-cultural marketing company doq 89, a new hub building business between Japan and Australia
- Jan 18, 2019Theme: BEYOND BOUNDARIES - Announcing the Winners of the 2018 KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD
- October 15, 2018Exhibition at ORGATEC 2018 - KOKUYO to showcase the 360° Gliding Chair ing -
- Sep 6, 2018KOKUYO to Open Limited-Time Pop-Up Store of ‘THINK OF THINGS’ in London’s Shoreditch District
- Aug 30, 2018KOKUYO Signs Agreement to be an Official Supporter of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 in the category of “Office Furniture & Stationery”
- May 31, 2018Theme for submissions: "BEYOND BOUNDARIES" Holding of the KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2018
- Jan 18, 2018The award-winning works for the KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2017 have been chosen
- July 13, 2016Campus watercolors “Nameless Paints” have won numerous international design awards
- March 1, 2016Chairs for Active Learning, Campus UP, won the iF Design Award 2016
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President' s Message
Since its establishment in Japan in 1905, KOKUYO has greatly developed by making products that consider the users' perspective.
KOKUYO has made its contribution to the growth of Japan's economy by providing products such as paper products essential for work and life as well as other stationery.
History of Creativity
For KOKUYO, creativity means solving the small problems people encounter in their work and daily lives, one by one, through the use of creative ideas. In the process, new values are generated which contribute to the creation of a better society. However, this approach is not just about generating new ideas.
