Company History

1967Founding of Yano Copyright Office, Inc. Kozaburo Yano, President; Noboru Miyata, Director
1968Launching of Foreign Publication News, a weekly publication on overseas publishing news
1970Yano Copyright Office renamed Japan Uni Agency Inc.
Board: Noboru Miyata, President; Kozaburo Yano, Director
1971Exclusive representation: Harper & Row; Workman Publishing
1972Exclusive representation: Simon & Schuster
1974Exclusive representation: McGraw-Hill
1982Foreign Publication News ceases publication
1984Participation in the founding of Japan Foreign-Rights Centre, a literary agency specializing in the sale of foreign rights licenses for Japanese works
1991Participation in the founding of Japan Uni Copyright Center, a copyright consultancy company
1993Board: Yoshio Taketomi, President; Noboru Miyata, Chairman
2006Board: Tachi Nagasawa, President; Yoshio Taketomi, Chairman
2009Board: Miko Yamanouchi, President