TOKYO - (JCN Newswire) - TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL GROUP Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Group CEO: Koichiro Tanaka) celebrated the 140th anniversary of its founding in July 2025. To commemorate the occasion, it held a "140th Anniversary Press Conference" on July 31 at KABUTO ONE in Nihonbashi Kabutocho.Speaking at the press conference were Koichiro Tanaka, Group CEO of TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL GROUP Co., Ltd., Masakazu Tanaka, CEO of TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL RETAILING Co., Ltd., and Tomoyuki Tada, COO of TANAKA PRECIOUS METAL TECHNOLOGIES Co., Ltd. The three reflected on TANAKA’s history as a leading company in the precious metals industry, from its head office in Nihonbashi Kayabacho, where the Group was founded, and highlighted its contributions to society through precious metals.
Turning to the Group's future outlook, the speakers clarified plans to strategically focus on two pillars of business: retail business and industrial business. They presented TANAKA’s ambidextrous management approach, which aims to achieve ultra-long-term growth leading up to the Group’s 200th anniversary in 2085 and reflects TANAKA’s commitment to creating present-day value while actively embracing future challenges.
Contents of speakers' presentations
Looking back on the Group's 140 years of history, Group CEO Koichiro Tanaka provided an overview of its current business and presented how it has taken on new challenges and innovated. He followed with an explanation of the Group's overall future strategies and its vision for growth, and also announced a business partnership with JEPLAN, Inc., with the goals of reducing CO2 emissions from precious metal recovery processes and recycling organics. Group CEO Tanaka commented, "TANAKA, which has worked to create a circular economy in the field of precious metals, and JEPLAN, which has worked toward the same goal in the plastics field, will work together to help achieve decarbonization and create a circular society."
CEO Masakazu Tanaka touched on how the retail business has changed and its current business situation, explaining what direction TANAKA would take with the products in its asset and jewelry businesses and its strategies for responding to the increasingly diverse needs of customers. He also talked about how the Group would promote more accurate knowledge about gold and raise awareness regarding gold trading through ongoing communications. During his presentation, he announced that from November 21, 2025, the names of the Group's directly-operated shops would change from GINZA TANAKA to TANAKA PRECIOUS METALS to unify its precious metals retail business.
Press release: https://www.acnnewswire.com/docs/files/20250815.pdf