History

1981 June
  • Japan Publicity, Inc. established in Los Angeles, CA
1982 April
1984
  • Publication of the Official Japanese Guidebook for the Olympics
1994 March

  • Received 2nd place (Silver APPY Award) in worldwide competition from the YPPA (Yellow Pages Publishers Association)
    for “Marketing Innovation”.
1994 June
1996
  • Publication of Dot Com Magazine, an informational magazine about computers, technology and the Internet, for the Japanese community in Southern California.
1996 March

  • Received 3nd place (Bronze APPY Award) in worldwide competition from the YPPA (Yellow Pages Publishers Association) for “Innovation in Printed Materials”.
1997
2002 July
  • Started www.CompassCompass.com the first bilingual nationwide directory to be searchable from both the Internet and most cell phones simultaneously, utilizing the newest technologies.
2004 June
  • Established a department dedicated to ART as 1®, an art agency for Japanese artists.
2005 October
  • Opened New York branch office on the 75th floor of Manhattan’s Empire State Building
2006 Spring
  • Cooperated with Sanjo Corporation in Publication of Hawaii Telephone Guide™ (the Japanese Business Directory of Hawaii.)
  • Publication of ART as 1® - Japanese Professional Illustrators Vol. 1. with the mission of bringing two art worlds of the U.S. and Japan into 1, while honoring each individual piece of artwork as the only 1 of its kind in the world
2006 April
  • Began offering 4-color printing throughout Rafu Telephone Guide™ in Japan Publicity’s 25th Anniversary issue.
2007May
  • The 25th Anniversary Editionof RafuTelephone Guide™ featured enrivo-friendly and the best quality printing.