BU S I N ESSNBK has specialized in food and commodity exports since its establishment in 1890.
NBK now focuses on distributing automobiles, machines and generators as well as
implementing international development projects
such as in the Pacific Islands, Asia, Caribbean and Africa.

FOOD AND COMMODITY
We have exported Japanese food overseas for over acentury. Food exports are at the core of our businessand have been since NBK’s establishment. Our vast
product portfolio is wider than Japanese food. We
also exports machinery and electrical equipment.
Serving as an export sales agent to the Pacific region,
NBK is striving to enhance our service, as well as
improve quality and expand our sales.

AUTOMOBILE
We have started business as an official exporting
dealer of Japanese automobile manufacturers 50
years ago. Throughout our business, we not only aim
to enhance the value of automobile manufactures but
also grow close together with the Pacific Islands. Our
business is currently expanding from the PacificIslands to the Asian regions.

GLOBAL PROJECT
We lead on Official Development Assistance(ODA) projects. This includes working fromthe initial stage of project design, to coordination on to implementation and providing
technical supports after completion.
We also supply a variety of consumer goods
and industrial products upon requests fromlocal governments as well as customers.
Our business aims to play an integral part inpromoting social and economic development
all over the world.

COMPANY PROFILE
Company’s NameNBK CORPORATIONFoundation

Oct/01/1893

Establishment

Dec/15/1950

Capital Found

50 million Yen

Address

Emina Bldg., 4F, 1-8-7, Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo, Japan
Tel. +81-(0)3-6256-8141

The Number of Employees

25 (as of January, 2019)

Business

Trading/FAX. +81-(0)3-6256-8142

Consulting
ODA (Official Development Assistance) Projects

HISTORY1890

Beginning

1893

Establishment

Departure of ship “Tenyu-Maru” from Japan to the South Pacific Islands.
Business corporative in Wakayama Prefecture opened. (Predecessor of NBK)

1894

Established NBK Hioki & Co., Ltd.

1908

Formed as NBK and opened a number of branch offices in the South Pacific Islands.

1942

Merged with Nanyo Kohatsu Co., Ltd.
After stabilising multiple businesses, NBK developed into a regional-based general business firm.

1945

Local Employees at a farm

Nanyo Kohatsu Co., Ltd. dissolved by the General Headquarters of Occupation Force after
the end of World War I I .

1946

RestartRestarted business by Mr. Tokuichi Kuribayashi as the Trade Department of the Tokyo branch officeat Kuribayashi & Co., Ltd.

1950

Separated from Kuribayashi & Co., Ltd. and nominated Mr.Tokuichi Kuribayashi as

Mr. Kuribayashi Tokuichi

Chairman and Mr. Norimitsu Kuribayashi as President.
1963

Became the first trader in Japan to acquire a trade permit to the Pacific Islands.

1977

Began undertaking Japan’s non-project grant aid in the Oceania region.

1983

Mr. Tokugoro Kuribayashi officially appointed by the Japanese Emperor as the firsthonorary consulate general of Kiribati.
Local Supermarket

1989With the approval of Queen Elizabeth I I (Queen of Great Britain & Nothern Ireland and the Commonwealth),
Mr. Tokugoro Kurbayashi officially appointed as the first honorary consulate general of Tuvalu.

1990

Contributed to third-country trade mainly in Asia. (Singapore, Thailand and South Korea)

1994

Mr. Tokugoro Kuribayashi conferred Order of British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth I I .

1994Established NANYO BOEKI DISTRIBUTION of U.S.A. INC. in California, U.S.A.

2007

Started export business to Sri Lanka and Nepal.

2015

Expanded market to Caribbean.

2016

Mr. Kazunori Kuribayashi (Current Chairman of NBK) appointed Honorary Consul ofMr. Tokugoro Kuribayashi

the Independent State of Papua New Guinea in Muroran, Hokkaido.
2017

Expanded market in Africa, working on solar power in this region.
Mr. Kazunori Kuribayashi