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2000's Corporate History

2005-2009
year month occurrence
2005-2009
2005 March Kozuki Foundation for Education, Kozuki Foundation for Advanced Information Technology and Kozuki Foundation for Sports were merged under Kozuki Foundation for Sports and Education (approved by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology).
April KONAMI accepted new third-party shares issued by HUDSON SOFT CO., LTD. and made it a consolidated subsidiary.
June

Construction was completed on the new offices and production facility for casino machines in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

July

Konami Sports Club received authorization by the Japanese Olympic Committee to become Japan’s first “JOC Athlete Support Center”.

October Konami Logistics and Service, Inc.(currently Konami Manufacturing and Service, Inc.) was established.
2006 Februay

Internet Revolution, Inc. was established as a joint venture company with Internet Initiative Japan Inc.

March KONAMI acquired capital in Resort Solution Co., Ltd. (equity method affiliate) and business alliance.
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. was newly established to take over KONAMI’s digital entertainment business and KONAMI CORPORATION shifted to a pure holding company.
May KONAMI acquired entire stake in Combi Wellness Corporation and made it a subsidiary.
August KONAMI entered a pachinko slot machines market.
2007 April

Headquarters was transferred to Midtown East, 9-7-2, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
The offices of Konami Group in Tokyo moved together to "Tokyo Midtown".

2008 June Metal Gear released in 1987 was entered in The Guinness Book of World Records as the first video game to fully incorporate stealth elements, and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty launched in 2001 was also entered as the top-selling stealth game for PlayStation 2.
August Two swimmers from the KONAMI Swimming Team and a gymnast from the KONAMI Gymnastics Team participated in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games for Japan's national squad, winning medals and placing highly.
September KONAMI entered into a licensing agreement with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to produce and sell football (soccer) games.
December KONAMI entered into the video game content distribution business for the iPhone and iPod touch.
2009 July 7 Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game was entered in The Guinness Book of World Records as the top selling trading card game in the world.