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1990's Corporate History

1990-1999
year month occurrence
1990-1999
1991 May

Construction was completed on the Konami Technology Development Center (currently Kobe Office) in Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo.

June KONAMI INDUSTRY CO., LTD. changed its trade name to KONAMI CO., LTD.
November KONAMI entered the PC Engine game business.
1992 June

The Tokyo Headquarters was set up at 4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo.

December KONAMI entered the MEGADRIVE (called "GENESIS" in North America) game business.
1994 August

Construction was completed on the Tokyo Technical Center (currently Kanagawa Office) in Zama, Kanagawa.

September Konami (Hong Kong) Limited (currently Konami Digital Entertainment Limited) was established in Hong Kong.
December KONAMI entered the PlayStation game business.
1995 January The Kobe Building in Minatojima, Chuo-ku, Kobe received some damage due to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
1996 November US holding company, Konami Corporation of America was established in the US.
Konami Australia Pty Ltd was established in Australia.
1997 January Konami Gaming, Inc. was established in the US.
March

Construction was completed on the Amusement Machine Division Plant(merged with the current Kobe Office) in Kobe, Hyogo.

October KONAMI entered a gaming machines market in Australia.
November KONAMI was listed on the Singapore Exchange.
European holding company, Konami Europe B.V. (currently Konami Digital Entertainment B.V.) was established in the Netherlands.
1998 October

KONAMI’s logo was changed from italics to plain text.

1999 February KONAMI entered the card game business and released the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME.
June KONAMI began to create, manufacture and market LCD games for pachinko manufacturers.
September

KONAMI was listed on the London Stock Exchange.

December The registered office of KONAMI was transferred to "4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo" from "Kobe, Hyogo".