History
| 1972 | DSRI (Distribution Systems Research Institute) is established. (Shinagawa-ward) |
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| 1974 | 'Distribution & System' (quarterly journal) first issue is published. |
| 1975 | 'Distribution System Design Engineer Course' and 'Distribution System Management Course' are started. |
| 1977 | 'Distribution Code Centre' is opened. (predecessor of GS1Japan) Allocation of 'Common Supplier Codes' is started. |
| 1978 | Joins 'EAN International' and GS1 Prefix '49x' is allocated. Allocation of 'GS1 Company Prefix' starts. |
| 1979 | First POS pilot is conducted at a supermarket in Tokyo (Tatsumi Chain, Tokyu Store). |
| 1980 | Second POS pilot is conducted at some selected supermarkets (AEON, Co-op Supermarket, etc.) |
| 1981 | Third POS pilot is conducted at some selected retailers (Kasmi Convenience Store (now called: UnitedSupermarkets Holdings Inc.), Kishi Shopping Center (now called: Watahan & Co., Ltd.), etc.). |
| 1982 | 'DCC Japan Newsletter' (later, the name changed to RYUKAI Centre News' (Bi-monthly)) is first published. Moves office to another location in Shinagawa-ward. |
| 1983 | 'Study Group for Information System in Food, Beverage, and Alcohol Industry (called F-KEN)' is started. |
| 1985 | 'Study Group for ICT-Oriented Wholesale Industry (called OROSHI-KEN)' is started. Ryutsu POS Database Service (RDS) Project is started. JICFS (Jan Item Code File Service) Project is started. |
| 1987 | 'Common Magazine Code' registration has started. Utility bills collection service system using barcode symbols has started |
| 1988 | Practical application experiment of JICFS (JAN Item Code File Service) is started. EAN International General Assembly is held in Tokyo. U.P.C. Company Prefix application service is started. |
| 1990 | Barcoding in Book Industry. |
| 1995 | Acquires additional GS1 Prefix '45x' and started allocating '45x' GS1 Company prefix. |
| 1996 | Moves office to Minato-ward. |
| 2001 | 9-digit GS1 Company Prefix has been introduced. |
| 2002 | EAN International's Asia Pacific Regional Meeting is held in Tokyo. |
| 2003 | GEPIR operation has started. |
| 2004 | 'EPCglobal Japan' is set up. |
| 2005 | 'DCC Japan' changed name to 'GS1 Japan'. |
| 2006 | EPCglobal Board Meeting is held in Tokyo. |
| 2007 | Ryutsu BMS (Japanese XML-EDI Message Standards) has published. |
| 2008 | 'GS1 Healthcare conference' is held in Tokyo. Several Online Shopping companies have started to use JICFS/IFDB. |
| 2009 | 'Supply Chain Standards Management and Promotion Council' is set up. 'GS1 Healthcare Japan' is set up. |
| 2011 | 'The Collaborative Council of Manufacturers, Wholesalers, and Retailers' has started |
| 2012 | 'GS1 Advisory Council Meeting' is held in Tokyo. Changes corporate form to 'General Incorporated Foundation'. |
| 2014 | 'GS1 Japan UDI & Drug Traceability Seminar' is held in Tokyo |
| 2015 | 'GS1 Japan Partners' membership has started. 'GS1 Company Prefix' application on the web has started. |
| 2017 | Hosts 'GS1 Asia Pacific Regional Forum' in Tokyo. |
| 2018 | 'GS1 Japan Scan' app distribution has started. |
| 2019 | GS1 Japan has launched 'GS1 Japan Data Bank - Product -' service. |
| 2020 | Moves office to Minami-Aoyama. (Minato-ward: Current location) Renewed 'RYUKAI Centre News' design and changed the name to 'GS1 Japan News'. Renewed 'Distribution & System' design and changed the name to 'GS1 Japan Review'. |
| 2021 | 'GJDB × scan' app distribution has started. '10-digit GCP' allocation has started. 'GCP one-year-renewal' system has started. 'Tenbun Navi' app distribution has started. |
| 2022 | GS1 Japan celebrates its 50th anniversary. GS1 Japan launches 'Verified by GS1' information retrieval service via GJDB. |
| 2023 | GS1 Japan has jointly conducted Japan's first demonstration of dynamic pricing using GS1 DataMatrix. |
| 2024 | GS1 Japan has commenced 'GS1 Japan Data Bank - Party and Location -'service. |