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The Toshiba name is derived from its former name, Tokyo Shibaura Denki K.K. (Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd) which in turn was a 1939 merger between Shibaura Seisaku-sho (founded in 1875) and Tokyo Denki (founded in 1890). The company name was officially changed to Toshiba Corporation in 1978.
In 1984, the abbreviated form “Toshiba” replaced Tokyo Shibaura Denki as the company’s official name (in English, “Toshiba Corporation” was adopted in 1983). Economic stagnation in Japan during the 1990s led Toshiba to adopt the “concentration and selection” approach to achieve sustained growth.
Originally known as Hakunetsusha & Company, the firm was founded by Dr. Ichisuke Fujioka and Shoichi Miyoshi. Hakunetsusha had distinguished itself as Japan's first manufacturer of incandescent lamps. The newly merged company, named Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company, Ltd., soon became widely known as Toshiba.
May 23, 2024 · It adopted its present name in 1978. The original Shibaura company, formed in 1875, grew out of inventor Tanaka Hisashige’s factory, with primary concentration on manufacturing engines for ocean vessels.
Feb 19, 2008 · Toshiba was founded by the merging of two companies in 1939. One, Tanaka Seizosho (Tanaka Engineering Works), was Japan's first manufacturer of telegraph equipment and was established by Hisashige Tanaka in 1875. In 1904, its name was changed to Shibaura Seisakusho (Shibaura Engineering Works).
The historic journey of Toshiba began in 1873, when the Ministry of Engineering recognised the need to modernise Japan and provided Hisashige Tanaka with the capital required to produce telegraphic equipment. He established Tanaka Engineering Works (which was later renamed as Shibaura Engineering Works).
Dec 20, 2023 · So why did one of Japan's most famous industrial names have such a spectacular fall from grace? It all started in 2015 when accounting malpractices across multiple divisions came to light, with...
