About
Greetings from the President
The times are currently changing drastically.
Facing this transition period, to further refine our response capabilities, backed by our 120 year history since the company’s establishment, we aim to become a business that meets the needs of the times to satisfy our customers’ expectations.
Companies are required to be ambidextrous following the rapidly changing times, and in addition to On paper Contents, an appeal for On display Contents that support Accessibility is now prevalent in our market.
We are entering a phase that requires descriptions of “matters” in addition to “things” to both the media and the public.
During our 30 years of activities overseas, in addition to Japanese companies active abroad, we have provided various forms of services to many overseas businesses and government agencies.
We aim to continue establishing ourselves as a company that can contribute to customer growth through multi-directional proposal and response capabilities through streamlined multilingual information network establishment support.
Ryuji Yamagata
President & CEO

Company Overview
- YAMAGATA Corporation
- YAMAGATA JAPAN Corporation
- YAMAGATA Print Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Company Name
- YAMAGATA Corporation
- Established
- June 1, 1906
- Headquarters
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2-6-34 Takashima, Nishi-ku,
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 220-8515 - TEL
- +81-45-461-4000
- FAX
- +81-45-453-2856
- Registered Capital
- 55 million JPY
- Business Offices
- Osaka, Shiki (Saitama), Shimbashi
- CEO/President, Directors, and Officers
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President: Ryuji Yamagata
Senior Managing Director :Tsuyoshi Kojima
Executive Director: Kunihisa Iwama
Director: Keisuke Saito
Director: Kohei Yamagata
Corporate Officer: Fumihiro Kobori
Corporate Officer: Benoit Geert
Auditor: Kazuko Yamagata - Line of Business
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Manual Production
Printing & Distribution
Translation & Localization
Design and Contents Creation
System Development
Document Production Support System
Staffing and Recruitment Support for Multilingual Personnel
- Company Name
- YAMAGATA JAPAN Corporation
- Established
- April 1, 2010
- Headquarters
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2-6-34 Takashima, Nishi-ku,
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 220-8515 - TEL
- +81-45-461-1544
- FAX
- +81-45-522-1910
- Registered Capital
- 10 million JPY
- CEO/President, Directors, and Officers
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Chairperson: Ryuji Yamagata
CEO & President :Tsuyoshi Kojima
Director: Fumihiro Kobori
Auditor: Koichi Odagiri - Line of Business
- Sales
- Company Name
- YAMAGATA Print Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Established
- November 1, 1984
- Headquarters
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81 Nakahataminami, Yabuki-machi
Nishi Shirakawa-gun, Fukushima, 969-0265 - Registered Capital
- 5 million JPY
- CEO/President, Directors, and Officers
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CEO & President: Ryuji Yamagata
Director: Fumihiro Kobori - Line of Business
- Production, Printing, Binding & Kitting
Certifications
Business Offices | Certifications | |
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Domestic | YAMAGATA Corporation | Personal Information (PrivacyMark) |
Information Security Management System (ISO 27001) Contents Creation Department Div. 1, Div. 2 (except 5Grp), Localization Division, Staffing Services Dept., Business Management Department, Planning Division |
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Global Standard for Translation Services (ISO 17100) Contents Creation Department Localization Division, Translation Department Belgium |
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FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) | ||
YAMAGATA Print Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
Quality Management System (ISO 9001): Fukushima Factory | |
Environmental Management System (ISO 14001): Fukushima Factory | ||
Overseas |
China Wuxi Factory (YAMAGATA WUXI Factory) |
Quality Management System (ISO 9001) |
Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) | ||
FSC (Forest Certification Scheme) | ||
China Xiamen (YAMAGATA XIAMEN) |
Quality Management System (ISO 9001) | |
Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) | ||
Occupational Health and Safety Management (ISO 45001) | ||
Malaysia (YAMAGATA (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.) |
Quality Management System (ISO 9001) | |
Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) | ||
FSC (Forest Certification Scheme) | ||
Process Standard Offset (ISO 12647) | ||
Thailand (YAMAGATA THAILAND) |
Quality Management System (ISO 9001) | |
Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) | ||
FSC (Forest Certification Scheme) | ||
Europe (YAMAGATA EUROPE) |
Quality Management System (ISO 9001) | |
Global Standard for Translation Services(ISO 17100) | ||
Post-editing(ISO 18587) |
- Domestic
- Overseas
- YAMAGATA Corporation
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Personal Information (PrivacyMark)
Information Security Management System (ISO 27001)
Contents Creation Department Div. 1, Div. 2 (except 5Grp), Localization Division, Staffing Services Dept., Business Management Department, Planning Division
Global Standard for Translation Services (ISO 17100)
Contents Creation Department Localization Division, Translation Department Belgium
FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) - YAMAGATA Print Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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Quality Management System (ISO 9001): Fukushima Factory
Environmental Management System (ISO 14001): Fukushima Factory
- China Wuxi Factory (YAMAGATA WUXI Factory)
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Quality Management System (ISO 9001)
Environmental Management System (ISO 14001)
FSC (Forest Certification Scheme) - China Xiamen (YAMAGATA XIAMEN)
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Quality Management System (ISO 9001)
Environmental Management System (ISO 14001)
Occupational Health and Safety Management (ISO 45001) - Malaysia (YAMAGATA (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.)
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Quality Management System (ISO 9001)
Environmental Management System (ISO 14001)
FSC (Forest Certification Scheme)
Process Standard Offset (ISO 12647) - Thailand (YAMAGATA THAILAND)
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Quality Management System (ISO 9001)
Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) - Europe (YAMAGATA EUROPE)
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Quality Management System (ISO 9001)
Global Standard for Translation Services(ISO 17100)
Post-editing(ISO 18587)
History
- 1989
- 1906 - Primary Development in Printing Forms for Foreign Language Correspondence
- YAMAGATA Printing Co., Ltd. is founded in Yokohama City, Kanagawa by Heiji Yamagata
- 1935
- A book for foreigners called “We Japanese” is published in collaboration with the Fujiya Hotel Group
- 1963
- Choko Yamagata becomes the company president
- 1978
- Digital Typesetting System is introduced for European languages
- Process shifts entirely from letterpress printing to offset printing
- 1983 - Toward Integrated Production for the Printing Process
- YAMAGATA Technical Center Co., Ltd. is established in Kanagawa
- 1984
- YAMAGATA Print Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Fukushima factory opens
- 1987 - Strengthening of Integrated Systems for Translation Work
- Manual In Co., Ltd. is established
- 1989 - Bases are established in Southeast Asia
- International Technoprint, Inc. is established in the USA
- Autech Co., Ltd. is established in Saitama
- Printelligence Pte. Ltd. is established in Singapore
- 1991
- Page Factory Co., Ltd. is established in Miyazaki
- Printelligence (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. is established in Malaysia
- 1996
- Choko Yamagata becomes CEO and Ryuji Yamagata becomes company president
- Fukushima Factory obtains Japan’s first ISO 9001 as a printing / bookbinding facility in August
- 1998 - Business Network is established in Europe
- Ycomm EUROPE NV is established in Belgium, changes its name from YAMAGATA Technical Center Co., Ltd. to Ycomm Co., Ltd.
- 1999 - Bases in China are secured
- Printelligence (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. is established in the Fujian province of China
- 2000
- YAMAGATA Print Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Hagiwara Factory is completed and begins operations
- Printelligence (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. is established
- 2002
- PF 3D Works MSC Sdn. Bhd. is established in Malaysia
- Printelligence (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. is established in China
- Page Factory Co., Ltd. Shanghai office opens
- ISO 14001 Environmental Management System is obtained
- 2003
- Page Factory Co., Ltd., Manual In Co., Ltd., and Autech Co., Ltd. merge as Ycomm Co., Ltd. and implement a new framework
- Ycomm Co., Ltd. Miyazaki office is established
- Ycomm (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Shaoxing office opens
- Printelligence (Guangzhou) Trading Co., Ltd. is established in China
- 2004
- Ycomm (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Dalian office opens in China
- 2005 - 100th Anniversary of the YAMAGATA Group: Toward Further Development
- Group companies unify under the name “YAMAGATA” and YAMAGATA VIETNAM Co., Ltd. is established in Vietnam
- 2007
- YAMAGATA PRINT SOLUTIONS INDIA Pvt. Ltd. is established in India
- YAMAGATA INTECH Corporation obtains ISO 27001 in Japan and China
- 2008
- YAMAGATA EUROPE Bratislava office opens in Slovakia
- 2010
- YAMAGATA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS AMERICA, Inc. is established
- YAMAGATA MALAYSIA obtains CoC Certification from the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)
- 2012
- CGX Yamagata Japan GK is established in Gero City, Gifu Prefecture
- 2013
- YAMAGATA (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. Nanjing Office is established
- YAMAGATA SOLUTIONS VIETNAM Co., Ltd. is established in Hanoi
- 2014
- YAMAGATA Corporation Wako Sales Office and Tochigi Branch open
- YAMAGATA INTECH Corporation Staffing Services Dept. is established
- 2017
- New YAMAGATA corporate website launches
- 2020
- YAMAGATA INTECH Corporation Staffing Services Dept. Office opens in Shimbashi
- YAMAGATA INTECH Corporation headquarters is relocated to Yokohama
- 2022
- YAMAGATA GROUP corporate website launches