Established as a professional language services company in Tokyo
Contracted for simultaneous interpretation in five languages for
the 4th World YMCA Alliance council

Opened Japan’s first training school for simultaneous interpretation

Contracted for the Japan World Exposition Preparations Conference

Commenced personnel staffing services to overseas project sites

Launched general temporary personnel services

Employed as the sole contractor by the National Space Development Agency of Japan to conduct screening tests and provide English education for Japanese astronauts

Began Chinese language courses

Opened the ISS Yokohama School

Published The Dictionary of Financial Terms (English to Japanese, Japanese to English)

Employed for interpretation and translation services by the National Space Development Agency of Japan for astronaut Mamoru Mori’s Space Shuttle flight

Established personnel placement services

Contracted to provide interpretation services for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan (Six languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese and Korean)

Contracted to organize the World Medical Association General Assembly held in Tokyo

Personnel placement services became independent and was established as ISS CONSULTING, INC.

ISS schools were renamed ISS Institute

Became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honyaku Center Inc.

Organized the TICAD V (Tokyo International Conference on African Development)

Opened the Fukuoka Branch

Opened the Kansai Branch and Nagoya Branch

Organized the Third Japan-Arab Economic Forum

Transfer of stocks of ISS CONSULTING, INC.

Organized the 7th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM 7)

Organized the G7 Ise-Shima Summit, the reception of President Obama during his visit to Hiroshima, the 99th Lions Clubs International Convention, and the 40th International College of Surgeons World Congress