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| 1960 Jul. |
Oriental Land Co., Ltd., is established with the aim of reclaiming land off the coast of Urayasu, developing commercial and residential land and constructing a major leisure facility, thereby contributing to the cultural life of the nation and the welfare of its citizens. (Capital: 250 million yen) |
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| 1962 Jul. | Oriental Land and Chiba Prefecture conclude the Urayasu District Land Reclamation Agreement, permitting Oriental Land to reclaim land off the coast of Urayasu and purchase the land for development. |
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| 1964 Sept. | Reclamation work begins off the coast of Urayasu. |
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| 1970 Mar. | Chiba Prefecture begins dividing reclaimed land into lots for sale to Oriental Land for construction of leisure facilities and houses. |
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| 1972 Dec. | Oriental Land begins sales of the residential section of the reclaimed land purchased from Chiba Prefecture. |
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| 1975 Nov. | Reclamation work is completed. |
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| 1979 Apr. | Oriental Land and Walt Disney Productions (currently Disney Enterprises, Inc.) conclude an agreement concerning the licensing, design, construction and operation of Tokyo Disneyland park. |
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| 1980 Dec. | Construction of Tokyo Disneyland park begins in the Maihama district of the town of Urayasu (now the city of Urayasu). |
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| 1983 Apr. | Tokyo Disneyland opens. |
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| 1996 Apr. | Oriental Land and Disney Enterprises conclude an agreement concerning the licensing, design, construction and operation of a new Disney theme park, Tokyo DisneySea, and the Tokyo DisneySea Hotel (now Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta). |
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| 1996 Jun. | Wholly owned subsidiary Maihama Resort Hotels Co., Ltd., is established for management and operation of hotels. |
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| 1996 Dec. | Oriental Land lists its shares on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
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| 1997 Apr. | Wholly owned subsidiary Maihama Resort Line Co., Ltd. is established for management and operation of a monorail. |
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| 1998 Aug. | Construction of Maihama Station Area Development Project (IKSPIARI and Disney Ambassador Hotel) begins in Maihama. |
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| 1998 Sept. | Oriental Land and Disney Enterprises, Inc., conclude an agreement concerning the licensing, construction and operation of Disney Ambassador Hotel. |
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| 1998 Oct. | Oriental Land and Disney Enterprises, Inc., conclude an agreement concerning the licensing, design, construction and operation of Disney Resort Line. Maihama Resort Line begins construction of Disney Resort Line in Maihama.
Construction of Tokyo DisneySea and Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta begins in Maihama. |
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| 1999 Feb. | Wholly owned subsidiary Maihama Business Services Co., Ltd. is established. |
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| 1999 Mar. | Wholly owned subsidiary IKSPIARI Co., Ltd. is established for management and operation of a commercial complex. |
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| 1999 Oct. | Consolidated subsidiary RC Japan Co., Ltd. is established for management and operation of themed restaurants. |
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| 2000 Jul. | Ikspiari and Disney Ambassador Hotel open. |
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| 2000 Oct. | Wholly owned subsidiary Resort Cleaning Services Co., Ltd. is established for cleaning services. |
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| 2001 Jun. | Wholly owned subsidiary Maihama Building Maintenance Co.,Ltd. is established for building maintenance service and OLC Kitchen Techno Co., Ltd. is established for sales and maintenance of kitchen units. |
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| 2001 Jul. | Disney Resort Line opens. |
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| 2001 Sept. | Tokyo DisneySea opens.
Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta opens. |
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| 2002 Apr. | OLC acquired all issued shares of wholly owned WDIJ subsidiary Retail Networks Co., Ltd., and started operation of The Disney Store shops in Japan. |
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| 2002 Dec. | Wholly owned subsidiary E PRODUCTION CO., LTD. is established for management of entertainers. |
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| 2003 May | Wholly owned subsidiary OLC/Rights Entertainment Inc. is established for management of copyrights. |
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| 2005 July | Wholly owned subsidiary M TECH Co., Ltd. is established for maintenance of theme park attractions, including ride vehicles and other attraction components. |
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