In 1975, the arrival of the 21st century was no longer that far away. Zenken Corporation was founded in this year as a company promoting language education, based on the belief that the coming 21st century would be an increasingly global era and that human resources with an international perspective would be able to make significant contributions to society.
Now, as we look ahead to the acceleration of the 'global inbound', where Japan will become increasingly internationalized with more foreigners arriving for work and travel, we at Zenken continue to develop our business with the strong conviction that creation of global human resources and opportunities for people-to-people encounters through our IT and language education services will lead to the development of a more prosperous society.
- 1978/7
- Established World Publishing Co., Ltd. for the purpose of publishing learning materials
- 1983/12
- Company name changed to Zenkoku Kyoiku Kenkyusho Co.
- 1988/12
- Merger with World Miner Co.; company name changed to Zenken Honsha Co.
- 2000/1
- Full-scale entry into the internet business; established Sosai Gakuin (currently Z-NET SCHOOL)
- 2005/3
- Entered the e-marketing business (started online media services)
- 2006/3
- Acquired all shares in marriage support services provider Sun Mark Life Creation Co.
- 2007/5
- Spun off language education services as Zenken Career Center Co., Ltd.
- 2009/12
- Zenken Career Center Co., Ltd. changed its name to Linguage Co.
- 2013/7
- Linguage Co. started 'Linguage Speak', a business offering English conversation Skype lessons
- 2014/7
- Opened the first Linguage English Conversation School classroom at the west exit of Shinjuku station
- 2015/4
- 'Zenken Plaza II' building completed in Shinjuku, next to the 'Zenken Plaza' building; entered the real estate business
- 2016/3
- Spun off marriage support services as Happyrise Co.
- 2016/5
- Acquired Sciseed Inc. for the purpose of providing paid employment placement services
- 2016/6
- Linguage Co. merged into Zenken Honsha Co.
- 2017/4
- Sciseed Inc. started AI solutions
- 2017/10
- Started Japanese language education business; opened Linguage Japanese Language School at the west exit of Shinjuku station
- 2018/1
- Established the Diversity division, specializing in the overseas IT human resources business
- 2019/1
- Sold all shares in Happyrise Co. (now Sunmarie)
- 2019/6
- Established ZENKEN INDIA LLP in Bengaluru, India
- 2020/2
- Head office was relocated to Sumitomo Fudosan Shinjuku Central Park Tower in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
- 2021/6
- Listed on the Mothers section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- 2021/10
- Transferred English Conversation School Business (to NOVA Holdings)
