Nikkei Group: landmarks

This chronology is indicative only. Context is provided by the broader communications and media timeline.

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1876 Mitsubishi protege Masuda Takashi founds Chugai bukka shinpo business weekly

1942 merges with two other papers to become Nihon sangyo keizai shinbun

1946 renamed Nihon keizai shinbun

1975 Nihon Keizai Shimbun establishes bond rating unit

1979 Japan Bond Research Institute (JBRI) established, absorbs of bond rating unit

1997 partnership with Mitsui and AOL to supply news services to AOL Japan

1999 Nikkei CNBC launched

2003 merger of Nippon Investor Service (NIS) and JBRI to form Rating & Investment Information, Inc (R&I)