Corporate History

Since the birth of the leasing industry in Japan, Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd. (FGL) has always been at the forefront of the industry.

May 1969 Established with equity investment provided by Fuji Bank (currently Mizuho Bank), Marubeni-Iida (currently Marubeni Corporation) and four other Fuyo Group companies
January 1987 Established Fuyo Auto Lease Co., Ltd. Established Yokogawa Rental & Lease Corporation, a joint venture with Yokogawa Electric Corporation
September 1988 Established Fuyo General Lease (USA) Inc.
March 1994 Established Aqua Art Co., Ltd.
April 1995 Established Fuyo Network Service Co., Ltd.
April 1996 Established Fuyo Lease Sales Co., Ltd.
July 1999 Established FGL Aircraft Ireland Limited
December 1999 Established NIHON CREDIT LEASE CORPORATION a joint venture with Nichii Gakkan Company
April 2001 Merged with YTB Leasing Company, Limited
January 2002 Established YF Leasing Co., Ltd., a joint venture with Yokogawa Electric Corporation
April 2002 Merged with Yasuda Lease Co., Ltd. Succeeded lease and financial business spun off from Fuyo General Development Co., Ltd.
December 2004 Listed on the 1st section of Tokyo Stock Exchange
January 2007 Instated local staff at previously unstaffed Hong Kong subsidiary
May 2007 Made Japan Mortgage Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary
April 2008 Made Sharp Finance Corporation, a consolidated subsidiary
October 2011 Established local subsidiary in Shanghai, China
April 2012 Conducted an absorption-type merger of its subsidiary Japan Mortgage Co., Ltd.
July 2014 Made Aircraft Leasing and Management Limited, a consolidated subsidiary
October 2015 Conducted an absorption-type merger of its subsidiary YF Leasing Co., Ltd.
January 2017 Made Accretive Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary
March 2018 Made Marubeni Fuyo Auto Investment (CANADA) Inc., which owns TDF Group Inc., an equity-method affiliate (joint capital investment with Marubeni Corporation)
April 2018 Made FUJITA Co., Ltd. a consolidated subsidiary
October 2018 Made INVOICE Inc. a consolidated subsidiary
January 2019 Made Pacific Rim Capital, Inc. an equity-method affiliate
August 2019 Made NOC Outsourcing & Consulting Inc. a consolidated subsidiary
November 2019 Made Merry Biz Inc. an equity-method affiliate
April 2020 Made YAMATO LEASE CO.,LTD. a consolidated subsidiary
April 2020 Established FGL Group Management Service Co., Ltd.
April 2021 Made NIHON CREDIT LEASE CORPORATION a consolidated subsidiary
October 2021 Made WorkVision Corporation a consolidated subsidiary
January 2022 Conducted an absorption-type merger of its subsidiary NIHON CREDIT LEASE CORPORATION
January 2022 PLIC Corp., Ltd. an equity-method affiliate
October 2022 Made Human CentriX Co.,Ltd. a consolidated subsidiary
January 2023 Made Pacific Rim Capital, Inc. a consolidated subsidiary
May 2024 PLIC Corp., Ltd. a consolidated subsidiary