, founded in 1885, is the primary provider of natural gas to the main cities of Tokyo,

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, Saitama, Chiba,

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, Yamanashi, and Nagano. , Tokyo Gas is the largest natural gas utility in Japan. Tokyo Gas building and Harumi Passenger ship terminal from Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Gas building and Harumi Passenger ship terminal from Tokyo Tower

Timeline

*October 1, 1885, Tokyo Gas was founded by

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and

Asano Sōichirō was a Japanese businessman responsible for founding a number of companies, including what became today's Sapporo Breweries, Toa Construction Corporation, Oki Electric Industry, JFE Group and Taiheiyo Cement (formerly Asano Cement). He came fr ...

by acquiring business of Tokyo Prefecture Gas Bureau. *1912, Tokyo Gas merged with Chiyoda Gas. *1913, Tokyo Gas merged with Kawasaki Gas. *1944, Tokyo Gas acquired business of Yokohama City Gas Bureau. *May 2016, Tokyo Gas merged with Chiba Gas, Tsukuba Gakuen Gas Corporation, and Miho Gas.

External links

Tokyo Gas website
(Japanese)

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