HISTORY

1986.

August : Reed Exhibitions Japan was founded.

1987.

January : Took over Nepcon Japan from and began holding annually.


May : Head office moved to the Shinjuku Nomura Building.

1988.

May : Launched “International Optical Fair Tokyo”

1989.

Feb : Launched “Tokyo International Book Fair”.

1990.

March : Launched “International Jewellery Tokyo”

June : Launched “Manufacturing World Japan”

September : Launched “International Stationery & Office Products Expo”

1991.

July : Launched FINETECH Japan.

1992.

July : Launched Japan IT Week [Spring]. Launched Japan Stationery Awards start.

1995.

Feburuary : Overcoming the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, the International Jewellery Tokyo was successfully held just one month later.

October : Launched ‘Special seminars for exhibitors’.

1997.

June : Launched “International Jewellery Kobe” to contribute to Kobe after earthquake.

1998.

September : Newly launched in Osaka. 'Manufacturing World Osaka'


1999.

June : Japan’s first acquisition of an exhibition. Acquired ‘Interphex Japan’ and started organising it

2000.

January : Launched “IC&Sensor Packaging Expo”“Electronics Component Expo”” PWB EXPO”

2001.

January : Launched ‘Photonix’.

2005.

January : ‘SMART ENERGY WEEK [Spring]’ starts.

May : Invite Bill Gates, then Chairman of Microsoft, as a keynote speaker of Japan IT Week.


2006.

July : Launched ‘GIFTEX [Summer]’ and ‘Administration and Human Resources and Accounting Week Tokyo’ start.

2009.

January : Overcoming the Lehman shock, the first Automotive World exhibition had a great success.


July : Launched ‘Marketing Week [Summer]’.

2010.

April : Launched “Highly function Materials Week” .

June : Launched‘CosmeTech [Tokyo]

July : Launched EDIX Tokyo.


October : Launched Fashion World Tokyo (Autumn) .

November : Launched Japan IT Week [Autumn] .

2011.

April : The 21st Fintech Japan was held one month after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and all subsequent exhibitions are held as planned.

July : Launched CONTENT Tokyo.

October : Launched Agri WEEK [Tokyo] and Tools Japan.

2012.

June : Launched COSME TOKYO

2013.

October : Launched ‘International Jewellery Tokyo [Autumn]’, ‘Highly Functional Materials Week Osaka’ and ‘SMART ENERGY WEEK Osaka’.

2014.

April : Launched of FASHION WORLD TOKYO [Spring].

July : Launched Live Entertainment EXPO and Event EXPO .

2015.

February : Launched ‘Medical Japan Osaka’.

2016.

April : Launched new show in Nagoya, Manufacturing World Nagoya'


August : 30th anniversary of Reed Exhibitions Japan.

October : Launched Administration and Human Resources and Accounting Week Osaka.

December : Launched ”JAPAN BUILD TOKYO”.

2017.

February : Launched ‘Japan IT Week Osaka’

September : Launched JAPAN BUILD OSAKA.

October : Launched Japan’s food export Fair.

2018.

January : Launched Asset Management EXPO [Spring].

September : Launched “Nepcon Japan Nagoya” and “Medical Japan Tokyo”.

2020.

March : Launched AI EXPO.

October : Launched ‘Japan IT Week Online”.

2021.

July : Company name changed to RX Japan Ltd.

2022.

October : Launched Femtech Tokyo.

2023.

April : RX Japan office moved to Tokyo Midtown Yaesu.


2024.

April : Launched ‘International Space Business Exhibition’