August
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Universal Business Incubators, Inc. is established in Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, with a capital of 1,000,000 yen for the purpose of importing and selling U.S. forensic tools. |
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April
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Head office relocated to 3-25-27 Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo |
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June
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Acquired exclusive rights to import and sell forensic tools in Japan from two U.S. forensic tool developers, Intelligent Computer Solutions, Inc. and Access Data Corp. |
August
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Company name changed to UBIC Corporation, specializing in computer forensics. |
August
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Forensic tools go on sale. |
August
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Head office relocated to 4-7, Konan 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo |
November
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Acquired exclusive rights to import and sell forensic tools in Japan from Digital Intelligence, Inc. |
April
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Moved head office to 2-12-23 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo due to expansion of business scale |
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May
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Established a forensic lab to provide forensic investigation services and discovery support services. |
June
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Launched Computer Forensics Service "Computer Forensics Investigation Service and Discovery (Disclosure of Evidence) Support Service". |
June
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Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers (currently Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market) |
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December
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Established UBIC North America, Inc. |
March
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Obtained ISO27001 (ISO/IEC 27001:2005) certification, an international standard for information security management systems (ISMS), and JIS Q 27001 (JIS Q 27001:2006) certification, a domestic standard. |
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December
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Released Lit i View, the world's first Asian-language electronic discovery software |
August
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Payment Card Forensics, Inc. established (now integrated into headquarters) to specialize in credit card fraud investigations |
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April
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UBIC Risk Consulting, Inc. is established to conduct analog investigations associated with forensic investigations. |
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October
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UBIC Taiwan, Inc. (now FRONTEO Taiwan, Inc.) is established. |
December |
Established UBIC Korea, Inc. (now FRONTEO Korea, Inc.) |
March
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Released in-house developed artificial intelligence (later KIBIT) |
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June
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Established UBIC Patent Partners, Inc. as a specialized intellectual property consulting firm. |
January
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Lit i View version 6.0 is released with "Advanced Predictive Coding" feature. |
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May
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Listed on NASDAQ in the U.S. (delisted in February 2020) |
August
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Acquired U.S. e-discovery company TechLaw Solutions, Inc. and made it a consolidated subsidiary. |
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March
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UBIC Risk Consulting Co., Ltd. was merged into the Company, with the Company as the surviving company. |
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April
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UBIC MEDICAL Corporation, a medical information data analysis business, established (later renamed FRONTEO HEALTHCARE Corporation, a consolidated subsidiary) |
July
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Acquired U.S. e-discovery company EvD, Inc. and made it a consolidated subsidiary (now FRONTEO USA, Inc.) |
September
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Established Rappa Corporation, a digital marketing business (later changed its name to FRONTEO Communications Corporation, a consolidated subsidiary) |
October
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Merger with UBIC Patent Partners, Inc. as the surviving company. |
November
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Announced KIBIT, a proprietary AI engine based on natural language processing. |
July
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Changed trade name to FRONTEO Corporation, meaning "progressive and cutting-edge value creation group. |
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July
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UBIC MEDICAL Co., Ltd. changes its name to FRONTEO HEALTHCARE Co. |
July
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Changed the trade name of Rappa Corporation to FRONTEO Communications Corporation (merged with the Company as the surviving company in May 2018) |
July
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EvD, Inc. merged with UBIC North America, Inc. to form FRONTEO USA, Inc. |
July
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Changed the trade name of UBIC Korea, Inc. to FRONTEO Korea, Inc. |
July
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UBIC Taiwan, Inc. changed its trade name to FRONTEO Taiwan, Inc. |
May
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Merged with FRONTEO Communications Corporation, with the Company as the surviving company. |
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May
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FRONTEO Healthcare launches full-scale offering of Concept Encoder, an algorithm specialized for the healthcare industry. |
May
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FRONTEO Healthcare receives patent for "Concept Encoder" algorithm. |
July
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Launched "KIBIT Find Answer," a FAQ system based on the AI engine KIBIT. |
August
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FRONTEO Healthcare launches Concept Encoder Articles, an application for artificial intelligence. |
November
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Launched Patent Explorer 19, an advanced version of our patent search and analysis system using artificial intelligence. |
November
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Evolution of proprietary artificial intelligence engine Next-generation version of "KIBIT G2" launched |
November
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FRONTEO Healthcare Develops New Drug Candidate Exploration Technology Using the "Concept Encoder" Algorithm |
January
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Changed the trade name of Payment Card Forensics K.K. to P.C.F. FRONTEO K.K. (merged with the Company as the surviving company in October 2023) |
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March
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KIBIT Automator, an AI review tool, is released. |
October
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Merged with FRONTEO HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, with the Company as the surviving company. |
January
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Received patent application in Japan for "Coroban®", a fall and tumble prediction system. |
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February
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Delisted from the NASDAQ market in the U.S. |
April
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Opened two AI labs in the headquarters to serve as a base for AI applications and an AI lounge to provide practical know-how to customers. |
April
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AI-based Drug Repositioning for Novel Coronavirus Infections (COVID-19) Begins Research |
June
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Launched an AI-based solution for early detection of signs of child abuse |
June
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Received patent application in Japan for an AI system to support diagnosis of dementia. |
July
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Launched KIBIT Amanogawa, a paper search AI system. |
August
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OSINT (open source intelligence) research begins. |
August
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P.C.F. FRONTEO Corporation becomes a wholly owned subsidiary |
September
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Registered in the "Information Security Service Standards Compliance Service List" after review by the Information Security Service Standards Review and Registration Committee. |
October
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Launched OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) service |
January
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Obtained Class I medical device manufacturing and sales license. |
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April
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Clinical trial of "Conversational AI Program to Assist in Diagnosis of Dementia" begins. |
May
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Launched "Guideline Viewer," a specialized business support AI system for pharmaceutical companies. |
May
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Launched KIBIT, a hazard prediction solution. |
June
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OSINT Services Launches Supply Chain Analysis Solution |
June
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OSINT Services Launches Shareholder Control Network Analysis Solution |
July
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Obtains patent rights in Japan for Cascade Eye, a drug discovery support AI |
August
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Obtained patent rights in South Korea for "Conversational AI Program to Support Diagnosis of Dementia |
September
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Launched Patent Explorer X, an advanced patent search tool. |
September
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FRONTEO Legal Link Portal now has more than 5,000 registered members. |
October
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Launched WordATLAS, an information strategy support AI |
October
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Started providing services using Seizu Analysis, a supply chain analysis system. |
November
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Launched a shareholder control network analysis solution. |
November
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Obtained patent rights in Japan for "Amanogawa," AI software for medical article search |
December
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Launched a cutting-edge technology and researcher network analysis solution. |
January
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Obtained patent rights in Japan for "Concept Encoder Optimizer," which shows remedial measures for risks that are predicted to occur. |
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February
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Launched WordSonar, a new AI solution for risk detection and prediction. |
March
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Obtained patent rights in Japan for the technology of "Supply Chain Analysis Service," an economic security solution. |
March
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Launched AI drug discovery services using a new AI system "liGALILEO," which is a process innovation for drug discovery. |
April
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Launches "WordSonar for VoiceView" to utilize "customers' voices" in financial services. |
July
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Launched Coroban Care, a fall and tumble prediction AI system for nursing homes. |
July
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KIBIT's core technology, "Illumination Forest," which is based on multiple discrimination models and cross-validation, is patented in Taiwan. |
August
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Obtained patent rights in Japan for the analysis index of shareholding control for the economic security AI solution. |
December
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Obtained patent rights in Japan for new index calculation technology for supply chain analysis AI solution in economic security. |
January
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Obtained patent rights in the U.S. for the core technology of the proprietary AI algorithm "Concept Encoder |
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February
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FRONTEO Legal Link Portal reaches 10,000 registered users. |
October
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P.C.F. FRONTEO Corporation was merged into P.C.F. FRONTEO with P.C.F. FRONTEO as the surviving company. |
January
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Obtained patent application in the U.S. for 2D map generation technology from natural language information such as academic papers using the AI engine "KIBIT". |
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February
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Launched a new AI drug discovery support service that analyzes 600 Springer Nature journals. |
February
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Entered into a strategic business alliance agreement with Shionogi regarding an AI program business to support diagnosis of dementia and depression. |
April
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Established "Novel Targets Library" to introduce novel and high-potential target genes. |
September
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AI Solution for Economic Security Measures Patented New Technology for Calculating Priority of Trade Routes in Supply Chain Analysis |
November
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Launched a co-creation project using the AI drug discovery support service "Drug Discovery AI Factory |