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OCS (Overseas Courier Service) is an international logistics company started in Tokyo, Japan. OCS network spreads every continentals except Antarctic, in more than 50 counties and more than 130 offices around the world.

OCS started as Japanese newspaper distributer in September 1957. Few months later, OCS started courier service to their customers, which become the first International Courier Service in the world.[1]

In 2009, ANA (All Nippon Airways) became the primary shareholder of OCS and OCS became an ANA Group Company.[2][3]

History

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1957.8 : OCS (Japanese legal name: Kaigai Shimbun Fukyu Kabushiki Gaisha 海外新聞普及株式会社) incorporated.[4]

1957.9 : First Newspaper Service started, ship to San Francisco, USA.

1957.12 : First International Courier Service started.

1958.1 : Start shipping to Bangkok, Thailand / 2 : New York, USA / 8 : London, UK / 9 : Hong Kong / 10 : Taipei ...

1965.7 : OCS Tokyo office move to Shibaura, Tokyo Japan.

1972.2 : Established OCS America Inc. at New York, USA.

2009.3 : ANA subsidiary Allex merged with OCS. [5] OCS became ANA group.

2010.9 : Japanese legal name changed to "Kabushiki Gaisha OCS" (株式会社OCS).[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Which is the world's first courier service?". Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  2. ^ "All Nippon Airways", Wikipedia, 2024-04-27, retrieved 2024-05-03
  3. ^ https://www.ana.co.jp/group/en/companies/ ANA Group Companies.
  4. ^ "About us".
  5. ^ "海外新聞普及とオールエクスプレスが合併".
  6. ^ "海外新聞普及がOCSに社名変更". 24 June 2010.

Primary sources

  • Kaigai Shimbun Fukyu Kabushiki Gaisha (2007), OCS - 50 Nen no Ayumi : 1957-2007, Tokyo, Japan, Overseas Courier Service. (海外新聞普及株式会社「OCS - 50年の歩み : 1957-2007」)