- 1928
- Pacific Trading Co., Inc. was founded in San Francisco, as a California corporation. The branch office was incorporated as a Japanese corporation and become Pacific Trading Co., Ltd. as of June 1,1928, with its head office in Tokyo and branch office in Osaka
- 1941
- The US-Japan trade embargo following the outbreak of the Pacific War forces the company to suspend trading
- 1947
- With the post-war restoration of trading, the company reopens for business
- 1970
- Kikkoman Corporation began participating in the management
- 1972
- Japan Food (Hawaii) Inc, importer and distributor of Oriental Foods, founded under the joint capitalization of Kikkoman Corporation, Japan
- 1973
- Japan Food Canada Inc. importer and distributor of Oriental Foods as well as Canned Foods, founded under the joint capitalization of Kikkoman Corporation Japan and Furuya Trading Co., Ltd. Toronto Ontario, Canada
- 1979
- Kikkoman Trading Europe GmbH founded as a joint operation by JFC JAPAN INC. and Kikkoman Corporation to promote Kikkoman Soy Sauce and Oriental Foods in Europe.
- 1984
- JFC Hong Kong Limited founded as a joint operation by JFC JAPAN INC. and Kikkoman Corporation, to promote Kikkoman Soy Sauce and Japanese Foods in Hong Kong.
- 1986
- Japan Food Corp (Aust) Pty Ltd founded as a joint operation by PacificTrading Co., Ltd. and Kikkoman Corporation, to promote Kikkoman Soy Sauce and Japanese Foods in Australia.
- 1996
- Head Office moved to Minato-ku TOKYO
- 2000
- American branch founded in Seattle
- 2004
- JFC New Zealand Limited founded as a joint operation by Pacific Trading Co.,Ltd. and Japan Food Corp (Aust) Pty Ltd to promote Kikkoman Soy Sauce and Japanese Foods in New Zealand.
Osaka branch moved to HIGOBASHI CENTER BUILDING - 2007
- JFC-Sheng Yuan Hong (Beijing) Trading. Co.,Ltd founded in China.
- 2008
- Head Office Moved to Chuo-ku TOKYO.
- 2013
- Became a Wholly-owned subsidiary of Kikkoman Corporation.
Pacific Trading Co.,Ltd. is renamed JFC JAPAN INC.
Acquired YAMAKAWA(HK)LIMITED.
Sino&JFCJ Co.,Ltd.and JFC(Thailand)Co.,Ltd founded in Thailand. - 2015
- Representative office founded in Thailand.
- 2016
- JFC Taipei Co.,Ltd. founded in Taiwan.
- 2018
- JFC Fresh Co.,Ltd. founded in JFC JAPAN INC.