History

December 1, 2000: Administrative reform general rules Cabinet decision
December 19, 2000: Special corporations rearrangement rationalization plan Cabinet decision

December 6, 2002: Road related four public corporation privatization promotion committee submission of written opinion
December 17, 2002: Cabinet decision on reform of road related four public corporations, international hub airports, and policy financial institutions

December 22, 2003: Government-ruling council on privatization of road related four public corporations (about basic framework of privatization of road related four public corporations)
December 25, 2003: 1st National Land Development Highway Expressway Construction Conference (changes such as maintenance plans related to the new direct control system)

June 9, 2004: Road-related four public corporation privatization law promulgated

February 7, 2006: The 2nd National Land Development Highway Expressway Construction Conference (changes such as maintenance plans related to the new direct control system)
February 10, 2006: Designation of Expressway that the Company should construct and renovate (Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
March 31, 2006: Signed a new agreement with Japan Expressway Ownership and Debt Repayment Organization
Business license for Expressway business (Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
April 1, 2006: Brand name is "NEXCO EAST "
Nex-area Company Limited started business
April 20, 2006: Free magazine "Highway Walker" (tie-up with Kadokawa Cross Media Co., Ltd.) published
June 29, 2006: Held the 1st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
October 26, 2006: NEXCO EAST Mid-term Management Plan (2006-2010) formulated
October 31, 2006: Drive travel portal site "E-NEXCO Drive Plaza" opened
December 26, 2006: Membership card "E-NEXCO pass" issued

January 24, 2008: Yamoto Ishinomaki Road Free Release
March 20, 2008: "Pasar Makuhari" opens on the Keiyo Road Makuhari PA (Out-bound line)
June 26, 2008: Held the 3rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
July 18, 2008: Ken-O Road Sayama PA Open
July 24, 2008: "E-NEXCO LODGE Sano SA store (operated by Hatagoya)" opened in Sano SA, Tohoku Expressway
July 30, 2008: "Pasar Makuhari" opened on the Keiyo Road Makuhari PA (In-bound)

March 28, 2009: Start of special holiday discounts (upper limit of 1,000 yen)
March 29, 2009: Tohoku Expressway Kuroiso Board Room IC opened
October 22, 2009: Opened "India Office"

April 13, 2010: Yokohama Yokosuka Road Yokosuka PA "Eco PA" reopened
May 31, 2010: Opening ceremony of "India Office" and start of operations by permanent staff
June 30, 2010: Opened “Yorii Star Prince's PA” on the Kan-Etsu Expressway Yorii (In-bound line)
December 18, 2010: Opened Tohoku Expressway Ohira IC

February 1, 2011: Established "Preparing Office for Overseas Business New Company" jointly with NEXCO CENTRAL, NEXCO WEST and Metropolitan Expressway
March 19, 2011: Kita Kanto Expressway Ota Kiryu IC-Sano Danuma IC (18.6km) opening [opening all lines]
March 26, 2011: Opening of the Chubu crossing between the Saku Komoro JCT and Komoro Mikage Toll Gate (extension 0.5km) (Saku Komoro JCT-Sakunan IC (8.5km) opened [section under direct control])
May 29, 2011: Ken-O Road Shiraoka iris IC ~ Kuki Shiraoka JCT (3.3km) opened
June 8, 2011: Paid business license (Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) of general national highway 468 Ken-o Expressway (Kuki Shiraoka JCT-Tsukuba central IC, Inashiki IC-Daiei JCT (provisional))
September 1, 2011: Established "Japan Expressway International Co., Ltd." in collaboration with NEXCO CENTRAL, NEXCO WEST, Metropolitan Expressway and Hanshin Expressway
September 28, 2011: NEXCO EAST Group Medium-term Management Plan (2011-2013) formulated
October 29, 2011: Doto Expressway Yubari IC-Shimukappu IC (34.5km) opened
November 26, 2011: Doo Mori IC-Ochibe IC (20.2km) opening

February 1, 2012: Credit card partnership with AEON Credit Service Co., Ltd. (September 22, 2011), "AEON E-NEXCO pass card" issued
March 24, 2012: Nitto Expressway Tsuruoka JCT Tollgate-Tsuruoka JCT (1.5km extension) opened (Atsumi Onsen IC-Tsuruoka JCT (25.8km) opened [Direct control section])
April 8, 2012: Joban Expressway Minamisoma IC-Soma IC (14.4km) opened
April 20, 2012: Joshinetsu Expressway, Tateyama Expressway, Sanriku Expressway 4 lanes, toll road business license such as Tokyo Outer Ring Road (Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
November 10, 2012: Opening of Ono Park IC-Mori IC (9.7km)
December 1, 2012: Sendai-Tobu Road Sendai Port IC opening

August 3, 2013: Hokkaido Expressway New Chitose Airport IC opening
September 20, 2013: Higashi Kanto Expressway Yatsu Funabashi IC opened
November 30, 2013: Akita Expressway Kosaka JCT tollgate-Kosaka JCT (extension 0.5km) opened (Otate north IC-Kosaka JCT (16.1km) opened [section under direct control])
December 19, 2013: Tohoku Expressway Hanyu PA (In-bound Line), the second theme-type parking area "Onihei Edo-dokoro" opened
December 22, 2013: Opening of Sendai-Hokubu Road Tomiya JCT-Tomiya IC (1.7km)

March 29, 2014: Hachinohe Expressway Hachinohe JCT opening
April 12, 2014: Ken-O Road Inashiki IC-Kanzaki IC (10.6km) opened
March 27, 2014: NEXCO EAST Group “Long-term Vision 2025” and “Medium-term Management Plan (2014-2016)” formulated
July 11, 2014: Ken-O Road Expressway Edozaki PA Open
December 6, 2014: Joban Expressway Namie IC-Minamisoma IC (18.4km), Soma IC-Yamamoto IC (23.3km) opened
December 6, 2014: Joban Expressway Bird Sea PA Open

February 21, 2015: Joban Expressway Minamisoma Bakashima SA Open
March 1, 2015: Joban Expressway Joban Tomioka IC-Namie IC (14.3km) opening [opening of all lines]
March 1, 2015: PA open for Joban Expressway
March 29, 2015: Ken-O Road Kuki Shiraoka JCT ~ border Furukawa IC (19.6km) opened
June 7, 2015: Ken-O Road O Expressway Kanzaki IC-Daiei JCT (9.7km) opened
October 31, 2015: Ken-O Road Okegawa Kitamoto IC-Shiraoka Shobu IC (10.8km) opened

March 27, 2016: Senen Road Sendai Kohoku IC-Rifuchu IC (4 lanes completed)
September 11, 2016: Higashi Nakamichi Fukushima JCT-Fukushima Osayo IC (1.4km) opened

February 26, 2017: Opening of the Chuo Ken-O Road Sakai Furukawa IC to Tsukuba Central IC (28.5km)
March 30, 2017: NEXCO EAST Group Medium-Term Management Plan (FY 29 to 2020 formulated a degree)

February 3, 2018: Higashi Kanto Expressway Hokoda IC-Ibaraki Airport North IC (8.8km) opened
June 2, 2018: Tokyo Outer Ring Road Misato Minami IC-Takaya JCT (15.5km) opened
December 8, 2018: Shiribeshi Expressway Yoichi IC-Otaru JCT (23.3km) opening

April 13, 2019: Tohoku-Chuo Expressway Nanyo Takahata IC-Yamagata Kamiyama IC (24.4km) opened

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