History
the year of 2000
| the year of 2000 December 1 |
Administrative reform outline The Cabinet decision |
| the year of 2000 Dec. 19 |
Cabinet decision for special corporation etc. rationalization plan |
2001
| 2001 June 21 |
Public corporation reform basic law promulgated |
2002
| 2002 Dec. 6 |
Road Relations Four Public Corporation Privatization Promotion Committee Submission of Opinion |
| 2002 Dec. 17 |
Cabinet decision on reform of road related four public corporations, international base airports and policy financial institutions |
2003
| 2003 Dec. 22 |
Government / ruling party council on privatization of road related four public corporations (about basic framework of privatization of road related four public corporation) |
| 2003 Dec. 25 |
1st Nationwide Development Trunk Line Auto Road Construction Council (change of maintenance plan, etc. pertaining to new direct control system etc) |
2004
| 2004 June 9 |
Road relations Four public corporations Privatization law Relating Law promulgated |
Year 2005
| Year 2005 Sep. 21 |
Foundation meeting |
| Year 2005 Oct. 1 |
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Launched |
2006
| 2006 Feb. 7 |
The 2 nd National Land Development Trunk Line Auto Road Construction Council (change of maintenance plan etc. concerning new direct control system, etc) |
| 2006 February 10 |
Designation of Expressway that we should establish and renovate (Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) |
| 2006 March 31 |
Independent administrative agency Japan Expressway New agreement signed with holding and debt repayment mechanism |
| Permission for Expressway business (Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) | |
| 2006 April 1st |
Brand Name NEXCO EAST" |
| Nex-area Company Limited Business start | |
| 2006 April 20 |
Published free magazine "Highway Walker" (Kadokawa cross media and tie-up) |
| 2006 June 29 |
Holding the 1st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders |
| 2006 Oct. 26 |
NEXCO EAST Formulated medium-term management plan (2006-2010) |
| 2006 Oct. 31 |
Drive travel portal site "E-NEXCO Drive Plaza" opened |
| 2006 Dec. 26 |
Issued membership card "E-NEXCO pass" |
2007
| 2007 March 1 |
Establish customer center |
| 2007 June 28 |
Holding the 2nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders |
2008
| 2008 Jan. 24 |
Yamoto Ishinomaki road free liberation |
| 2008 March 20 |
"Pasar Makuhari" opened on Keiyo Road Makuhari PA ( Out-bound line) |
| 2008 June 26 |
Holding the 3 rd general shareholders' meeting |
| 2008 July 18 |
Area Sayama narrow PA opening |
| 2008 July 24 |
"E-NEXCO LODGE SANA SA store (operated: Hatagoya)" opened in Tohoku-do Sano SA |
| 2008 July 30 |
"Pasar Makuhari" opened on Keiyo Road Makuhari PA ( In-bound ) |
2009
| 2009 March 28 |
Holiday special discount (local upper limit 1000 yen) start |
| 2009 March 29 |
Kuroiso booth IC office in Tohoku way opening |
| 2009 Oct. 22 |
"India office opened" |
2010
| 2010 April 13 |
Yokohama Yokosuka Road renewed to Yokosuka PA "Eco PA" |
| 2010 May 31 |
"India office" opening ceremony and starting work by resident staff |
| 2010 June 30 |
"The Prince of Yorii star PA" opens at Kan-Etsu Expressway Yori ( In-bound line) |
| 2010 Dec. 18 |
Tohoku way high-rank IC opening |
2011
| 2011 Feb. 1 |
NEXCO CENTRAL, NEXCO WEST,capital Expressway Joint establishment with "overseas business new company establishment preparation room" |
| 2011 March 19 |
Kita Kanto Road Oyada Kiryu IC - Sano Tamunumi IC (18.6 km) Opened 【Full Line Opening】 |
| 2011 March 26 |
Chubu Yokudo Road Saku Komoro JCT ~ Komoro Mikage Toll Gate Office (extension 0.5 km) Opening (Saku Komoro JCT ~ Saku Minami IC (8.5 km) opening [Direct jurisdiction]) |
| 2011 May 29 |
Hokkaido Shirahoka Shobu IC - Kuki Shirato JCT (3.3 km) opening |
| 2011 June 8 |
Payment business permit for the National Highway No. 468 Ken-o Expressway (Kuki Shiraoka JCT - Tsukuba Central IC, Inashiki IC - Daiei JCT (temporary)) Permission business permit (Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) |
| 2011 Sep. 1 |
NEXCO CENTRAL, NEXCO WEST,capital Expressway as well as Hanshin Expressway Jointly with "Japan Expressway International Co., Ltd. Established |
| 2011 Sep. 28 |
NEXCO EAST Group Medium-term Management Plan (2011-2013 Degree) |
| 2011 Oct. 29 |
DOTO EXPWY Yubari IC - Shimukappu IC (34.5 km) opening |
| 2011 Nov. 26 |
Dōjō Forest IC - Okubo IC (20.2 km) opening |
year 2012
| year 2012 Feb. 1 |
Partnering with AEON CREDIT SERVICE CORPORATION (2011) September 22), "Ion E-NEXCO pass card" issued |
| year 2012 March 24 |
Nitto-do Tsuruoka JCT toll booth-Tsuruoka JCT (1.5km extended) opened (Atsumi Onsen IC-Tsuruoka JCT (25.8km) opened [directly controlled section]) |
| year 2012 April 8 |
Banbetsu Minami Soma IC - Soma IC (14.4 km) opening |
| year 2012 April 20 |
Joshinetsu way · Tateyama way · Sanriku way 4 lanes, toll road project permission such as Tokyo outer ring road (Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) |
| year 2012 Nov. 10 |
Daido Onumen Park IC - Mori IC (9.7 km) opening |
| year 2012 December 1 |
Sendai-Tobu Road Sendai Port IC opening up |
2013
| 2013 Aug. 3 |
Roadside New Chitose Airport IC opening |
| 2013 September 20 |
East Kanto-ku Yatsu Funabashi IC opening |
| 2013 Nov. 30 |
Akita road Kosaka JCT toll gate - Kosaka JCT (extension 0.5 km) opening (Otate Kita IC - Kosaka JCT (16.1 km) opening [direct jurisdiction]) |
| 2013 Dec. 19 |
Themed parking area “Obihira Edo-Tour” will be opened at Hanyu PA ( In-bound line) on Tohoku Expressway |
| 2013 Dec. 22 |
Sendai-Hokubu Road Tomiya JCT ~ Tomiya IC (1.7 km) opening |
2014
| 2014 March 29 |
Hachinohe road Hachinohe JCT opening |
| 2014 April 12 |
Kensaku Inage IC - Kanzaki IC (10.6 km) opening |
| 2014 March 27 |
NEXCO EAST Group Formulated “Long-term Vision 2025” and “Mid-term Management Plan (Heisei 26 to 28)” |
| 2014 July 11 |
Kansai center Edozaki PA open |
| 2014 Dec. 6 |
Nabe Road Namie IC to Minami Soma IC (18.4 km), Soma campaign ~ Yamamoto IC (23.3 km) opening |
| 2014 Dec. 6 |
Joban Road Toriyama Sea PA Open |
2015
| 2015 Feb. 21 |
Joban-do Minami Soma Kashima SA open |
| 2015 March 1 |
Joban way Joban Tomioka IC - Namie IC (14.3 km) opening [Full line opening] |
| 2015 March 1 |
If it is Joban Road PA open |
| 2015 March 29 |
Kesai Middle His Ki Shiraoka JCT - Sakaimei Furukawa IC (19.6 km) opening |
| 2015 Jun. 7 |
Kansaki IC - Daiei JCT (9.7 km) opened |
| 2015 Oct. 31 |
Hokkaido Okegawa Kitamoto IC ~ Shirahoka Shobu IC (10.8 km) opening |
2016
| 2016 March 27 |
Sasei Road Sendai Kohoku IC - Rifu Mid IC (4 lanes completed) |
| 2016 Sep. 11 |
Higashi-Nakamichi Fukushima JCT ~ Fukushima Osasao IC (1.4 km) opening |
2017
| 2017 Feb. 26 |
Ken-O Road (section between Sakaikoga IC and Tsukuba-chuo IC ) is opened. |
| 2017 March 30 |
NEXCO EAST Group Formulated medium-term management plan (Heisei 29-Orakazu 2) |
2018
| 2018 February 3 |
Higashi-Kanto Expressway (section between Hokota IC and Ibarakikuko-kita IC) is opened. |
| 2018 June 2 |
Tokyo Outer Ring Road Misato Minami IC - Takaya JCT (15.5km) opening |
| 2018 Dec. 8 |
Goshi Expressway Yoichi IC-Otaru JCT (23.3km) opened |
2019
| 2019 April 13 |
Tohoku-Chuo Expressway Nanyo Takasu IC-Yamagata Kamiyama IC (24.4 km) opened |
- Regarding the new opening of the Expressway and completion of the four-lane construction work,Here
| AD | Main events |
|---|---|
| 1956 |
 ▲ Establishment of the Japan Highway Public Corporation During a period of rapid economic growth, the Japan Highway Public Corporation is established as a solution for improving road development due to the mounting dependence on motor vehicle transportation. |
| 1963 | The first expressway in Japan, Meishin Expressway (section between Amagasaki and Ritto) is opened. The traffic management patrol squad is launched. |
| 1969 | Tomei Expressway is fully opened. |
| 1972 | Toll pooling system is introduced. |
| 1976 | The logistics base (truck terminal), as an expressway-related business, is completed. |
| 1979 | Toll collection using a magnetic card system started. |
| 1985 | outbound Kan-etsu Tunnel is opened. |
| 1992 | Gaikan Expressway (section between Bijyogi and Misato) is opened. |
| 1997 |
 ▲ Opening of Tokyo - Wan Aqua - Line |
| 2000 | ETC system is introduced. |
| 2004 |
 ▲ Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Earthquake |
| 2005 |
 ▲ Establishment of East Nippon Expressway Company Limited Under the Act on Expressway Companies, the company Highway Public Corporation as a company that builds and manages expressways and highways with access control, etc. in eastern Japan. |
| 2006 | The brand name, NEXCO East, is chosen. The free magazine "Highway Walker" is founded. The member card E-NEXCO Pass is issued. The portal site, "Drive Plaza (DoRaPuRa)," is established. |
| 2007 | The customer center is established. New employees enter the company for the first time since privatization. |
| 2008 |
 ▲ Opening of Pasar Makuhari E - NEXCO LODGE Sano rest area is opened. |
| 2009 | Holiday special toll discounts (the maximum toll of 1,000 JPY in local areas), etc. are introduced. |
| 2010 | Former Yokosuka Parking Area on Yokohama-Yokosuka Road reopens as an eco rest area after restoration. India Liaison Office is established |
| 2011 |
 ▲ Great East Japan Earthquake Kita - Kanto Expressway is fully opened. The system of the road traffic control center of the Tohoku Regional Head Office is changed into a new highly reliable system. Doto Expressway (section between Yubari IC and Shimukappu IC) is opened. |
| 2012 |
 ▲ Groundbreaking of Gaikan Expressway (section between Kan-etsu and Tomei) "Tohoku Reconstruction and Sightseeing Assistant Pass". Groundbreaking ceremony of Gaikan Expressway (section between Kan-estu and Tomei) is held. Rest areas become emergency operation bases. Field exercises are taken. |
| 2013 | Ken-O Road (section between Togane JCT and Kisarazu-higashi IC) is opened. Upgrading road maintenance methods using Smart Maintenance Highway (SMH) concept is promoted. Onihei - Edo - Dokoro at Hanyu rest area (inbound) on Tohoku Expressway is opened. |
| 2014 |
Hachinohe JCT on the Hachinohe Expressway is opened. Ken-O Road (section between Inashiki IC and Kozaki IC) is opened. NEXCO East Group formulated its "Long-term Vision 2025" and "Mid-term Management Plan (FY 2014-16)." Joban Expressway (sections between Namie IC and Minamisoma IC, and Soma IC and Yamamoto IC), are opened. |
| 2015 | Joban Expressway (section between Joban-Tomioka IC and Namie IC) is opened. (Full opening of Joban Expressway) Ken-O Road (sections between Kuki-Shiraoka JCT and Sakai-Koga IC, Kozaki IC and Taiei JCT, Okegawa-Kitamoto IC and Shiraoka-Shobu IC) is opened. |
| 2016 |
 ▲ Commencement of Expressway Renewal Project The traffic control center of Kanto Regional Head Office is renewed to provide it with optimum quake-resistance capacity and advanced traffic system Toll structure in the Tokyo Metropolitan area needs seamless Development of YASMOCCA business is started |
| 2017 | Ken-O Road (section between Sakaikoga IC and Tsukuba-chuo IC) is opened. NEXCO East Group formulated its "Mid-term Management Plan (FY 2017-20)." |
| 2018 | Higashi-Kanto Expressway (section between Hokota IC and Ibarakikuko-kita IC) is opened. Gaikan Expressway (section between Misato-minami IC and Koya JCT) is opend. Shiribeshi Expressway (section between YoichiIC and OtaruJCT) is opend. |
| 2019 | Tohoku-Chuo Expressway (section between Nanyo-Takahata IC and Yamagata-Kaminoyama IC) is opened. |