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| 1988-8 | JBBStevia Laboratory, Ltd. was established with the paid-up capital of ¥30,000,000. |
| 1988-8 | Started to develop the method to manufacture Stevia Extract Liquid from dried powder of Stevia stems and leaves in commercial lots by boiling, condensation, fermentation, and aging. |
| 1989-9 | Succeeded in mass production of Stevia Extract Liquid. |
| 1989-10 | Released a plant-activating Stevia Extract Liquid under the trade name of "Farm A". |
| 1990-1 | Introduced another plant-activating material "BB Twin" which was made of several kinds of herbs including Stevia. |
| 1990-10 | Released a healthy drink of Stevia Extract Liquid "Healthy Pocket". |
| 1990-10 | Obtained a result of the patch test that every case of the examinees' skins which had Stevia Extract Liquid applied for 48 hours with the patch pasted tight on the skins was all negative without any skin troubles. |
| 1991-2 | Obtained a result of the acute toxicity test LD50 of Stevia Extract Liquid on mice that showed the safety for a 60 kg man after 3 liters of Stevia Extract Liquid was taken in at a time. |
| 1991-4 | Released a drink of Stevia Extract Liquid "BMD Drink" for domestic animals. |
| 1991-4 | Started to develop a skin cream containing Stevia Extract Liquid. |
| 1991-9 | Obtained a result of the tests of detection of prohibited drugs by Laboratory of Horse Racing Chemistry Foundation, Japan, that any of 42 kinds of prohibited drugs were not detected in the racing horses which were administered with Stevia Extract Liquid before a race and measured for detection after the race. |
| 1991-10 | Obtained a result of the tests of Stevia cream on human skins with geriatric pigmentation, freckles, acnes, and sunburn by Dr. Masako Motomura, Aiwa Allergy Research Institute, that such skin troubles were improved 72%. |
| 1992-4 | Obtained a result of the tests of Stevia Extract Liquid poured into a solution with the chlorine density of 1.4 mg/liter that the chlorine residue was not detected in the solution. |
| 1992-11 | Stevia products were introduced on TBS TV program "Big Morning", and a rush of orders came in from many patients who were suffering from atopy skin disease. |
| 1992-12 | Organized a user association "Stevia Friends" with 12,000 members based on those who ordered Stevia products after watching the TBS TV program, and start to periodically send them Stevia product information. |
| 1993-3 | Started a joint research project on the efficacy of Stevia Extract Liquid with Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University. |
| 1994-2 | Obtained a result of the tests of Stevia Extract Liquid on mice by Dr. Masako Motomura, Aiwa Allergy Research Institute, that it had the activity to substantially reduce the side effects produced by steroid hormone "Predonisolone" which is often used for treatment of atopy dermatitis and allergy. |
| 1994-3 | A paper titled "The Effect of Stevia Powder on Bacteria within the Cow's Lumen" was presented in the 88th Japanese Society of Zootechnical Science by Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University. It proved that the Stevia powder with the mixture ratio of 8:2 of stems and leaves promoted the bacteria increase and the fermentation within the lumen. |
| 1994-10 | Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, presented in Japanese Society of Fishery Science a paper titled "The Development of Measuring Method of Oxidization of Fish Oil and its Application to Measurement of Anti-oxidizing Activity of Stevia Extract Liquid against Fish Oil". |
| 1994-10 | Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, presented in Japanese Society of Fishery Science a paper titled "Stevia's Anti-oxidizing Activity and its Effect of Addition of Stevia Extract Liquid to Rainbow Trout Feeds". |
| 1995-2 | Obtained a result of the tests of Stevia Extract Liquid to dissolve an agricultural chemical "Marathon" emulsion. |
| 1995-2 | Obtained a result of the tests of Stevia Extract Liquid to dissolve nicotine. |
| 1996-4 | Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, presented in Japanese Society of Fishery Science a paper titled "The Effective Fractions of Stevia Extract Liquid in Anti-oxidizing Activity for Rainbow Trout Fish Oil Feed". |
| 1997-1 | The capital was increased to ¥98,000,000. |
| 1997-4 | Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, presented in Japanese Society of Fishery Science a paper titled "A Study I on Anti-oxidizing Activity of Stevia Extract Liquid, the Identification of Effective Anti-oxidizing Ingredients". It proved that 8 kinds of anti-oxidizing ingredients which showed 5 times as strong anti-oxidizing activity as that of green tea were included in Stevia Extract Liquid. |
| 1997-5 | Fukushima Medical University presented a paper titled "Anti-HIV Activity of Stevia Extract Liquid" in the 8th Anti-Virus Chemical Therapy Research Congress. |
| 1997-5 | Released a Stevia cream "SteviAure Cream". |
| 1997-6 | Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, presented in Japan Bacteriology Congress a paper titled "The Bactericidal Effect of Stevia Extract Liquid on Intestinal Tract Bleeding Escherichia Coli O157:H7 and Other Food Poisoning Bacteria." It proved that Stevia Extract Liquid selectively killed various harmful food poisoning bacteria, and did not kill useful bacteria. |
| 1997-6 | Released a healthy drink "Nomu Herb +C" which contained Stevia Extract Liquid. |
| 1997-9 | Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, presented in Japanese Society of Fishery Science a paper titled "Detoxifying Activity of Stevia Extract Liquid against Histamine in Rainbow Trout". |
| 1997-9 | Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, presented in Japanese Society of Fishery Science a paper titled "A Study III on Anti-oxidizing Activity of Stevia Extract Liquid, the Identification of Effective Anti-oxidizing Ingredients (I)". |
| 1997-10 | The certificate was granted by Governor of Saitama Prefecture that JBB Stevia Laboratory, Ltd. was qualified as a technologically creative venture of small and medium scale to be eligible for special municipal financing support. |
| 1997-11 | Has 25 patents granted in Japan as well as in main overseas countries, with many other pending patents. |
| 1998-2 | The subsidy was approved by Japan Science and Technology Corporation, a semi-governmental organization, on our theme "The Development of Technology to kill harmful bacteria by utilizing Stevia Extract Liquid", and the development was carried out jointly by Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University. |
| 1998-4 | Fukushima Medical University presented a paper titled "In Vitro Anti-HIV Activity of Stevia Extract Liquid" in the 11th International Conference on Antiviral Research, San Diego, USA. |
| 1998-6 | Started practical examinations of Stevia Extract Liquid and Stevia powder for application to feeds for domestic animals and farm fish through the agricultural organizations and feeds manufacturers. |
| 1998-6 | Released new cosmetic products "SteviAure Cream f", "SteviAure Lotion", and "SteviAure Pack". |
| 1998-8 | Concluded an agreement with Tokyo Tsukiji Vegetables and Fruits Co., Ltd., one of the Japan's leading wholesale companies in the vegetable and fruit market, which allowed JBB to directly sell Stevia-cultivated vegetables and fruits to the market in Tokyo. |
| 1998-8 | Obtained an epoch-making result of the tests of Stevia Extract Liquid to detoxify dioxins contained in garbage-burned ashes by 96%. |
| 1999-2 | Established International Stevia Foundation in Philippines, and President Sato of JBB was assigned as a director of the foundation. |
| 1999-7 | The subsidy was approved by Japan Science and Technology Corporation, a semi-governmental organization, on our theme "The Development of Anti-Oxidizing Function Foods by Utilizing Stevia Extract Liquid", and the development was carried out jointly by Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University. |
| 1999-8 | Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, presented in the 16th General Meeting of Medical and Pharmaceutical Society a paper titled "Identification of Effective Ingredients and Detoxifying Activity of Stevia Extract Liquid against Histamine in Rainbow Trout." |
| 2000-3 | Established a joint venture company with Shinmei, Ltd. one of the leading rice distributors in Japan and Sugawara Rice-cleaning Industry Co., Ltd. to market Stevia agricultural products and Stevia-cultivated rice. It started to sell 4,300 tons of Stevia-cultivated rice in 2000. |
| 2000-4 | Fukushima Medical University presented a paper titled "Extracts from Stevia rebaudiana is a Potent Anti-rotavirus Inhibitor in Vitro and in Vivo" in the 12th International Conference on Antiviral Research, Baltimore, USA. |
| 2000-9 | The capital was increased to ¥148,000,000. |
| 2001-1 | The paper by Fukushima Medical University was published with the title of "Analysis of Anti-rotavirus Activity of Extract from Stevia Rebaudiana" in the magazine "Antiviral Research" 49 (2001) 15-24. |
| 2001-1 | The paper by Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, was published with the title of "Effect of Dietary Stevia Extract on Gizzard Erosion and Ulceration Induced by Dietary Histamine in Broiler Chiks" in the magazine "Journal of Poultry Science" 38:181-184, 2001. |
| 2001-3 | The capital was increased to ¥238,300,000. |
| 2001-6 | Established an NPO "Companions for Eliminating Mines and Utilizing Stevia = CEMUS" under the governmental certification No. 639. |
| 2001-7 | Made an agreement with Nihon EchoAgro Co., Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., for nationwide distribution of Stevia agricultural materials in Japan. |
| 2002-6 | Stevia agricultural materials "Farm A" and "Wonder Pellet" were certified as organic agricultural materials by a government-authorized agricultural agency. |
| 2002-8 | JBB AgriSystem, Ltd. was established in Tokyo for marketing and distribution of Stevia agricultural materials in Japan. |
| 2003-2 | Stevia planting ceremony was held in Yangon, Myanmar in the presence of Mr. Tin Hlaing, Minister of Home Affairs and Mr. Tsutomu Hata, a former Prime Minister, Japan for celebration of launching the Stevia project in Myanmar. |
| 2003-3 | Hyogo Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan, presented a scientific paper titled “Effects of Foliar Dressing and Soil Application of Stevia Agricultural Materials on Nitrate of Chinese Mustard” in an agricultural journal. |
| 2003-4 | Dr. Keiko Okamoto, Fukuoka Junior College of Agriculture presented in Japanese Congress of Agricultural Chemistry a paper titled "A Study on Thermophile in Stevia Powder" |
| 2003-4 | Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University presented in Japanese Society of Fishery Science a paper titled "An Effect of Stevia Extract Liquid on Histamine Metabolism Enzyme in rainbow trout". |
| 2003-6 | The Memorandum of Understanding was made and signed by CCDAC (Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control), Ministry of Home Affairs, Union of Myanmar and JBB Stevia Laboratory, Ltd./NPO=Japan-Myanmar Support Service Organization to launch Stevia Project in Myanmar by Stevia cultivation for opium crop substitution. |
| 2003-4, 9, 12 | Fukuoka Junior College of Agriculture presented scientific papers on Isolation, Identification & Characterization of Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria from Stevia powder and on Effects of Stevia Extract on Rooting |
| 2003-9 | NHK, the Japanese Semi-governmental TV Station, aired a program throughout Japan on anti-oxidizing activity of Stevia extract and longer freshness of Stevia-cultivated fruits and vegetables. |
| 2004-2 | A compact and simple histamine detector jointly developed by JBB and Tohoku University was released in the market at a list price of Yen 500,000 to detect harmful histamine in fish-processed foods and their materials. |
| 2004-4 | Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health discovered that Stevia extract had activity to control avian influenza on an in-vitro basis. |