Ajinomoto Company, Incorporated (1946), DDT sales, Suzuki family out under zaibatsu breakup (1947)
Domen presidency (1948 to 1965), share listing (1949), Tokyo building regained (1955)
Kyowa Hakko fermentation (1956), nucleotide rivals, MSG share falls from 80 to 51 percent (1968)
Central Research Laboratories (1956), Hi-Me (1962), full switch to fermentation (1965), intravenous amino acids
Overseas subsidiaries from 1956 (Brazil, Southeast Asia, Peru, Europe), Knorr, Kellogg, feed lysine (1965)
MSG scare from Kwok letter (1968) and Olney mouse study (1969), JECFA (1987) and FASEB (1995) find it safe
1970s: Hon Dashi, frozen foods, Maxim, Cook Do, aspartame licensing, sales from 135 to 350 billion yen
1980s: umami symposium, Elental, nateglinide, aspartame for Diet Coke, Activa enzyme (1992)
Lysine cartel (1992), US guilty plea and $10 million fine (1996), European Commission fine (2000)
Sokaiya scandal forces Inamori out (1997), Build-up Film developed and adopted by Intel (1999)