| Established | July 8th, 1947 |
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| Number of Members |
78 regular member companies (as of June 1st, 2021) Special Members: 7 companies (as of June 1st, 2021) |
| Chairman | Yoshihiko Miroku (representative director and president of Miroku Corp. Plant) |
| Location | Kochi Prefectural Office, 1-2-20 Marunouchi, Kochi, Kochi prefecture |
| June | 1947 | Kochi Prefectural Trade Association, a public interest incorporated association (henceforth referred to as "the Association," is established (Chairman: Taizo Irimajiri). |
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| January | 1948 | Sends 70 letters of introduction for products hoping to be exported from Kochi prefecture to major chambers of commerce in countries around the world. |
| April | 1948 | Delegates representatives to Tokyo and Osaka (until 1951). |
| December | 1957 | Tahei Irimajiri is appointed Association Chairman. |
| September | 1959 | Appoints two Ryukyu market researchers |
| November | 1962 | Attracts JETRO (the Japan External Trade Organization) Kochi Office, from which point all trade-related business (except for some independently conducted association business) is jointly sponsored by JETRO. |
| December | 1962 | Holds exhibition to promote export from Kochi prefecture in collaboration with the prefecture and cities at Kochi Kenmin Hall. |
| April | 1963 | The Association and JETRO offices move from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry to the Prefectural Industrial Research Institute. |
| May | 1963 | The government institutes June 28th as International Trade Commemoration Day. |
| August | 1965 | Dispatches representatives from Kochi prefecture to Hong Kong (3 months), and continues to do so yearly until 1972. |
| June | 1966 | Begins publicly commending ten excellent workers yearly, from the 4th International Trade Commemoration Day onwards. |
| April | 1968 | The Association and JETRO offices move from the Prefectural Industrial Research Institute to the 7th floor of the Kochi Denki building. |
| June | 1979 | Yasuoka, managing director and head of JETRO retires, after which the head of the prefectural Commerce Policy Division and head of JETRO become executive directors. |
| June | 1981 | The Association's office moves from the Kochi Denki building to the prefectural Commerce Policy Division. |
| January | 1982 | Junichiro Hisamatsu is appointed Association Chairman. |
| June | 1986 | Shinichi Yoshimura is appointed Association Chairman. |
| June | 1996 | Assumes management of Kochi Prefectural Office, Singapore. |
| November | 1996 | Tajiro Irimajiri is appointed Association Chairman. |
| June | 1997 | Ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Association. |
| June | 2000 | Hiroshi Kan is appointed Association Chairman. |
| September | 2003 | Assumes management of Kochi Prefectural Office, Shangai. |
| September | 2007 | Ceremony to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Association. |
| April | 2012 | Moves to Kochi Prefectural Trade Association, a Public Interest Incorporated Association |
| June | 2012 | Yoshihiko Miroku is appointed Association Chairman. |
| June | 2017 | Ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the Association. |
| Chairman | MIROKU FIREARMS MFG.CO. | Yoshihiko Miroku |
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| Corporate Affairs Director (Vice-Chairman) |
HOKIYAMA CUTLERY CO., LTD | Shinsuke Hokiyama |
| Director | UJIDEN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | Yuichi Wada |
| SKK Corporation | Nobuaki Iwasaki | |
| KAKIUCHI Co., Ltd. | Daisuke Kakiuchi | |
| KOEI IRON WORKS Co., Ltd. | Ryuichi Tabuchi | |
| THE BANK OF KOCHI, LTD. | Kenichi Miyaji | |
| KOCHI PREFECTURE | Yasushi Toda | |
| KOCHI KOUN CO., LTD. | Masaki Kubota | |
| KOCHI CITY | Hiromichi Yamawaki | |
| KOCHI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY | Michio Yamasaki | |
| Kochi FAZ Co.,Ltd. | Machio Kataoka | |
| SHIKOKU BANK, Ltd. | Katsuhiro Kumon | |
| TAIHEIYO CEMENT CORPORATION Tosa office | Susumu Nojima | |
| Tsukasa Botan Brewing Co.,Ltd. | Hiroyuki Watanabe | |
| TOYO DENKA KOGYO CO., LTD. | Tokio Kai | |
| NIPPON KODOSHI CORPORATION | Tatsushi Yatabe | |
| Audit | SHOKO CHUKIN BANK Kochi Branch | Toshiyuki Oka |
| TOSADENSHI LTD. | Akinori Tsuji |
Address：Kochi Prefectural Office, 1-2-20 Marunouchi, Kochi, Kochi prefecture
TEL：088-821-0033 FAX：088-822-3065
