ARAI SHOJI CO.,LTD

Representative message

MESSAGE

"Bringing Japanese Value
to the World"

We aim to be a game changer in "cars" and "food".

「日本の価値を世界へ」
  • President and CEO Ryozo Arai
  • Chairman and Representative Director Juichi Arai

Since its establishment, the Arai Group has grown around businesses related to "cars" and "food" that are indispensable to people's lives. We have always cultivated new businesses and been engaged in various businesses in tune with changing times.

In 1920, a wholesale business dealing in food such as rice was established.
In 1961, Toyota Publica Hiratsuka (later Corolla Shonan) was established.
In 1964, the Arai Comprehensive Food Wholesale Market was established that realized Japan's first one-stop wholesale shopping facility for food with three fresh products.
In 1976, the food supermarket business and Brazil business began
In 1978, Oiso Set Net Fishery was established.
In 1980, the exclusive import and sale of "Guarana" (Brazil's most popular soft drink) began in Japan.
In 1984, the US business was set up.
In 1987, the industry’s first computer-controlled used car auction site was opened.
In 1995, the only set-net fishery on the Portuguese coast began operations.
In 2003, the used car truck auction site became number one in Japan.
In 2014, the agricultural production business started.
In 2015, construction equipment auction started.
In 2018, the manufacturing plant of mineral water at Zao began operations.
In 2019, countermeasure business against food loss etc. started.
In 2020, 100th year since our company’s establishment, we entered ethnic foods market such as Korean foods through Ongane group.

Currently, under our vision “Bringing Japanese Value to the World”, our main businesses and products are incredibly diverse, including the auction department dealing in used cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles such as trucks, construction industry machinery, and agricultural machinery. In the food distribution sector, we carry out agricultural production, collection, processing, and sales; engage in wholesale and retail trade of specialty foods; run community-based food supermarkets; import and sell foods from Europe, South America, and Southeast Asia; In the game department, we operate pachinko halls.
We are also actively expanding our businesses globally as evident from set net fishing and livestock farming in southern Portugal, hotel management, real estate, and trading in Sao Paulo, Brazil and pet goods import and sales in Taiwan, etc.

At a period of global upheaval due to COVID-19 pandemic and Russian invasion in Ukraine, we will continue to focus on the fields of "cars" and "food," which are stable businesses with infinite possibilities.
For "cars," we have expanded our dealings from used vehicles to include various secondhand products and products that have not been effectively used in Japan.
For "food," we are strengthening the handling professional-grade food not only in Japan and but also around the world. We aim to be a platformer as a game changer in both areas. We will also engage in food manufacturing and sales business. Furthermore, by utilizing DX, we will take on the challenge of "information brokerage," which is a business model completely different from existing businesses.
Specifically, "cars" will be B2B and "food" will connect the global needs of B2B & C through local needs as we aim to be a great matchmaker.
To achieve all these goals, the company welcomes challenges from employees and accepts their failures.
We will foster a work environment where employees can act positively without fear of failure.


Please look forward to the Arai Group, which is celebrating its 104th anniversary and continues to take on the challenge of new businesses based on the trust that it has accumulated over many years.