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Inventor of the Street Furniture concept in 1964, JCDecaux progressively became #1 worldwide in outdoor advertising, and continues to innovate for brands and for people.

THE BEGINNINGSLink

2000-2006

The beginnings
2000

October Established MCDecaux as the joint venture between the French OOH advertising group JCDecaux and Mitsubishi corporation

2003

March Thanks to the authorization issued by the MLIT and the National Police Agency, Cityscape™ media become available in Japan. Birth of the first street furniture media Cityscape™ in Okayama.

2005

August Awarded Minister Prize of Economic, Trade and Industry.
October Awarded Good business model design prize from the Japan Institute of Design.
November B-Stop® in Nagoya, Kobe; 3rd and 4th cities.

2000

December Contracted partnership with Aeon group. Providing of Mallscape® advertising in shopping mall.

2004

June Contracted partnership with Ito Yokado. Mallscape® network now covers the two most important distributors in Japan.
November B-Stop® in Yokohama; 2nd city of Cityscape™.

2006

September B-Stop® in Hiroshima; 5th city.
November B-Stop® in Fukuoka; 6th city.

2007-2013

The expansion
2007

February B-Stop® in Shizuoka; 7th city. 
April B-Stop® in Niigata; 8th city
July B-Stop® in Hamamatsu; 9th city
August B-Stop® in Sapporo; 10th city
September B-Stop® in Toyama; 11th city
October SB-Stop® in Nishinomiya; 12th city
November B-Stop® in Osaka; 13th city. 
December B-Stop® in Fukuyama, Kitakyushu, Asahikawa; 14-16th cities

2008

November Awarded Toyama advertising scenery prize. Awarded Sendai Design Work Award (SDA) Good Design prize

2009

March B-Stop® in Chiba, Saitama; 33-34th cities.
September B-Stop® in Suita; 35th city.
October B-Stop® in Kumamoto; 36th city.

2011

February Awarded Nishinomiya scenery prize.
December B-Stop® in Sakai; 39th city.

2007

February Awared Nagoya city scenary prize.
November Awarded French and Japan Investment prize from the AFII.

2008

March B-Stop® in Wakayama; 17th city.
April B-Stop® in Sendai; 18th city.
May B-Stop® in Gifu; 19th city.
September B-Stop® in Oita, Hakodate, Kurashiki, Nagasaki; 20-23th cities.
October B-Stop® in Takamatsu, Nara, Toyohashi; 24-26th cities.
December B-Stop® in Higashi Osaka, Nagano, Fujisawa, Kawasaki, Yokosuka, Sagamihara; 27-32th cities.

2010

March Awarded Okayama city scenery prize.
April B-Stop® in Kyoto; 37th city.
July Awarded Kitakyushu city scenery prize.
November Awarded Hiroshima city prize. Awarded Saitama city scenery prize.
December B-Stop® in Tokyo; 38th city. Awarded Fukuoka city scenery prize; "Public acknowledgment" category. Awarded Gifu city scenery prize; "Outdoor advertising" category.

2014 - onwards

Transforming deals and acceleration
2014

August City Information Panel in Kagoshima, first in Japan; 40th city.

2016

June B-Stop® in Toei Bus, managed by the bureau of Transportation, Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

2019

  • Wins a contract of exclusive digital AD of Kansai Airports.
  • Installation of Smart Panels (Public Signs with Advertisements) Begins in Yokohama City.
  • Installation of Smart Panels (Public Signs with Advertisements) Begins in Kawasaki City.

2021

  • Installation of Smart Panels (Public Signs with Advertisements) Begins in Nagoya City.
  • Installation of B-Stop® (Bus Stops with Advertisements) Begins in Maebashi City.

2022

  • Digitalization of Advertising Spaces on B-Stop® (Bus Stops with Advertisements) Begins in Fukuoka City.
  • Digitalization of Advertising Spaces on B-Stop® (Bus Stops with Advertisements) Begins in Hiroshima City.

2015

December B-Stop® in Kashiwa; 41th city.

2017

May Assigned as an exclusive operator of bus shelter with ad in Tokyo by Tokyo Transportation Office.
December Win the first contract of digital City Information Panel in Yokohama.

2018

  • Digitalization of Advertising Spaces on B-Stop® (Bus Stops with Advertisements) in Tokyo Begins.

2020

  • Installation of Smart Panels (Public Signs with Advertisements) Begins in Tokyo.
  • Installation of Smart Panels (Public Signs with Advertisements) Begins in Osaka City.
  • Installation of B-Stop® (Bus Stops with Advertisements) Begins in Takasaki City.

2023

  • Digitalization of Advertising Spaces on B-Stop® (Bus Stops with Advertisements) Begins in Osaka City.
  • Digitalization of Advertising Spaces on B-Stop® (Bus Stops with Advertisements) Begins in Sendai City.

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