1988,Establishment of foton Inc. as the first digital imaging company in Japan 1991,Performs lecture “Hi-Tech and Posters” at the Ministry of Finance 1992,Performs special lecture “Ultimate Photography—Digital Photographing” at the Society of Photography and Imaging of Japan 1995,Performs Keynote lecture on Digital Photography at the Opening of Ueda City Multimedia Information Center(UMIC) in Nagano Prefecture 1996,Transfers headquarters to Shibuya for business expansion 1997,Performs lecture “The Front-line of Digital Photography” at the Grand Hall of Fujifilm Corporation 2000,Establishes a project room for developing advanced and innovative digital imaging 2000,Performs special lecture “Advertising Work for and with Digital Imaging” for Creative Producers at Dentsu 2002,Establishes “foton photography” extending office area onto 5th floor for business extension 2006,Extends office area onto 3rd floor for business extension 2007,Performs lecture “The Ironclad Rules in the New Dimension of Digital Photography—Advancing Commercial Photo with Photo Retouching” at Photoshop World 2007 2010,Holds seminar “Ability of Adobe Photoshop CS5 proved by Photographer and Retoucher” at Apple Store Ginza 2011,Performs lecture “Leading Retouching Technique with HP Workstation and Adobe CS5.5 on Photos and Movies” at Adobe Design Seminar 2011,Releases the successful development of independent retouching technique on motion pictures that of no less than on stills 2012,Transfers headquarters to Omotesando for the business expansion 2012,Incorporates Flame Premium and establishes “Still & Motion Studio” for the integration of stills and motion pictures 2012,Increases capital to thirty million Japanese Yen