July 1990

Established BALS CORPORATION for the purpose of sales of imported furniture and interior goods.

July 1992

Opened the first Francfranc Tennouzu-Isle retail store for interior furniture and sundries in Sea Fort Square in Higashi-shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo.

July 2002

Company stock listed on the JASDAQ market.

September 2002

Established BALS HONG KONG LIMITED.

May 2003

Opened the first Francfranc store overseas in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

February 2005

Company stock listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

January 2006

Company stock listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

August 2011

Established BALS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED.

January 2012

Delisted from the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange via MBO.

April 2012

TM CORPORATION and BALS CORPORATION form a merger. The merging corporation TM CORPORATION changes its trade name to BALS CORPORATION.

December 2013

Reached a capital and business alliance agreement with Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd..

September 2017

Changed the company name to Francfranc Corporation.