Menicon Co., Ltd. (Head Office: 21-19, Aoi 3, Naka-ku, Nagoya; Director, President, and CEO Koji Kawaura) announced that it has enriched the content of its special 75th-anniversary website (Japanese/English) and released an anniversary video to the public on March 30, 2026.
Image of the 75th anniversary website.
By designating February 8, 1951, as Founding Day, when our founder, Kyoichi Tanaka, successfully commercialized the corneal contact lens, Menicon now celebrates its 75th anniversary. We have cherished quarter-century (25-year) milestones since our founding. We position this 75th year as the starting point of the next quarter century and embrace a new challenge toward our 100th anniversary.
Our 75th-anniversary project theme is “Winds of Progress.” We will work together as a group, create a new movement, and connect it to our 100th anniversary. In addition to accelerating the challenges for the future through this anniversary project, we will work harder on social issues such as suppression of myopia progression. Based on our philosophy, which has been passed on since its founding, Menicon will continue to carry out technological innovation and global development toward its 100th anniversary.
■Anniversary Period
February 8, 2026 (Sun) – February 7, 2027 (Sun)
■Public Release of the 75th Anniversary Special Website
Public Release: March 30, 2026 (Mon) at 10:00 a.m.
Following the teaser site published in February 2026, we released this site (full version), whose content was greatly enriched. This website systematically introduces the history and topics at each milestone since the founding of Menicon and shows our journey over 75 years and the challenges for the future beyond accumulated achievements.
In addition to the evolution of products and technologies, we show Menicon’s current status, including overseas development and the expansion of various businesses in a comprehensive, three-dimensional manner.
[English website]
https://www.menicon.com/75th-anniversary
[Japanese website]
https://www.menicon.co.jp/company/75th-anniversary/
■The 75th Anniversary Video: Release of Special Movie
In line with the release of this website, the 75th anniversary of the special movie will be released. This movie was created with the structure of “feeling” our history rather than “reading” it. Initially, we carefully communicated our beliefs at the time of founding and our thoughts from which we began our business. From the middle to the latter half, we emotionally express the present global expansion, starting from the preciseness rooted in Japanese manufacturing and the challenges for the future. The movie is approximately 8 min in length.
Menicon will continue to communicate our initiatives on the 75th anniversary to stakeholders and move toward the next 100th anniversary.
<Company Profile>
Menicon Co., Ltd., based in Nagoya, Japan, is a global contact lens manufacturer committed to monozukuri - a tradition of craftsmanship that values precision, quality, and continuous improvement. Since introducing Japan’s first corneal contact lenses in 1951, Menicon has upheld its corporate slogan, “Contributing to society by providing superior visual correction.” The company continues to prioritize eye safety, advanced research and development, and innovative manufacturing technologies. Today, Menicon operates in more than 80 countries, offering a comprehensive portfolio that includes lens materials, specialty lens designs, care solutions, and long-term eye health programs such as the MELS Plan.
https://www.menicon.co.jp/company/