- Business
- K.R.S. Corporation provides comprehensive logistics services in Japan and internationally, specializing in warehousing, freight forwarding, intermediary transport agency, motor truck transportation, and customs clearance services; packing, packaging, and delivery services for bottled, canned, and other general goods; sales and leasing of vehicles and logistics-related machinery and equipment; sales of industrial and automotive fuel, oil, logistics information systems, and consulting on logistics operations; sales of commodity goods and food products including fresh, preserved, and processed items; real estate rental and leasing; automotive wrecking and maintenance services; insurance agency services; and administrative, accounting, human resources, and labor management support, including IT system development for outsourced procedures. The company operates through three main business segments: Common Logistics, Customized Logistics, and Associate Businesses, with a focus on food logistics across four temperature zones—ambient temperature, fixed temperature, chilled, and frozen—serving producers, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers, particularly for chilled and frozen foods, convenience stores, and supermarkets. K.R.S. Corporation maintains extensive operations in Japan with multiple logistics centers including Tokyo SLC, Kansai SLC, Tohoku SLC, and Syutoken SLC, as well as international presence through subsidiaries in China (Shanghai KRS Logistics Corporation) and Indonesia (four KIAT ANANDA GROUP companies); it was founded in 1966 as Kewpie Warehouse Co., Ltd. and is headquartered in Chofu-shi, Tokyo, Japan. Recent major developments include a company split in December 2023 with KSK Corporation as the successor for certain operations; in April 2024, following a split with Mitsubishi Shokuhin Co., Ltd., L-Platform Corporation became an equity-method affiliate via stock allocation; and as of November 2024, the company employs 644 people with ongoing enhancements to relay trucking systems and temperature-controlled logistics infrastructure.