- Pado Corporation established with investment from Ebara Corporation, Toppan Printing, Toshiba Corporation, Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank, and Sanwa Bank (paid-in capital \100million)
- 300,000 copies of the inaugural edition of Pado Yokohama (hereafter referred to as "Pado") issued
- Circulation area expands steadily
- Lnet, a subsidiary of Osaka Gas, becomes the first franchise partner and issues the first Keihan edition
- Business becomes independent of Ebara Corporation via a management buyout (MBO)
- Extinguishment of stock becomes effective（Paid-in capital \90million)
- Pado Club launched; members eligible for international credit cards provided through Central Finance
- Pado Design Factory Corp. formed (Paid-in capital \10million)
- Tokyo Sales Office (Shibuya) opened in Shibuya, Tokyo
- Fields becomes the franchise partner
- Inaugural Tokyo Office editions
- Circulation reaches five million
- Inaugural Yokohama Office editions
- Pado Design Factory Corp. becomes the consolidated subsidiary of Pado Corp.
- Allocation of new shares to a third party becomes effective（Paid-in capital \360million）
- Digital Pado (an Internet version of Pado magazine) Yokohama-Kawasaki and Tokyo editions launched
- Sales offices opened in Akihabara (relocation to Kitasenju) , Machida and Omiya (Saitama）
- Inaugural Chiba Waterfront and Saitama edition
- Pado Corporation listed on NASDAQ Japan (22 March)
- Seibu Development Co., Ltd. becomes the franchise partner（ Nishi-Saitama Pado Co., Ltd. succeeds the contract）
- Circulation reaches 10 million
- Digital Pado remodeled; reopens as the Pado Town community site
- Sales office opened in Nagoya. Direct sales launched in Nagoya area
- Inaugural Yokosuka-Miura editions
- Sales offices opened in Sizuoka, Hamamatsu and Funabashi（relocation to Chiba)
- Direct sales launched in Shizuoka area, Hamamatsu area, Chiba City area and Machida-Sagamihara area
- Pado（home edition) remodeled
- Sendai Pado Corp formed as a consolidated subsidiary（Paid-in capital \20million）
- Inaugural L'ala Pado edition
- Cancellation of Nagoya edition，and Nagoya sales office closed
- Inaugural Padotown Magazine Hamamatsu and Sizuoka editions
- Circulation reaches 12 million
- East Saitama Sales Office opened in Koshigaya City, Saitama
- Inaugural Hachioji-Tama（now Tachikawa-Hachioji-Tama City) edition
- Sales offices opened in Ikebukuro and Tachikawa
- Inaugural Pado Town Magazine Yokohama and Saitama edition
- Pado MO launched across the county
- Obtained JIPDEC's Privacy Mark certification
- Sales Office opened in Shinjuku
- Capital and business alliance formed with SOFTBRAIN FIELD Co., Ltd.
- Tokyo Headquarter opened in Mita, Tokyo
- Pado Labo Corp. formed as a consolidated subsidiary（Paid-in capital \90million）
- Comiu Style Corp. becomes a consolidated subsidiary of Pado Labo Corp.（now Pado Corp.）
- Direct sales launched in Tokyo Tama area
- Beauty clinic portal site BeYOU launched
- Kyusyu Pado Corp. formed as a consolidated subsidiary（Paid-in capital \90million）
- Sales offices in Shizuoka, Chiba, Shibuya, Ikebukuro closed
- Cancellation of Shizuoka edition
- Inaugural BUZZ CLIP edition
- Inaugural We:la edition
- Gourmet Pado (website) launched across the country
- Thousandth Pado (home edition) issued
- eBOOK opens to the public
- Kirei Pado (website) launched
- L'ala Pado Plus (website) launched
- Hanshin Pado Corp. formed as a consolidated subsidiary（Paid-in capital \20million）
- Pado Ship Corp. formed as a subsidiary（Paid-in capital \10million）
