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| 1951 February | Tokyo Textile Exchange founded in Nihonbashi Horidome-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo |
| 1952 December | Tokyo Rubber Exchange founded |
| 1982 February | Tokyo Gold Exchange founded |
| 1984 November | Tokyo Textile Exchange merged with the Tokyo Rubber Exchange and the Tokyo Gold Exchange into The Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM). TOCOM took on listing rubber, gold, silver and platinum. |
| 1991 April | Continuous trading on electronic platform started |
| 1992 August | Palladium listed |
| 1997 April | Aluminum listed |
| 1999 July | Oil market launched, gasoline and kerosene listed |
| 2001 September | Crude oil listed |
| 2003 January | 2nd generation electronic trading platform introduced |
| 2003 June | In-house clearing house established T + 1 (one day after transaction) settlement introduced |
| 2003 July | Connection to ISVs started for facilitating the order placement from overseas |
| 2003 September | Gas oil listed (listing discontinued in February, 2006) |
| 2004 May | Gold options launched |
| 2004 December | Complete liberalization of brokerage commissions Auction trading floor abolished |
| 2005 May | Revised Commodity Exchange Act enforced Japan Commodity Clearing House Co., Ltd. commenced operations |
| 2005 September | EFP transaction introduced in rubber, precious metals and aluminum markets |
| 2006 July | Daily publication of TOCOM Index started |
| 2007 July | Gold Mini launched |
| 2008 November | Platinum Mini launched |
| 2008 December | Demutualized from non-profit membership organization to for-profit stock company |
| 2009 May | Introduced third generation trading system Extended trading hours until 11 p.m.(as for rubber until 7 p.m.) |
| 2010 March | Started providing Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index market, launched Nikkei-TOCOM Commodioty Index futures |
| 2010 April | Established Emissions Trading Exchange Preparatory Corporation Inc. in collaboration with Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc. |
| 2010 May | Re-opened Gas Oil futures market |







