1878	Mitsui Steamship purchases the Hideyoshi Maru and begins overseas shipments of coal from Miike.
						1884	Osaka Shosen Kaisha(OSK Line) founded.
						1890	OSK Line inaugurates its first overseas route, linking Osaka and Busan.
						1908	Japan's first emigrants to Brazil leave Kobe aboard Kasado Maru.
						1909	OSK Line starts its first transpacific service, from Hong Kong to Tacoma, Washington, USA.
						1914	Outbreak of World War I.
						1915	OSK Line starts San Francisco route.
						1916	OSK Line begins serving South America.
						1920	Mitsui Steamship starts North America service.
							OSK Line ships start calling at New York.
						1921	OSK Line begins westbound 'round-the-world service.
						1923	The Great Kanto Earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, and both Mitsui Steamship and OSK Line play key roles in bringing aid to the quake victims.