Nitchiku Industrial Company, Ltd.

Nitchiku Industrial Company (Japanese: 日蓄工業) was a distributor of Epic (1956-) and Warner Bros. Records (1960-1962). Established as a subsidiary of Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. The company went out of business in the early 1960s. The Epic releases were licensed from Columbia Records in the US. This included recordings by Philips, which had a relationship with Columbia Records at the time. The Philips recordings were released until 1960, when Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd. entered into a partnership with Philips.