Victor Talking Machine Co. Of Japan, Ltd.

Nippon Victor Chikuonki K.K. (日本ビクター蓄音器株式會社, Victor Talking Machine Co. of Japan, Ltd.) was a Japanese record company, founded in 1927 by the American Victor Talking Machine Co. Ownership of the company changed in 1938: the RCA Victor company withdrew from the Japanese market and rights to use the Victor trademark in Japan went to Nippon Sangyō K.K. (日本産業株式會社, Japan Industries Co., Ltd.) which would later become known as the Nissan Group. Shortly afterwards, the company was sold again to Tōkyō Denki K.K. (東京電気株式會社, Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd.) - the same year, Tōkyō Denki would merge with Shibaura Seisakusho K.K. (芝浦製作所株式會社, Shibaura Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) and become known as Tōkyō Shibaura Denki K.K. (東京芝浦電気株式會社, Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd.) which would become Toshiba K.K. in 1978. During World War II, the factory owned by the Victor Talking Machine Co. was administrated by the military, and the company itself became known as Nippon Onkyō K.K. (日本音響株式會社, Japan Acoustic Co., Ltd.) under pressure to eliminate the foreign word "Victor" from its name: however, it continued to use the Victor label. After the war ended, Nippon Onkyō underwent one more name change and became known as Nippon Victor Co., Ltd. (日本ビクター株式会社, Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.)