Daiyu Eight Co Ltd  Daiyu Eight Co Ltd (株式会社ダイユーエイト) is a Japanese company that operates home-improvement stores carrying items such as furniture, gardening tools, etc, as well as a chain of office supply stores. These stores are mainly located in the prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi, and Yamagata. The current president and representative director of the company is Shunichi Asakura.  1976 - Established as Asakura Inc. (アサクラ設立) in Fukushima City.  1976 - Opened first store, "Daiyu Eight Fukushima" (ダイユー８福島店), in Fukushima City.  1977 - Changed name from Asakura Inc. to Daiyu Eight (ダイユーエイト).  1991 - Moved headquarters and named the new building the "main office / distribution center (Fukushima distribution center)" (本部・流通センター（福島流通センター）).  1996 - Opened the company's first office supplies store "Office Eight South Fukushima" (オフィスエイト南福島店) in Fukushima City.   2000 - Registered with the Japan Securities Dealers Association (日本証券業協会).  2001 - Established a second distribution center, "Kaminagura Distribution Center" (上名倉流通センター) in Fukushima City.   2002 - Established what would become the flagship store, "Daiyu Eight Fukushima Kuroiwa" (ダイユーエイト福島黒岩店) in Fukushima City.   2003 - Established a large shopping center, "Eight Town Motomiya" (エイトタウン本宮) in Motomiya City, Fukushima Prefecture.  2006 - Listed in the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.   2007 - Listed in the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.   2008 - In an effort to optimize distribution and decrease costs, the center of distribution was moved to the "Tenei Fukushima Distribution Center," in Tenei, Fukushima Prefecture.   2010 - Established "Daiyu Eight MAX Fukushima" (ダイユーエイトＭＡＸ福島店) in Fukushima City.   2012 - Opened first shop in Akita Prefecture, "Daiyu Eight Akita Katagami" (ダイユーエイト秋田潟上店) in Katagami City.   2013 - Opened first shop in Iwate Prefecture, "Daiyu Eight Iwate Mizusawa" (ダイユーエイト岩手水沢店) in Ōshū City.  2016 - Daiyu Eight and LIC Co. merged, creating Daiyu LIC Holdings Co., Ltd.  2018 - Established stores in Sakura City, Tochigi Prefecture., in Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture. and Kitakata City, Fukushima Prefecture.   2019 - Established store Minamisōma City, Fukushima Prefecture.   2019 - Moved and expanded "Daiyu Eight Yashimada."