Kyodo Public Relations Co., Ltd. engages in the public relations business. Its services include media relations, corporate communications, marketing communications, media training, social media, crisis management, localization support and TV promotions. It operates through the following service divisions: Retainer, Optional and Spot, and Paid Publicity. The Retainer division offers support and consulting services for corporate clients and publicity events based on contracts of more than six months. The Optional and Spot division provides the management services for companies based on contracts of less than six months which includes press conferences, press seminars, PR events, and survey publicity. It also offers PR activities such as new product press releases, exhibitions and art shows. The Paid Publicity division provides customers to post their publicity contents on newspaper and magazines. The company was founded by Sakae Ohashi on November 14, 1964 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.