The Nichia Corporation was founded in 1956 by Nobuo Ogawa (小川 信雄, 1912-2002) at Aratano-cho, Anan, Tokushima to produce calcium phosphate for fluorescent lamp phosphors.
The Nichia Corporation was established in 1956 by Nobuo Ogawa in the Japanese town of Aratano-cho, Anan, Tokushima, with the purpose of producing calcium phosphate for use in fluorescent lamps.