History
The company began business as developer, manufacturer, vendor, trader of electronic machines, and manufacturing medical equipment.
In 1982, it began its video game business as a developer of Taito Corporation's video games.
In 1990, Kaneko began to make its own video game under the KANEKO brand.
In 2000-04-?, Kaneko went through financial restructuring, and exited video game business except for maintenance department. The company was moved to Shibuya, Tokyo.
In 2001-07-25, Kaneko filed a lawsuit against Hitachi Software Engineering over the Kaneko Super NOVA System arcade board, and demanded 1.52 billion yen for damages.
On 2004-08-12, Kaneko filed for bankruptcy. However, the company's founder, Hiroshi Kaneko vowed to continue.
In 2006 a civil lawsuit threatened to officially close the company. The fate of the company is currently unknown, though assumed no longer existent.
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