POLA Inc. is a cosmetics manufacturer and brand based in Nishigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. The company was founded in 1929 by Suzuki Shinobu as a personal business in Shizuoka, and it was incorporated in 1940 as POLA Chemical Industries, Inc. They have seen success in their door-to-door sales of cosmetics, and established a mail-order division, Orbis Inc., in 1985.

The brand name "POLA" comes from the 1930 French film "Under the Roofs of Paris" and its leading lady "Paula" and actress "Paula Marr" as it represent the epitome of beauty and well being.

The company's mission is to achieve the sustainable happiness of people and society who desire beauty and health. By combining elements of "Science" for innovation through scientific inquiry and challenge, "Art" for creating surprise and excitement through excellent beauty and technology, and "Love" for building relationships filled with love by respecting each individual. They strive to create new products, new lives, and new happiness through treating each customer as a valued individual and strengthening the power to think about beauty and health.