National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Establishment of an electrical testing laboratory by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications

Electrotechnical Laboratory is established as part of Ministry of Communications

Establishment of the Hiraishi Branch of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Electrical Testing Laboratory

Hiraiso Branch was opened

Commencement of radio equipment type testing operations

Type Approval System for Radio Equipment was started

Commencement of standard radio wave (JJY) transmission operations (Kawaguchi)

Frequency Standard Radio Service (JJY) was started

Integrated the Ministry of Education's Radio Physics Research Institute

Radio Physics Laboratory was integrated

Established the Ministry of Posts' Radio Research Institute

Radio Research Laboratory was established

Opened the Kashima Branch (completed a 30m diameter parabolic antenna facility)

Kashima Antenna Facility was opened

Established the Communications and Broadcasting Satellite Organization

Communications and Broadcast Satellite Organization (CBSO) established

Opened the Kimitsu Satellite Control Center

Kimitzu Satellite Control Center was opened

Renamed the Radio Research Institute to the Communications Comprehensive Research Institute (Ministry of Posts Communications Comprehensive Research Institute)

Reorganization from Radio Research Laboratory to Communications Research Laboratory

Established the Kansai Branch; established the Kanto Branch by merging the Kashima and Hiraiso branches

Kansai Advanced Research Center(KARC) was opened Kanto Branch was formed by combining Kashima Space Research Center with Hiraiso Solar Terrestorial Research Center

Commenced support for the Special Communications and Broadcasting Development Project

Commenced support of specific telecommunications and broadcasting development operations

Renamed the Communications and Broadcasting Organization; began Advanced Communications and Broadcasting Research and Development

Renamed as the Telecommunications Advancement Organization (TAO) Commencement of advanced R&D info telecommunications and broadcasting

Established the Yokosuka Radio Communications Research Center

Yokosuka Radio Communications Research Center established

Opened the Keihanna Information and Communications Integration Research Center

Keihanna Info-Communication Research Center established

Reorganized the Ministry of Posts into the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Communications Comprehensive Research Institute)

Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications became Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications

Established the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Communications Comprehensive Research Institute

Communications Research Laboratory, Incorporated Administrative Agency, established

Commenced promotion of private sector infrastructure technology research

Commenced promotion of research into basic civilian technologies

End of satellite control operations

Satellite control operations terminated

Establishment of the Asia Research Collaboration Center

Asia Research Center established

Partial succession of the operations of the Basic Technology Research Promotion Center

Partial takeover of Basic Technology Research Promotion Center operations

Merger of the former Communications Research Institute and the former Communications and Broadcasting Organization, forming the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) as an independent administrative institution

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, an incorporated administrative agency (NICT) was established by merging CRL and TAO

Establishment of the Disaster-Resilient ICT Research Center

Resilient ICT Research Center established

Establishment of the Brain Information and Communications Fusion Research Center

Center for Information and Neural Networks established

Renaming to the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology