Histry - Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute

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	21st Century Hyogo Project Association	Hyogo Research Organization for Human Care
1972.11	21st Century Hyogo Project Association established Hitoshi Sano becomes President
1979.7	Shin'ichi Ishino becomes President
1983.4	Research & Investigation Center created
1984.4	Institute for the Study of Family Issues established
1989.4	Bridge Commemoration Project Preparation Office & International Projects Division created
1989.10		Hyogo Research Institute for an Ageless Society established Research Institute for Longevity Society created internally
1991.4	Bridge Projects Department & Festival Planning Bureau created
1992.3	Institute for the Study of Family Issues transferred to the Hyogo Research Institute for an Ageless Society Festival Planning Bureau dissolved
1992.4	Research Bureau reorganized into the Research Institute for Regional Policy Development, Regional Information Center created	Institute for the Study of Family Issues incorporated internally from the 21st Century Hyogo Project Association
1993.3	Bridge Projects Department dissolved, Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Completion Commemoration Project, Japan/France Goodwill Monument Project transferred to the Association of Intercultural Communication
1995.9	Earthquake Recovery Project Research Division created
1996.2	Kazumori Tetsuo becomes President
1998.7	Merged with the Society System Institute
1999.4	21st Century Projects Planning & Promotion Division created
2000.4		Research Institute for Traumatic Stress, which the Hyogo Institute for Traumatic Stress inherited a portion of, created internally
2001.4	Hidenori Miyazaki becomes President	The Hyogo Research Organization for Human Care established from the expansive reform of the Hyogo Research Institute for an Ageless Society Community Creation Research Preparation Office created internally
2002.4		Community Creation Research Preparation Office dissolved (Research related to community creation conducted at the 21st Century Hyogo Project Association
2003.3		Dissolved because of the merger with the 21st Century Hyogo Project Association
2003.4	21st Century Hyogo Project Association and Hyogo Research Organization for Human Care merged*1
2004.4	Contracted to manage and operate the Hyogo Institute for Traumatic Stress
2006.4	21st Century Research Organization for Human Care and the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Research Institute merged*2
2006.4	Toshitami Kaihara becomes President

*1
21st Century Hyogo Project Association and Hyogo Research Organization for Human Care merger: Through the merger of the 21st Century Hyogo Project Association, which conducted research related to the creation of new regional societies, and the Hyogo Research Organization for Human Care, which conducted research related to long-lived society problems, family problems, and problems related to the care of the spirit, the operation of an efficient and effective organization as a comprehensive think thank to promote human care to enhance the dignity of life and the joy of living while attempting to enhance the policy proposal function for issues in a 21st century mature society.

*2
21st Century Research Organization for Human Care and the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Research Institute merger: Through the merger of the "Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Research Institute" and the "21st Century Research Organization for Human Care", two think tanks which had served leading roles in creative reconstruction and the creation of new regions up to then, the creation of an organization to develop projects to communicate and carry on the lessons and experiences of the Great Earthquake, while also attempting a precise response to wide fields of research.