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| 21st Century Hyogo Project Association | Hyogo Research Organization for Human Care | |
| 1972.11 | 21st Century Hyogo Project Association established Masashi Isano becomes President | - |
| 1979.07 | Shin’ichi Ishino becomes President | - |
| 1983.04 | Research & Investigation Center created | - |
| 1984.04 | Institute for the Study of Family Issues established | - |
| 1989.04 | Bridge Commemoration Project Preparation Office & International Projects Division created |
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| 1989.10 | - |
Hyogo Research Institute for an Ageless Society established Research Institute for Longevity Society created internally |
| 1991.04 | Bridge Projects Department & Festival Planning Bureau created | - |
| 1992.03 | Institute for the Study of Family Issues transferred to the Hyogo Research Institute for an Ageless Society Festival Planning Bureau dissolved | - |
| 1992.04 | 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 |
| 1993.03 | Bridge Projects Department dissolved, Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Completion Commemoration Project, Japan/France Goodwill Monument Project transferred to the Association of Intercultural Communication | - |
| 1995.09 | Earthquake Recovery Project Research Division created | - |
| 1996.02 | Kazumori Tetsuo becomes President | - |
| 1998.07 | Merged with the Society System Institute | - |
| 1999.04 | 21st Century Projects Planning & Promotion Division created | - |
| 2000.04 | - |
Research Institute for Traumatic Stress, which the Hyogo Institute for Traumatic Stress inherited a portion of, created internally |
| 2001.04 | Hideki 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 |
| 2002.04 | - |
Community Creation Research Preparation Office dissolved (Research related to community creation conducted at the 21st Century Hyogo Project Association) |
| 2003.03 | - |
Dissolved because of the merger with the 21st Century Hyogo Project Association |
| 2003.04 | 21st Century Hyogo Project Association and Hyogo Research Organization for Human Care merged*1 | |
| 2004.04 | Contracted to manage and operate the Hyogo Institute for Traumatic Stress | |
| 2006.04 | 21st Century Research Organization for Human Care and the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Research Institute merged*2 | |
| Toshitami Kaihara becomes President | ||
| 2010.04 | The Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute was certified as a Public Interest Incorporated Foundation | |
| 2012.04 | Makoto Iokibe becomes President | |
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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.
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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.
Change of Research Systems
The investigation and research has been continued at 4 institutes, Research Institute for Safe and Secure Society, Research Institute for Regional Policy Development, Research Institute for Longevity Society Policy and Research Institute for Family Policy and Low Fertility Studies, since April 2006 until March 2008, which were reorganized into 2 research groups in April 2008 and they were reorganized again into one institute in April 2010.