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| 1917 | Rikagaku Kenkyusho Foundation (RIKEN) established. | |
| 1948 | RIKEN dissolved and renewed under the name Kagaku Kenkyusho Inc. (KAKEN). | |
| 1958 |
RIKEN Act enforced. |
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| 1974 | Life Science Promotion Division established to undertake life science projects | |
| 1980 | RIKEN ”Japan Collection of Microorganisms (JCM)” established at Wako campus. | |
| 1984 | Tsukuba Life Science Center founded in Yatabe Town. (currently Tsukuba City), Ibaraki. | |
| 1987 | Gene Bank began operation (collection, preservation and distribution of cell lines, DNA and cDNA clones and databases). | |
| 2000 | Tsukuba Life Science Center renamed Tsukuba Institute | |
| 2000 | The Report of RIKEN BioResource Center Preparation Committee (Chair: Dr. Haruo Sugano) | |
| 2001 | RIKEN BioResource Center founded in Tsukuba Institute. Dr. Kazuo Moriwaki assumed the founding Director. (2001-2005) | |
| 2002 | "National Bio-Resource Project (NBRP)" of the MEXT started. RIKEN BRC selected as the core facilities for four resources in the NBRP, mouse, arabidopsis, cells and DNA materials. | |
| 2003 | RIKEN reorganized to an Independent Administrative Institute (IAI) from a public corporation. | |
| 2004 | JCM in Discovery Research Institute in the Wako Institute integrated to the BioResource Center as Microbe Division. | |
| 2005 | Dr. Yuichi Obata succeeded as the second Director. (2005-present) | |
| 2007 | The second term of NBRP started. RIKEN BRC selected as the core facility of Microbe, in addition to the four resources. | |
| 2007 | Back-up facility of bioresources set up at RIKEN Harima Institute. | |
| 2008 | The 2nd term of IAI started. A part of Genome science research center incorporated into RIKEN BRC as three teams and 1 unit. |
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| 2011 | Eastern Japan great earthquake disaster | |
| 2011 | BioResource Building for Cell Research completed | |
| 2011 | Lifeline Facilities reinforced (fuel tank for emergency power sources and liquid nitrogen production machines, and well for self-supply water.) | |
| 2012 | The third term of NBRP started. | |
| 2012 | Microbe Division physically moved to the Tsukuba institute. | |
| 2013 | The 3rd term of IAI started. | |
| 2013 | Tsukuba Institute renamed "Tsukuba Branch" | |
| 2015 | RIKEN reorganized to a National Research and Development Institute (NRDI) from an Independent Administrative Institution. | |
