| 1941 |
Mr. Shitagau Noguchi, President of Nippon Chisso Hiryo (Fertilizer) K.K., was authorized by the Minister of Education under Article 34 of the Civil Law to found The Noguchi Institute at his own expense of 25 million yen.
Establishment Date: February 10, 1941 Laboratories were established in Yokohama, Nobeoka and Hungnam, North Korea.
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| 1946 |
The above facilities were moved to Itabashi, Tokyo (the current location).
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| 1948 |
The Supporting Membership System was established. The Investigation Department started in Kanda, Tokyo.
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| 1956 |
Fund-raising campaign was conducted to increase basic assets of the Foundation. The total amount of about 300 million yen was contributed by 83 corporations.
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| 1962 |
The Noguchi Information Center was set up.
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| 1969 |
The Noguchi Information Center was reorganized into the Investigation Department.
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| 1985 |
Finances were improved by selling stocks and purchasing national bonds, local bonds, debentures and loan funds.
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| 1991 |
The 50th anniversary of establishment.
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| 1994 |
The Investigation Department was closed.
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| 2001 |
The 60th anniversary of establishment.
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| 2010 |
The Noguchi Institute was authorized as the Public interest Incorporated Foundation based on the new Japanese law.
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| 2011 |
The 70th anniversary of establishment.
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