History
CRL: Communications Research Laboratory
TAO: Telecommunications Advancement Organization
- Oct. 1896
- Radio Telegraph Research Division was established as a part of Electrotechnical Laboratory, Ministry of Communications
- Jan. 1915
- Hiraiso Branch was opened
- May. 1935
- Type Approval System for Radio Equipment was started
- Jan. 1940
- Frequency Standard Radio Service (JJY) was started
- Jun. 1948
- Radio Physics Laboratory was integrated
- Aug. 1952
- Radio Research Laboratory was established
- May. 1964
- Kashima Antenna Facility was opened
- Aug. 1979
- Communications and Broadcast Satellite Organization (CBSO) established
- Aug. 1982
- Kimitsu Satellite Control Center was opened
- Apr. 1988
- Reorganization from Radio Research Laboratory to Communications Research Laboratory
- May. 1989
- Kansai Advanced Research Center(KARC) was opened Kanto Branch was formed by combining Kashima Space Research Center with Hiraiso Solar Terrestorial Research Center
- Oct. 1990
- Commenced support of specific telecommunications and broadcasting development operations
- Oct. 1992
- Renamed as the Telecommunications Advancement Organization (TAO) Commencement of advanced R&D info telecommunications and broadcasting
- Jul. 1997
- Yokosuka Radio Communications Research Center established
- Jul. 2000
- Keihanna Info-Communication Research Center established
- Jan. 2001
- Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications became Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications
- Apr. 2001
- Communications Research Laboratory, Incorporated Administrative Agency, established
- Jul. 2001
- Commenced promotion of research into basic civilian technologies
- Mar. 2002
- Satellite control operations terminated
- Aug. 2002
- Asia Research Center established
- Apr. 2003
- Partial takeover of Basic Technology Research Promotion Center operations
- Apr. 2004
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, an incorporated administrative agency (NICT) was established by merging CRL and TAO
- Apr. 2012
- Resilient ICT Research Center established
- Apr. 2013
- Center for Information and Neural Networks established