History

1985	April	An ad hoc committee on the International Research Center for Japanese Studies was established by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, and an investigative committee on the same topic was established by the National Museum of Ethnology.
1986	March 31	The investigative committee presented its final report on plans for the Center.
	April 5	The Preparatory Office for the Establishment of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies was established with UMEHARA Takeshi as Director.
1987	May 21	The International Research Center for Japanese Studies was established in Kyoto as an Inter-University Research Institute of the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture.
		UMEHARA Takeshi was inaugurated as the first Director-General. The Center's Administration Office and Research Division were established.
1988		The Information Management and Library Resources was established.
1990	July 27	The South Research Wing and the Research Exchange Wing were completed, and the Center moved to its current site in Oeyama-cho.
	December 10	The Information and Administration Wing, International Exchange Wing and the Library were completed, and an opening ceremony was held.
1991	October	The North Research Wing was completed.
1992	April 10	Department of Japanese Studies, School of Cultural and Social Studies, Graduate University for Advanced Studies was established.
1994		The Auditorium, Services Wing, Nichibunken House (family-occupancy apartments), and Library AnnexⅠ were completed.
1997	May 24	The Center held its Tenth Anniversary Ceremony.
1998	April 9	The Office of International Research Exchange was established.
1999	March 25	Nichibunken House's single-occupancy apartments were completed.
	April 1	The Office for Virtual Resources was established.
2004		The form of establishment of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies was changed and the Center became a member institution of the National Institutes for the Humanities.
2007	May 21	The Center held its Twentieth Anniversary Ceremony.
2010	June	Library Annex Ⅱ was completed.
2012	March	Publication of Kokusai Nihon Bunka Kenkyū Sentā 25-nenshi: Shiryōhen (The 25 Year History of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies: Reference).
	May 23	Party to celebrate the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Nichibunken.
	October 30	Publication of Shin Nihongaku tanjō: Kokusai Nihon Bunka Kenkyū Sentā no 25-nen (The Birth of the New Japanese Studies: The International Research Center for Japanese Studies' First 25 Years) Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan.
2014	July	Library Annex Ⅲ was completed.
2016	April 1	The Office of Institutional Research was established.
2017	March 31	The Office for Virtual Resources was closed.
	April 1	The Office of Digital Resources, Publications, and Public Information was established.
	May 17	Thirtieth Anniversary Ceremony was held.
2022	March 31	The Office of International Research Exchange was closed.
	April 1	The International Research Promotion Division was established.
	April 1	The International Research Planning Office was established.
2023	April 1	The Japanese Studies Program, Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, Graduate University for Advanced Studies was established.