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History
| 1964.04 | The Corporations approved by the Minister of Construction and started operations. |
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| 1965.04 | Oyodo Testing Lab opens. |
| 1972.08 | The Corporation is set under the control of both the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. |
| 1977.12 | Sakai Testing Lab opens. |
| 1981.04 | The Corporation is appointed to an Accredited Inspection Organization by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. |
| 1981.09 | Kyoto Testing Lab opens. |
| 1982.05 | Kakogawa Testing Lab opens. |
| 1996.04 | Kobe Testing Lab opens. |
| 1997.04 | System Certification Business Division is set up. |
| 1998.07 | Product Certification Center is set up. |
| 1998.10 | The Corporation is approved as a Designated Approval Organization under the Industrial Standardization Law by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. |
| 1999.04 | Building Confirmation & Inspection Center is set up. The Corporation was designated to an Accredited Testing Laboratory (JNLA) under the Industrial Standardization Law. |
| 1999.07 | Offices of Building Confirmation & Inspection Center and System Certification Center are set up at Osaka Office opens at Chuo-ku, Osaka City. |
| 1999.10 | The Corporation is appointed to a Designated Confirmation Inspection body based on the Building Standard Law by the Ministry of Construction. |
| 2000.04 | Building Confirmation & Evaluation Center is set up. |
| 2000.06 | The Corporation is appointed to a Designated Performance Evaluation Organization and a Designated Authorization body based on the Building Standard Law from the Ministry of Construction. |
| 2000.08 | System Certification Center is authorized as one of Quality Management System Assessment and Registration body by the Japan Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment (JAB). |
| 2000.10 | The Corporation is appointed to a Designated Performance Evaluation Organization and a Designated Authorization body based on the Housing Quality Assurance Act by the Ministry of Construction. |
| 2003.09 | The Corporation is accredited as a Force Calibration Laboratory under the Japan Calibration Service System (JCSS) by National Institute of Technology and Evolution (NITE). |
| 2003.10 | The Corporation is accredited as a Testing Laboratory under the Concrete Construction Method System by Osaka Prefecture Building Administration Liaison Conference. |
| 2004.04 | Tokyo Contact is opens at Minato-ku, Tokyo. |
| 2005.02 | The Corporation is accredited as a Testing Laboratory under the Japan National Laboratory Accreditation System (JNLA) by National Institute of Technology and Evolution (NITE). |
| 2005.10 | The Corporation is accredited as a Designated Certification Body under the Industrial Standardization Law by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. |
| 2007.04 | Structure Judgment Center is set up at Osaka Office. |
| 2007.06 | The Corporation is appointed to a Designated Structural Calculation Conformity Judgment Body based on the Building Standard Law. |
| 2010.02 | Osaka Office and Osaka Office Annex were unified and relocated to Chuo-ku, Osaka. |
| 2010.02 | Product Certification Centre was relocated from the Headquarters to Osaka Office. |
| 2012.04 | Reorganised as a general incorporated foundation. |
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