| 1949 |
The Rubber Goods Inspection
Association (RGIA) is established (Ministry of Commerce and
Technology, Notification 24, No. 1593).
RGIA's headquarters move from Shinjuku Ward to Sumida Ward (both
in Tokyo). |
| 1955 |
The Ministry of International
Trade and Industry (MITI) designates RGIA as a registered inspection
organization under the Export Products Control Law (Article
7, Paragraph 2). |
| 1958 |
MITI names RGIA a designated
inspection and testing organization under the Export Inspection
Law. (This designation is withdrawn in 1987.) |
| 1967 |
The Tokyo Research Laboratories
(currently the Tokyo Laboratory) and the Kansai Research Laboratories
(currently the Osaka Laboratory) are established to perform
research and development related to rubber and plastics. |
| 1972 |
RGIA's name changes to the
Rubber & Chemical Goods Inspection Association (RCGIA).
The Environmental Measurement Division (currently the Environmental
Technology Division) is established; environmental pollution
analysis begins. |
| 1973 |
RGIA's name changes to the
Chemicals Inspection & Testing Institute, Japan (CITI).
The Chemical Biotesting Center is established to perform safety
tests according to the Chemical Substances Control Law.
The Standard Gas Division (currently the Chemical Standards
Division) is established to conduct inspections of standard
gases for measuring pollutants in accordance with the Measurement
Law. |
| 1976 |
CITI is registered as a laboratory
to certify measurements of concentration/density under the Measurement
Law. |
| 1977 |
The Ministry of Labor registers
CITI as a laboratory for workplace-environment measurements. |
| 1978 |
The International Rubber
Association designates CITI asan accredited testing facility
for natural rubber quality. |
| 1979 |
The Ministry of Health and
Welfare designates CITI as an inspection laboratory for small-scale
water-supply systems under the Water Works Law. CITI begins
mutagenicity tests. |
| 1981 |
MITI designates CITI as an
accredited inspection organization for public inspections under
the Industrial Standardization Law. |
| 1982 |
The Hita Research Laboratories
(currently the Hita Laboratory) are established to perform mammalian
toxicity tests. |
| 1985 |
CITI begins evaluations of
commercial metal and pH standard solutions.
The Kyushu Laboratories (currently the Kurume Laboratory) are
approved as Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) facilities under
the Chemical Substances Control Law. |
| 1986 |
CITI develops and begins
to supply chromatograph columns. |
| 1987 |
The Hita Research Laboratories
(currently the Hita Laboratory) are approved as GLP facilities
under both the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law and Agricultural Chemicals
Regulation Law. |
| 1989 |
CITI's headquarters move
to new premises in Tokyo's Koto Ward; the names of some operations
are changed along with partial restructuring. |
| 1990 |
The Hita Research Laboratories
(currently the Hita Laboratory) are approved as GLP facilities
under the Industrial Safety and Health Law. |
| 1992 |
The Tokyo Laboratory commences
dioxin measurement and analysis. |
| 1993 |
MITI designates CITI as a
calibration laboratory under the Measurement Law. |
| 1994 |
MITI designates CITI as an
accredited calibration laboratory under the Measurement Law.
The Chemicals Assessment and Research Center is established. |
| 1996 |
MITI names CITI a designated
analysis institute under the Law Concerning Quality Assurances
for Volatile Oils, Etc. |
| 1997 |
MITI designates CITI as an
accredited test facility (ISO Guide 25) under the Industrial
Standards Law. |
| 1998 |
MITI names CITI a designated
inspection facility for public inspections under the Industrial
Standardization Law. |
| 1999 |
CITI's name is changed to
the Chemicals Evaluation and Research Institute, Japan (CERI).
CERI's head office moves from Koto Ward to Bunkyo Ward (also
in Tokyo); the names of some operations are changed along with
partial restructuring. |
| 2001 |
The Tokyo Laboratory moves
from Sumida Ward in Tokyo to Saitama prefecture . |
