National Women’s Education Center of Japan

Establishment of the National Women's Education Center as an institution affiliated to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. Initially, it comprised the Administrative Division and the Program Division. November The opening ceremony was held.

The opening ceremony was held.

Establishment of the Information and International Exchange Division.

Commencement of registration of NWEC volunteers.

Founding of the library.

The first issue of the "NWEC Newsletter" was published.

The total number of users of NWEC exceeded 1,000,000.

Opening of the Information Center for Women’s Education.

Launch of the on-line information retrieval service(WINET).

Recognized as'Research Organization'as provided for in the'Regulations on the Use of Scientific Research Grants'

Presentation of the report"Future Concepts for the National Women's Education Center"by the Committee to Study Future Concepts for NWEC.

Launch of the NWEC Website on the Internet

The total number of users of NWEC exceeded 2,000,000.

Updating of the computer system(The WINET database and information on the availability of facilities was made publicly accessible via the NWEC Website)

Commencement of public access to WinetCASS,-NWEC's news information system on women

Reorganization of NWEC into an independent administrative institution.

Establishment of the Steering Committee for the Independent Administrative Institution - the National Women's Education Center(The first meeting was held in August 2001).

Installation of stand-alone air conditioning units in each of the residential and seminar rooms.

Establishment of Office of Research and International Affairs

Start of the Second Five-Year medium-term plan. Conclusion of Agreement on Exchange and Cooperation with Korean Institute for Gender Equality Promotion and Education. Start of the Women's Information Portal "Winet"

The Total number of NWEC users exceeds 3,000,000.

Conclusion of Agreement on Exchange and Cooperation with Korean Women’s Development Institute.

The Women's Archives Center opened.

Conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding on Academic Cooperation with University of the Philippines Center for Women's Studies.

Conclusion of an Exchange and Cooperation Agreement with the Research Center for Women’s Studies at Yanbian University, The People’s Republic of China.

Conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding on Exchange and Cooperation with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Royal Government of Cambodia.

Conclusion of Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with Saitama University.

The first issue of the "NWEC Action Research" was published.

Start of the Third Five-Year medium-term plan.

The Total number of NWEC users exceeds 4,000,000.

Introduction of the PFI (private finance initiative) system.

Start of the Fourth Five-Year medium-term plan.

The 40th Anniversary