A Brief History
Showa | 22年 | december | Established as a voluntary organization |
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23年 | november | Licensed by Tokyo Zoological Park Society | |
Seiichi Omura becomes the first chairman | |||
24年 | July | The first issue of "Zoo Newspaper" is published (the predecessor of "Animals and Zoos"). | |
26年 | december | Tatsunosuke Takasaki becomes chairman | |
27年 | January | Prince Takamatsu Nobuhito appointed President | |
October | Animal lovers club launched | ||
33年 | May | Tama office opened | |
37年 | July | Tadamichi Koga appointed chairman | |
39年 | January | First issue of "Insectarium" published | |
May | Lion Bus begins | ||
July | Shigeru Yoshida becomes chairman | ||
40年 | January | Tama Zoo Insect Lovers Club launched | |
42年 | december | Kaname Okada appointed chairman | |
49年 | October | Supported the establishment of Tokyo Zoo Volunteers | |
Kazumasa Iinuma becomes chairman | |||
52年 | december | "Animals of the World/Classification and Breeding" series | |
Publication of all 11 volumes begins (completed November 1991) | |||
55年 | January | Establish a secretariat | |
57年 | March | Cooperation in Ueno Zoo 100th anniversary commemoration project | |
58年 | June | Kazuo Ota becomes chairman | |
61年 | October | Became a capital investment organization and was entrusted with managing part of the Ueno and Tama gardens. | |
Establishment of contract business department | |||
62年 | november | Cooperation with the International Panda Symposium | |
63年 | February | Hanamura Jinhachiro becomes chairman | |
Heisei | first year | April | Aquarium business office opened |
August | Prince Hitachi Masahito appointed as President | ||
October | Business begins with the opening of Tokyo Sea Life Park | ||
5年 | August | Mr. Susumu Nemoto receives special commendation from the President | |
8年 | June | Cooperation with the World Aquarium Congress | |
9年 | december | Masuo Tasaka becomes chairman | |
10年 | november | 50th anniversary | |
Special commendation given to Mr. Yoshinori Imaizumi by the President | |||
11年 | december | Tetsuo Kando becomes chairman | |
12年 | March | "Animals and Zoos" reaches its 600th issue | |
december | "Insectarium" ceases publication (443rd issue) | ||
13年 | January | The Animal Lovers' Club and Tama Zoo Insect Lovers' Club were merged to form Tokyo Friends of the Zoo. | |
April | Promotional activities via website begins | ||
14年 | March | Cooperation in the 120th anniversary of the opening of Ueno Zoo | |
April | They are entrusted with managing a portion of Inokashira Park Zoo 's operations, as well as the maintenance and repair work for facilities in Ueno, Tama, and Inokashira. | ||
Facilities Division established | |||
16年 | April | Fiscal year changed from April to the following March | |
17年 | April | The magazine "Animals and Zoos" has been revamped and will now be published quarterly (First quarterly issue = 658th issue overall). | |
17年 | december | Selected by the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly as the designated manager of the Tokyo Metropolitan Zoo and other facilities. | |
18年 | April | As the designated manager, we will begin comprehensive business operations, including animal care, at the four zoos: Ueno, Tama, Kasai, and Inokashira. | |
Due to a change in the donation act, the chairman becomes the representative. | |||
Yoshinobu Asakura appointed chairman | |||
20年 | May | Tama Zoo 50th Anniversary | |
november | 60th anniversary | ||
Yoichi Shoda receives special commendation from the President | |||
21年 | October | 20th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo Sea Life Park | |
22年 | April | Transition to a public interest incorporated foundation; integrating "general accounting activities" and "designated management activities" into "public interest activities". | |
23年 | August | Yoshihiro Fujii appointed as chairman | |
24年 | March | Ueno Zoo 's 130th anniversary | |
May | 70th anniversary of the opening of Inokashira Park Zoo | ||
25年 | June | General Affairs Department (head office) moved to Ikenohata Nisshoku Building 7F, 2-9-7 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo | |
28年 | April | New designated management period begins for four parks (Ueno, Tama, Kasai, Inokashira) | |
August | Naoyuki Tsukamoto appointed chairman | ||
29年 | August | Toru Nakano appointed chairman | |
30年 | March | Formulated the "Supervising Organization Management Reform Plan" | |
April | Masaru Suzuki appointed as chairman | ||
May | Tama Zoo 60th Anniversary | ||
november | 70th anniversary | ||
31年 | April | Educational Promotion Center established | |
Reiwa | first year | July | Takeo Hayakawa appointed chairman |
October | 30th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo Sea Life Park | ||
3年 | April | Yasuo Imamura appointed chairman | |
4年 | March | Ueno Zoo 's 140th anniversary | |
May | Inokashira Park Zoo Zoo's 80th anniversary | ||
6年 | April | Chieko Sugisaki appointed as Chairperson | |
8年 | April | The start of a new designated management period for five zoos, including Oshima Park Zoo under the designated management system. |