History

• Jun.1908    Established as Nopporo Forestry Experiment Station of Ministry of Internal Affairs at Nopporo-Shibunbetsu, Ebetsu Village
• Sep.1927    Moved to a new Building at Nishi-Nopporo,Ebetsu　town
• Jan.1933    Renamed the Hokkaido Forest Experiment Station
• Jan.1940    Established as Hokkaido Forest Experiment of Imperial Forestry Bureau at Toyohira, Sapporo City
• May.1947    Integrated with two stations and Sapporo Branch of the Government Forest Experiment Station
• Oct.1953    Renamed as Hokkaido Branch of the Government Forest Experiment Station
• Oct.1974    Moved to Hitsujigaoka, Sapporo City
• Oct.1988    Reorganized as Hokkaido Research Center of Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)
• Apr.2001    Established as the Hokkaido Research Center, an incorporated administrative agency, as part of administrative reform
• Apr.2015    Started as the National Research and　Development Agency
• Apr.2017    Renamed the Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute of the Forest Research and Management Organization