1965 - On December 13, the Science Council of Japan recommended the establishment of the Institute for Molecular Science (tentative name). The chairman is
Shinichiro Tomonaga.
1973 - On October 31, the Academic Council reports that it is appropriate to urgently establish the Institute of Molecular Science, the
National Institute of Basic Biology, and the Institute of Physiology (tentative name). Towards the end of the year, Meidaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture (the former site of Aichi University of Education) was proposed as the location for the Institute of Molecular Science, Institute of Basic Biology, and Institute of Physiology.
1974 - On April 11th, the Molecular Science Institute Establishment Preparation Office was established at the Institute for Solid State Physics, the
University of Tokyo. On July 6th, the location of the three laboratories was decided to be Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture.
1975 - On April 22, the National Institute for Molecular Science was established as an affiliated organization of the
Ministry of Education due to the enactment of a law that partially revised the National School Establishment Act.
1981 - Reorganized as Okazaki National Collaborative Research Institute Molecular Science Institute by merging with the National Institute for Biological Sciences.
2004 - Established the Inter-university Research Institute Corporation Natural Science Research Institute through corporatization.
2017 - Introduced the principal researcher system.[2]