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List last updated 09/09/2023

Milestone Description

 Originating Year Dedication Date Section

Dedication #
TPC-1 Transpacific Cable System, (Jointly with Region 6) 1964 11 November 2014 Hawaii, Tokyo 148
Directive Short Wave Antenna, 1924 1924 17 June 1995 Sendai 26
Mount Fuji Radar System, 1964 1964 6 March 2000 Tokyo 34
Tokaido Shinkansen (Bullet Train), 1964 1964 13 July 2000 Nagoya 35
Electronic Quartz Wristwatch, 1969 1969 25 November 2004 Tokyo 56
Pioneering Work on Electronic Calculators, 1964-1973 1964 1 December 2005 Kansai 65
Development of VHS, a World Standard for Home Video Recording, 1976 1976 11 October 2006 Tokyo 72
Railroad Ticketing Examining System, 1965-1971 1965 27 November 2007 Kansai 74
The First Word Processor for the Japanese Language, 1971-1978 1971 1 November 2008 Tokyo 80
Yosami Radio Transmitting Station, 1929 1929 19 May 2009 Nagoya 81
Development of Electronic Television, 1924-1941 1924 12 November 2009 Nagoya 85
Development of Ferrite Materials and Their Applications, 1930-1945 1930 13 October 2009 Tokyo 88
First Transpacific Reception of a Television (TV) Signal via Satellite, 1963 1963 23 November 2009 Tokyo 92
Kurobe River No. 4 Hydropower Plant, 1956-63 1956 9 April 2010 Kansai 98
Commercialization and Industrialization of Photovoltaic Cells, 1959 1959 9 April 2010 Kansai 99
First Direct Broadcast Satellite Service, 1984 1984 18 November 2011 Tokyo 116
First Practical Field Emission Electron Microscope, 1972 1972 31 January 2012 Tokyo 119
International Standardization of G3 Facsimile, 1980 1980 5 April 2012 Tokyo 120
First Millimeter-wave Communication Experiments by J.C. Bose, 1894-96 1894 15 September 2012 Kolkata 128
Raman Effect, 1928 1928 15 September 2012 Kolkata 129
Toshiba T1100, a Pioneering Contribution to the Development of Laptop PC, 1985 1985 29 October 2013 Tokyo 135
Birth and Growth of Primary and Secondary Battery Industries in Japan, 1893 1893 12 April 2014 Kansai 138
Line Spectrum Pair (LSP) for high-compression speech coding, 1975 1975 22 May 2014 Tokyo 140
Sharp 14-inch Thin-Film-Transistor Liquid-Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) for TV, 1988 1988 10 June 2014 Kansai 141
Gapless Metal Oxide Surge Arrester (MOSA) for electric power systems,1975 1975 18 August 2014 Tokyo 143
20-inch Diameter Photomultiplier Tubes, 1979 – 1987 1979 5 November 2014 Nagoya 147
The MU (Middle and Upper atmosphere) radar, 1984 1984 13 May 2015 Kansai 155
Vapor-phase Axial Deposition Method for Mass Production of High-quality Optical Fiber, 1977-1983 1977 21 May 2015 Tokyo 156
The High Definition Television System, 1964-1989 1964 11 May 2016 Tokyo 160
Emergency Warning Code Signal Broadcasting System, 1985 1985 11 May 2016 Tokyo 161
Keage Power Station: The Japan’s First Commercial Hydroelectric Plant, 1890-1897 1890 11 September 2016 Kansai 168
Map-Based Automotive Navigation System, 1981 1981 2 March 2017 Tokyo 173
Invention of a Temperature-Insensitive Quartz Oscillation Plate, 1933 1933 6 March 2017 Tokyo 174
Nobeyama 45-m Telescope, 1982 1982 14 June 2017 Tokyo 178
The Discovery of the Principle of Self-Complementarity in Antennas and the Mushiake Relationship, 1948 1948 27 July 2017 Sendai 179
Outdoor large-scale color display system, 1980 1980 7 March 2018 Fukuoka 185
Parkes Radiotelescope, 1969 1969 11 October 2019 New South Wales 202
High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT), 1979 1979 18 December 2019 Tokyo 206
Digital Signal Processor Chip MPD7720DSP, 1980 1980 15 December 2020 Tokyo 209
First Large-Scale Fingerprint ID, 1982 1982 15 December 2020 Tokyo 210
Fiber Optic Connectors, 1986 1986 5 March 2021 Tokyo 214
Inverter-Driven Air Conditioner, 1980-1981 1980 16 March 2021 Nagoya 215
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope, 1994 1994 30 March 2021 Pune 216
Calcutta Electric Supply Corp, 1899 1899 18 December 2021 Kolkata 221
QR (Quick Response) Code, 1994 1994 26 September 2022 Nagoya 228