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National Cancer Center in1972
| 1961 | February,16 | Established Planning Office for establishment of a National Cancer Center |
| 1962 | January, 1 | Established National Cancer Center |
| 1962 | February, 1 | Appointed President Takeo Tamiya |
| 1962 | May, 23 | Opened Hospital |
| 1964 | March, 30 | Completed library |
| 1964 | April, 1 | Appointed President Yoshisato Hiki |
| 1967 | January, 16 | Appointed President Masaru Kuru |
| 1967 | September, 30 | Completed central diagnosis building |
| 1969 | November, 1 | Started resident system |
| 1970 | September, 21 | Appointed President Kempo Tsukamoto |
| 1970 | October, 1 | Established WHO Collaborating Center for Evaluation of Methods of Diagnosis and Treatment of Stomach Cancer |
| 1974 | September, 1 | Appointed President Waro Nakahara |
| 1976 | February, 16 | Appointed President Shichiro Ishikawa |
| 1976 | March, 29 | Completed hospital buildings |
| 1981 | August, 26 | Established WHO Collaborating Center for Tobacco and Health Program |
| 1981 | September, 25 | Completed new Research Institute building |
| 1984 | July, 1 | Appointed President Takashi Sugimura |
| 1985 | August, 31 | Completed International Lecture Hall of the Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research |
| 1989 | March, 25 | Completed Outpatient Building Annex |
| 1990 | June, 1 | Started chief resident system |
| 1992 | January, 1 | Appointed President Keiichi Suemasu |
| 1992 | July, 1 | Opened National Cancer Center Hospital East |
| 1993 | September, 1 | Approved as special functioning hospital (Hospital) |
| 1994 | April, 1 | Appointed President Kaoru Abe |
| 1994 | April, 1 | Opened National Cancer Center Research Institute East |
| 1997 | March, 14 | Completed proton treatment facility |
| 1998 | October, 31 | Completed new Hospital building |
| 1999 | April, 1 | Appointed President Masaaki Terada |
| 2001 | March, 21 | Completed medical genomics building |
| 2002 | April, 1 | Appointed President Tadao Kakizoe |
| 2003 | November 17 | Accredited of the Japan Council for Quality Health Care (Hospital, Hospital East ) |
| 2004 | February, 2 | Opened Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening |
| 2005 | October, 1 | Opened Research Center for Innovative Oncology (Hospital East) |
| 2006 | October, 1 | Opened Center for Cancer Control and Information Services |
| 2007 | April, 1 | Appointed President Setsuo Hirohashi |
| 2010 | April, 1 | Designated Incorporated Administrative Agency Appointed President Takamasa Kayama |
| 2010 | April, 1 | Appointed President Takamasa Kayama |
| 2012 | April, 1 | Appointed President Tomomitsu Hotta |
| 2013 | April, 1 | Opened Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center |
| 2013 | December, 1 | Completed clinical wing (Hospital) |
| 2014 | July,16 | Opened Center for Research Administration and Support |
| 2014 | July,16 | Opened Education and Professional Career Development Bureau |
| 2015 | January, 1 | Opened Innovation Center for Supportive, Palliative and Psychosocial Care |
| 2015 | September, 27 | Designated Clinical Research Core Hospital by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Hospital) |
| 2016 | January, 1 | Opened Center for Public Health Sciences |
| 2016 | January, 1 | Designated Clinical Research Core Hospital by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Hospital East) |
| 2016 | April, 1 | Opened Center for Cancer Registries |
| 2016 | April, 1 | Appointed President Hitoshi Nakagama |
| 2017 | April, 10 | Opened Tsuruoka Metabolomics Laboratory (Tsuruoka city, Yamagata prefecture) |
| 2018 | June, 1 | Opened Center for Cancer Genomics and Advanced Therapeutics (C-CAT) |
| 2021 | September, 1 | Opened Institute for Cancer Control (ICC) |