1991

• Establishment of an organizational framework for the JT Biohistory Hall (Toranomon, Tokyo)
• Start of activities within Proposal for a Life Science Research Hall -- exploring the contacts between science and society within the life sciences (Keiko Nakamura), Nippon Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) Research Output

1992

• Establishment and first issuance of the periodical Biohistory Quarterly Journal (November).

1993

• Legal establishment of the JT Biohistory Research Hall (KK) in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture (April 1), under Director General Tokindo S. Okada and Vice Director Keiko Nakamura
• Formal opening (November 1) with a presentation A New Story of Living Creatures; completion of the Biohistory Emaki

1994

• Start of summer school and laboratory tours: events to experience the daily working environment of researchers
• Love Determined by Genes receives Science and Technology Agency Director General's Award at the Science and Technology Film/Video Festival

1995

• Holding of The Tale of Living Organisms (science opera)
• Special Prize, Japan Creation Award
• Tokindo S. Okada receives Cultural Achievement Award from the Japan Culture Promoting Association
• Tokindo S. Okada receives Person of Cultural Merit Award from the Japanese Government
• First issuance of the Osamushi News Letter [Ground Beetle News Letter], which would eventually reach 20 volumes over its span (1995-1999)
• Start-up of Biohistory Journal on BRH website

1996

• Holding of Science on Music (event)

1997

• Holding of Biohistory Expressed by Music (concert)
• Holding of A Half Century of Developmental Biology (international symposium)
• How is the Rib Bone Formed? receives Science and Technology Agency Director General's Award at the Science and Technology Film/Video Festival

1998

• Birth Story of the Butterfly’s Wing receives Science and Technology Agency Director General's Award at the Science and Technology Film/Video Festival
• Clarifying the relationship between ground beetles and the Japanese archipelago

1999

• Holding of The Relationship Between Biologists and Music (salon concert)
• Tokindo S. Okada receives Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star.
• Conferral of K. Matsushita Foundation EXPO '90 Prize to Keiko Nakamura
• The Biohistory of Carabus (ground beetles) through DNA receives Prime Minister’s Award at the Science and Technology Film/Video Festival
• Conferral of the Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists to Megumi Ebara

2000

• Keiko Nakamura receives Diamond Lady Award
• Genome-den (A Tale of Genomes) honored at TEPIA High-Tech VIDEO Concours
• Zhi-Hui Su receives Encouragement Award from the Genetics Society of Japan

2001

• Shozo Osawa (Research Consultant) receives Kimura Motoo Memorial Award
• Holding of Ode to Life in Early Spring (salon concert)
• Biohistory Paper Crafts (BRH merchandise) ranks among Best 10 in Corporate Museum Merchandise Contest

2002

• Tokindo S. Okada becomes Honorary Advisor of the Biohistory Research Hall; Keiko Nakamura becomes Director
• Holding of The Root and the Wing (dance event)
• Keiko Nakamura receives Omega Award 2020 and Primura Award from the Osaka Women Foundation
• What's DNA? (video) receives award at Nikkei Science Festa
• First issuance of Biohistory Journal in the form of BRH cards; first issuance of Biohistory annual edition
• Call for taxonomic revision within paper on lancelets (branchiostoma) (Laboratory of Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology, JT Biohistory Research Hall)
• Demonstrate that gastrulation advances oppositely from what is shown in textbooks (Vertebrate Morphogenesis Laboratory, JT Biohistory Research Hall)

2003

• Philos for Living Organisms (10th anniversary commemorative event)
• Start of JT Biohistory Research Hall exhibit out-loan program
• Identification of candidate taste receptor genes pertaining to spawning (Evolution of Insect Host Selection Mechanism Laboratory)
• Publication of latest research on American house spiders (Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology Laboratory)
• Annual themes of Biohistory Journal expressed as verbs (to 2018)
• Completion of the Biohistory New Emaki

2004

• Presentation of A Princess Who Loves Nature (narrative musical)
• Biohistory of the Brain receives Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award at the Science and Technology Film/Video Festival
• Start of biohistory lectures (as an educational topic for medical personnel at Osaka Medical College)
• Opening of Butterfly Nursery exhibit (in commemoration of a 2002 receipt of an Omega Award)

2005

• Receipt of Award for Education and Enlightenment, Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan
• Publication of a paper that elucidates process of cadherin diversification as observed in multicellular animals (Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology Laboratory)

2006

• Holding of An Appreciative Look at Miyazawa Kenji (Biohistory event)
• Evening event for enjoying science and music: Peter and the Wolf
• Couriers Support The Morphogenesis receives Prime Minister’s Award at the Science and Technology Film/Video Festival and Grand Prix Award at TEPIA High-Tech VIDEO Concours
• Butterfly Playing Cards (BRH merchandise) ranks among Best 10 in Corporate Museum Merchandise Contest
• Successful ligand identification by calcium imaging method (Evolution of Insect Host Selection Mechanism Laboratory）
• RNAi elucidation of mechanism for shift from radial to lateral symmetry in common house spider embryos (Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology Laboratory)
• Paper by Hiroki Oda receives Zoological Science Award from the Zoological Society of Japan
• Biohistory Journal releases special edition to commemorate 50th issue

2007

• Presentation of A Princess Who Loves Nature (narrative musical)
• Presentation of Peter and the Wolf, the Biohistory version -- an animal carnival; an evening of music and science
• Conferral of Order of Cultural Merit to Tokindo S. Okada
• Conferral of Osaka Cultural Award to Keiko Nakamura
• Induction that the neural crest is related to the cell cycle (Vertebrate Morphogenesis Laboratory)

2008

• Presentation of A Princess Who Loves Nature (narrative musical)
• Presentation of Peter and the Wolf, the Biohistory version
• Provision of a venue for cherry-blossom/jazz festival
• Fig trees and fig wasps -- the breakdown of a one-on-one relationship (Phylogeny and Evolution Laboratory)

2009

• Presentation of An Animal Carnival, the Biohistory version
• Tenth place, Japan Science Museum Ranking (Nikkei Inc.)
• Successful biological function analysis (electrophysiological and behavioral experiments) using RNAi (Evolution of Insect Host Selection Mechanism Laboratory）

2010

• Presentation of A Princess Who Loves Nature (narrative musical)
• Weave (annual edition) receives Japan Book Design Award
• Paper by Akihiro Yoshida receives Zoological Science Award from the Zoological Society of Japan

2011

• Presentation of Peter and the Wolf, the Biohistory version -- an animal carnival
• Start of BRH Public Seminars
• Clarifying phylogenetic relationships among of insects (Phylogeny and Evolution Laboratory)
• Publication of paper as a culmination of 10 years of research into edible grass recognition by swallowtail butterflies (Evolution of Insect Host Selection Mechanism Laboratory)
• Discovery of a new pattern of segment formation in arthropods (Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology Laboratory)

2012

• Presentation of Peter and the Wolf, the Biohistory version
• Keiko Nakamura receives Academia Prize (Culture) in recognition of BRH activities over the past 20 years
• Holding of International Symposium on the common house spider (Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology Laboratory)
• Presentation of Narishige Prize for the Promotion of Zoology to Yasuko Akiyama-Oda by the Zoological Society of Japan
• Elucidation of the origins of ficus plants of the Ogasawara Islands (Phylogeny and Evolution Laboratory)

2013

• Philos for Living Organisms Ⅱ (20th anniversary commemorative event)
• Holding of 20th anniversary commemorative symposium
• Osamushi News Letter [Ground Beetle News Letter] is published as a book
• Conferral of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, to Hiroshi Yoshikawa (Research Consultant）
• Completion of the Biohistory Mandala
• Discovery of electrophysiologic experimental approach to examining relation between spawning behavior and transmission of chemical stimulus as taste information (Evolution of Insect Host Selection Mechanism Laboratory)

2014

• 16th Annual Meeting of the Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan, held in Osaka
• Holding of Gauche the Cellist, the Biohistory Version (event), in Sapporo and Takatsuki
• Gauche the Cellist, the Biohistory Version performed at Iida Puppet Festa 2014 (Nagano Prefecture)
• A documentary outlining 20 years of advances at the JT Biohistory Research Hall receives educational development awards at Science and Technology Film/Video Festival and at Educational Film Festival.

2015

• Documentary film Water, Winds and Living Creatures -- Keiko Nakamura, Weaving Biohistory plays at theaters throughout Japan
• Gauche the Cellist, the Biohistory Version performed at 2015 Skupa's Pilsen International Festival of Puppet and Alternative Theatre (Czech Republic)
• Completion of Advances and Extensions of Biohistory Research, Biohistory Archive
• Start of papercraft downloads
• Publication of paper calling for a gastrulation movement model common to amphibians (Vertebrate Morphogenesis Laboratory)

2016

• Documentary film Water, Winds and Living Creatures -- Keiko Nakamura, Weaving Biohistory plays at theaters throughout Japan
• Start of annual Biohistory Film Festival (to be held each autumn)
• Genome-wide sequence data suggest possibility of pollinator sharing by host shift in dioecious figs (Phylogeny and Evolution Laboratory)

2017

• Professor Okada and the “Sounds of Life” (salon concert)
• Holding of Gauche the Cellist, the Biohistory Version (film showing)
• Completion of The Biohistory Worldview, Biohistory Archive
• Release of DVD book version of documentary film Water, Winds and Living Creatures -- Keiko Nakamura, Weaving Biohistory
• Statistical analysis of relationships among Japan butterflies, edible grasses and phytochemicals, together with suggestion of a new process for dietary conversion (Evolution of Insect Host Selection Mechanism Laboratory)

2018

• Start of joint project with Fukuoka City Science Museum
• Publication of paper that quantitatively elucidates formation process for repetitive stripe patterns (segments) as seen on arthropods (Evolutionary Cell and Developmental Biology Laboratory)
• Elucidation of new role for P2Y receptor in head formation of vertebrates (Vertebrate Morphogenesis Laboratory）
• Publication of paper on phylogeny of carabid ground beetles with special reference to degeneration of hind-wings (Phylogeny and Evolution Laboratory)

2019

• Biohistory Journal releases special edition to commemorate 100th issue
• Completion of Biohistory as Told in Verbs, Biohistory Archive
• Natsuki Hemmi receives DB Outstanding Paper Award for 2018 from Developmental Biology

2020

• Keiko Nakamura becomes Honorary Director of the Biohistory Research Hall; Kazuhiro Nagata becomes Director (April 1)