| 1957: |
Start of the Good Design Production Selection System (generally known as "G-Mark"). |
| 1958: |
Establishment of the Design Department of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (currently known as the Design Policy Office). |
| 1960: |
Establishment by JETRO of the "Japan Design House." |
| 1961: |
Proposal for establishment of a design promotion organization by the Design Promotion Council of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. |
| 1969: |
Establishment of the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO). |
| 1971: |
JIDPO joins the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID). Takes over the design promotion activities formerly implemented by JETRO. |
| 1973: |
"1973 Design Year." |
| 1974: |
Commissioned by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry to implement the "Good Design Product Selection System." |
| 1975: |
Launching of the system of regional design development promotion projects. |
| 1981: |
Establishment of the International Design Exchange Association. |
| 1988: |
Release of the Design Promotion Council's document "Design Policy for the 1990s" and of proposals for a "Design Year." |
| 1989: |
"1989 Design Year" campaign implemented throughout Japan |
| 1990: |
Establishment of "Design Day" by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. |
| 1993: |
Publication of the report "New Design Policy in Response to Changes in the Times" by the Design Promotion Council. Establishment of the Design Staff Development Center. |
| 1998: |
Takes over organization of the "Good Design Awards" accompanying privatization of the G-Mark system. |
Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization