１９６５

Feb.

City of Yokohama announces Redevelopment Plan, one of six major projects.

１９７８

Nov.

Planning and Investigatory Committee for the Overall Improvement of Yokohama City Center and Waterfront Area established. Chairman: Yoshinosuke Yasoshima.

１９７９

Dec.

Planning and Investigatory Committee reports its basic plan.

１９８０

Mar.

Decision made to relocate Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.'s Yokohama shipyard.

１９８１

July

Interim report on the Master Plan for the Overall Improvement of Yokohama City Center and Waterfront Area announced.

Project Promotion Committee headquarters established.

Oct.

Project officially named Minato Mirai 21.

１９８３

Feb.

Urban plan including land readjustment adopted.

Mar.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.'s Yokohama shipyard relocated.

Aug.

Decision made to bring sailing vessel Nippon-maru to Yokohama.

Nov.

Transport Minister authorizes public water land reclamation.

Construction Minister authorizes land readjustment for 35.1 ha.

Work begins on Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 project.

１９８５

Apr.

Part of Nippon-maru Memorial Park opens.

Sailing ship Nippon-maru opens to public.

Sep.

Yokohama Shintoshi Building opens (work initiated: 1983).

１９８６

Oct.

Minato Mirai 21 District Heating and Cooling Co., Ltd. established.

１９８７

June

Pacific Convention Plaza Yokohama Corporation established.

Aug.

Completion of reclamation in Central District Construction Zone No.1 (43 ha) authorized.

Dec.

Cabinet approves construction of National Convention Hall in Yokohama (Minato Mirai 21 District).

１９８８

Jan.

National government designates Pacific Convention Plaza Yokohama Corporation as official conference facility (conference hall and exhibition site) under Private Participation Promotion Law.

Apr.

Part of land specified under Minato Mirai 21 Central District land readjustment plan (63.4 ha) provisionally allocated.

July

Minato Mirai 21 Basic Agreement on Urban Community Development concluded.

Oct.

License obtained for public water land reclamation in Shinko District's Ichimonji area.

１９８９

Feb.

Sakuragicho Station Plaza opens.

Mar.

Minato Mirai 21 District Heating and Cooling Center plant completed.

Moving walkway completed.

Yokohama Exotic Showcase (YES '89) held (through October).

Yokohama Maritime Museum (now Yokohama Port Museum) opens.

Part of Rinko Park opens.

Bijutsunohiroba (Art Plaza) opens.

Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company established.

May

Decision made to use "Minato Mirai" for all street and home addresses in Minato Mirai 21 Central District.

Former Takashima Yard District's land use plan approved during Japanese National Railways Settlement Corporation's liquidation proceedings.

Oct.

Urban plan for Minato Mirai 21 Central District adopted.

Nov.

Yokohama Museum of Art opens (work initiated:1985).

１９９０

Apr.

Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company licensed to operate Minatomirai Line.

１９９１

May

City refuse conveyor pipeline system introduced.

July

Pacifico Yokohama (Pacific Convention Plaza Yokohama) completed (work initiated: 1989).

Aug.

Yokohama Grand Inter-Continental Hotel opens (work initiated: 1988).

International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) decides to locate its headquarters in Pacifico Yokohama.

Oct.

Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall completed (work initiated: 1989).

Nov.

Minato Mirai Pukari-sanbashi Pier completed (work initiated: 1991).

World Teleport Association's 7th general meeting (Teleport Yokohama '91) held at Pacifico Yokohama.

１９９２

Feb.

The Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlement (CITYNET)'s offices open in Pacifico Yokohama's Yokohama International Organizations Center.

Mar.

Former Takashima Yard District (21.9 ha) incorporated into land readjustment area.

City of Yokohama and Ministry of Finance conclude a swap contract for Aka-Renga Soko and land.

May

Minato Mirai Ramp opens.

１９９３

Feb.

National government approves Yokohama Business Core City Basic Concept.

June

Cable City Yokohama established.

July

The Landmark Tower Yokohama opens (work initiated: 1990).

Sep.

The Bank of Yokohama Head Office Building opens (work initiated: 1990).

Yokohama Royal Park Hotel Nikko opens.

Dec.

Committee on Minato Mirai 21 Promotion Measures established. Chairman: Yoshinosuke Yasoshima.

１９９４

Apr.

Kokusai-bashi Bridge (Kokusai-odori Boulevard) opens.

National Convention Hall of Yokohama opens (work initiated: 1991).

June

Mitsubishi Juko Yokohama Building opens (work initiated: 1992).

July

License obtained for public water land reclamation in former Takashima Yard District (Yohinko-Pool area).

Dec.

Bay Shore Route of Metropolitan Expressway opens between Haneda and Yokohama Bay Bridge.

１９９５

Apr.

Yokohama Marine Disaster Prevention Complex completed (work initiated: 1992).

Minato Mirai 21 Information Center opens.

Reclamation in Shinko District (Ichimonji) authorized.

Aug.

Minato Mirai 21 District holds first joint disaster-preparedness drill.

１９９６

Jan.

Keiyu Hospital opens (work initiated: 1993).

Feb.

License obtained for public water land reclamation between breakwaters in Shinko District.

Sep.

Yokohama Sky Building opens (work initiated: 1994).

Nov.

Completion of reclamation in former Takashima Yard District (Yohinko-Pool area) authorized.

１９９７

Apr.

City plan for Shinko District adopted.

Yokohama Sakuragi Post Office opens (work initiated: 1996).

June

Minato Mirai 21 District Heating and Cooling Plant 2 completed (work initiated: 1994).

July

Queen's Square Yokohama opens (work initiated: 1994).

Nisseki Yokohama Building opens (work initiated: 1994).

Whole of Minato Mirai-odori Boulevard opens, including temporary two-lane zone.

Kishamichi Promenade opens.

Aug.

The Pan Pacific Hotel Yokohama (now Pan Pacific Yokohama Bay Hotel Tokyu) opens.

１９９８

Mar.

Completion of reclamation in Shinko District (between breakwaters) authorized.

June

Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall opens (Small Hall opens in February).

Oct.

Parking lot information system introduced.

１９９９

May

Yokohama Media Tower opens (work initiated: 1997). Telecommunications Towers opens in September.

Sep.

Shinko District opens.

Yokohama World Porters opens (work initiated: 1997).

Unga Park opens.

Part of Aka-Renga Park opens.

Oct.

Yokohama International Seamen's Center "Navios Yokohama" opens (work initiated: 1997).

Nov.

Grand Mall Park opens.

Dec.

Shinko Circle Walk opens.

２０００

Mar.

Kanagawa Prefectural Police Minatomirai Koban opens (work initiated: 1998).

Oct.

Cross Gate opens (work initiated: 1998).

２００１

Apr.

Shinko Park opens.

July

Pacifico Yokohama's exhibition halls expanded (work initiated: 1999).

Sep.

Yokohama Triennale 2001 held.

２００２

Mar.

Yamashita Rinko Line Promenade opens.

Pedestrian Plaza in front of Sakuragicho Station completed.

Apr.

Yokohama Aka-Renga Soko and Aka-Renga Park open (Aka-Renga Soko renovation work initiated: 2000).

May

Yokohama hosts FIFA World Cup (International Media Center established).

Dec.

JICA Yokohama opens (work initiated: 2000).

２００３

Sep.

Modification of land readjustment plan authorized (expanded to 101.8 ha).

Oct.

M. M. TOWERS completed (work initiated: 2000).

２００４

Feb.

Minatomirai Line opens (work initiated: 1992).

Mar.

Pier Aka-Renga opens (work initiated: 2004).

FUJISOFT ABC Building (now FUJISOFT Building) opens (work initiated: 2002).

Kenminkyosai Plaza Building opens (work initiated: 2002).

Apr.

Ordinance Concerning Special Assistance Offered to Businesses in Districts Specially Designated for Corporate Business Investment in the City of Yokohama (ordinance for encouraging companies to set up business in the area) takes effect.

Leaf Minatomirai opens (work initiated: 2002).

Sep.

Minatomirai Business Square opens (work initiated: 2002).

Nov.

GENTO YOKOHAMA opens (work initiated: 2004).

２００５

June

Yokohama Minatomirai Manyo Club opens (work initiated: 2004).

Nov.

25th National Convention for the Development of an Abundantly Productive Sea.

２００６

June

Land readjustment replotting announced.

July

Yokohama Minatomirai Sports Park opens (work initiated: 2005).

２００７

Jan.

Marinos Town opens (work initiated: 2005).

Feb.

Keihin Port Office of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Kanto Regional Development Bureau completed (work initiated: 2006).

Yokohama Anpanman Children's Museum & Mall opens (work initiated: 2006).

June

M. M. MID SQUARE completed (work initiated: 2005).

July

Takashima-Chuo Park opens.

Sep

Work begins on Minatomirai Center Building.

Nov.

Designated the target model zone in the Cool City Center Pilot Program administered by the Ministry of the Environment.

Brillia Grande Minatomirai completed (work initiated: 2005).

Dec.

MM Park Building opens (work initiated: 2006).

２００８

Feb.

M. M. TOWERS FORESIS completed (work initiated: 2004).

May

The Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD Ⅳ).

June

Pacific Royal Court Minatomirai completed (work initiated: 2005).

Work begins on CONCURRED MINATOMIRAI.

Aug.

Takashima 2-chome Pedestrian Bridge opens.

Sep.

Yokohama Triennale 2008 held.

Oct.

Shincron Head Office opens (work initiated: 2007).

Dec.

Minato Mirai-hashi Bridge (Kokusai-odori Boulevard) opens.

２００９

Jan.

Work begins on MM Grand Central Tower.

Feb.

Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 Corporation established

Apr.

Nippon-maru Memorial Park reopens.

EXPO Y150:150th Anniversary of Opening of the Port of Yokohama (held through September).

June

Zou-no-hana Park opens.

July

Umi-Festa Yokohama held.

Hamamirai Walk opens.

Water Promenade opens.

Aug.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Global Headquarters opens (work initiated: 2007).

Oct.

Work begins on YOKOHAMA MITSUI BUILDING (provisional name).

Nov.

CANON CATS THEATRE opens (work initiated: 2009).

Dec.

Yokohama Blue Avenue opens (work initiated: 2007).

２０１０

Mar.

TOC Minatomirai opens (work initiated: 2007).

FUJI XEROX R&D SQUARE completed (work initiated: 2008).