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National Research Institute of
Brewing (NRIB) |
| Thank you for viewing and utilizing the NRIB
homepage. This is the fifth year since our institute was incorporated as
the NRIB in 2001, and all the staff are striving to achieve the mid-term
goal of 5 years. Our institute was established in May, 1904, at 97 Sakasagawa Aza, Takinogawa Ohaza, Takinogawa-mura, Kita Toshima-gun, Tokyo (Current address: Takinogawa, Kita-ku, Tokyo) as Jozo-Shikenjo under Ministry of Finance. The purpose of this establishment was, for example in the case of Seishu, it had long been brewed using traditional methods and technologies, amd we aimed to shed new light on those technologies conducting scientific research, to resolve each phenomenon (mainly fermentation) scientifically, and thereby to contribute toward improving the quality of alcohol beverages and the stability of manufacturing. Consequently, the development of the alcohol beverage industry in Japan and the stable preservation of the alcohol beverage tax, which represented a significant percentage in national public finance of those days, were planned. We have just reached the centenary of our establishment this year. In the meantime, besides studying alcoholic beverages, we have contributed toward industry development, through the training of alcoholic beverage manufacturing engineers, and holding of awards ceremonies. Concerning the training of alcoholic beverage manufacturing engineers, over 3400 individuals have completed their training to date and they have been playing central roles in industry. Also, by holding awards ceremonies for Sake, Honkaku Shochu, western liquor (fruit wine, whiskey, liquor, spirits) intended to contribute toward their quality improvements, we have contributed to improvements of quality and technology. The circumstances of the institute also have largely changed; first it started as a research organization within the Ministry of Finance, and then became a research organization of the National Tax Agency when the Agency was established in 1949, and in 1995, according to the "Transfer of National Administrative Organization" approved in a Cabinet meeting, it was relocated to the current address, Higashi-hiroshima city, Hiroshima Pref. and renamed as Brewing Research Institute. Moreover, in 2001, when an Independent Administrative Institutions system was introduced as part of the government's overall administrative reforms, it was renamed the NRIB and governed by the Ministry of Finance. As a research organization dealing with alcoholic beverages, in order to cope with changes in social expectations of the quality of alcoholic beverages, always keeping our word "from raw material to finished product" in mind, we will continue to promote various services mainly concerning research into alcoholic beverages. We are looking forward to your continued valued support for the NRIB. |
| April, 2005 |
National Research Institute of Brewing