DNA Database Advisory Committee organized.
DDBJ began data bank activities at NIG with the endorsement of the Ministry of Education, Science, Sport and Culture.
To operate DDBJ more efficiently, CIB; the Center for Information Biology was established in NIG.
CIB was reorganized as CIB-DDBJ; the Center for Information Biology and DNA Data Bank of Japan
NIG was reorganized as a member of ROIS; Research Organization of Information and Systems. DDBJ has also belonged to ROIS.