| February 6, 1946. |
Founded as a nonprofit organization, the Institute of Food Chemistry,
under sole sponsorship of Kotobuki-ya Co. Ltd. (present Suntory Ltd.). |
| Chairman of the Board |
Munio Kotake |
Director |
Keizo Saji |
| March 6, 1961. |
Chairman of the Board |
Munio Kotake |
Director |
Yoshio Hirose |
| October 8, 1968. |
Authorized as Experimental Research Foundations
(present Cooperation which is making as important contribution to encouraging interest in the public). |
| October 22, 1976. |
Chairman of the Board |
Takeo Sakan |
Director |
Yoshio Hirose |
| November 21, 1978. |
Chairman of the Board |
Takeo Sakan |
Director |
Koji Nakanishi |
| November 12, 1979. |
Renamed as Suntory Institute for Bioorganic Research (SUNBOR) |
| February 27, 1980. |
Chairman of the Board |
Keizo Saji |
Director |
Koji Nakanishi |
| January 1, 1992. |
Chairman of the Board |
Keizo Saji |
Director |
Keizo Saji |
| April 1, 1993. |
Chairman of the Board |
Keizo Saji |
Director |
Terumi Nakajima |
| March 30, 2000. |
Chairman of the Board |
Terumi Nakajima |
Director |
Terumi Nakajima |
| June 17. 2003. |
Chairman of the Board |
Shigeru Inoue |
Director |
Shigeru Inoue |
| April 1. 2004. |
Chairman of the Board |
Shigeru Inoue |
Director |
Shoichi Kusumoto |
| June 10. 2005. |
Chairman of the Board |
Kenzo Yanagi |
Director |
Shoichi Kusumoto |