OSAKA BRANCH

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Outline

   The Osaka Branch was established in September 1920 as the Osaka Branch of the Shipping Administration Bureau, Ship Equipment Inspection Station, under the prewar Communications Ministry. It was established in April 1963 as the Ship Research Institute under the Ministry of Transport, and it made a new start in 2001 at its present location as an Independent Administrative Institution.

   The Osaka Branch plays an important role as the only public testing and research organization for ship equipment and materials in the Kansai and western Japan region, where many ship-related industrial plants and small shipbuilders`shipyards are located. For example, the Branch conducts research for testing, development, and improvement of ship equipment, research on piping,research on FRP as materials for ships, and research on simple forming methods using FRP materials in joint work with private industry, universities, and others.

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Director of the Branch
	Morifumi Aida
Staff List
	kenji Yamane
	akio Sakurai
	michaki Ikai
	masao Ono