General Information

Name	Independent Administrative Institution Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI)
Purpose	Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI), an independent administrative institution, aims at improving technology development relating to effective and efficient development of port and airport by achieving investigation, research and technology development on port and airport development.
Established	Apr . 2001
Address	1-1, Nagase 3-Chome, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa, 239-0826, Japan Maps
Officers	President Shigeo TAKAHASHI Executive Director Takehiko FUJITA Executive Auditor Ichio KOJIMA Executive Auditor Youichi MATSUMOTO
Major Activities	PARI shall pursue fundamental investigation, research and technology development on the following items. development, utilization and maintenance of port development and maintenance of navigation channel reclamation and drained reclamation within port area development, utilization and maintenance of coastal barrier within port area development and maintenance of airport research, technology development and dissemination, advisory activities, and data collection on the above-mentioned items

History

1946	Established as Railway Research Institute under Ministry of Transport (MOT)
1949	Moved to YOKOSUKA
1962	Established as Port and Harbor Research Institute (PHRI)
2001	Established as Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI) under Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT)