TIME CAPSULE EXPO'70 Panasonic

APPENDIX l

CHRONOLOGY OF THE PROJECT

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1967 May Conception of the project by The Mainichi Newspapers
December Collaboration agreement with Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Joint committee sets time capsule span at 5,000 years
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1968 January Official announcement of the Time Capsule Expo '70 project (8th)
March First meeting of the Executive Committee (8th)
First meeting of the Technical Committee (12th)
April First meeting of the Selection Committee (20th)
May Contents questionnaires sent worldwide (1st)
May - First meetings of Natural Science, Social Science and Arts Divisional Committees
September and Sub-Committees
November uggestions as to contents solicited from the Japanese public (1st)
Research and Development Centre established (1st)
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1969 February Contents of capsules agreed by Technical and Selection Committees (28th)
March List of contents published in the Mainichi Shimbun ( 11th)
Osaka Castle site agreed with Ministry of Education and City of Osaka (24th)
November Painting of picture scrolls completed (18th)
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1970 March Opening of Japan World Exposition 1970, Osaka (15th).The Time Capsule and its contents put on display in the Matsushita Pavilion.
September Closing of Japan World Exposition 1970 (13th).About 7.6 million people visited Matsushita Pavilion during the Exposition
October Ground-breaking ceremony at Osaka Castle site (8th)
December Outer lid of Capsule No. 1 sealed (22nd)
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1971 January Capsule No. 1 buried (20th)
Outer lid of Capsule No. 2 sealed (21st)
Capsule No. 2 buried (28th)
March Unveiling of Time Capsule Expo '70 monument, Osaka Castle Park on the first anniversary of the opening of Expo '70 ( 15th)
Custodial agreement signed and exchanged between representatives of the Japanese Ministry of Education, the City of Osaka, Mainichi Newspapers and Matsushita Electric Industrial Company (15th)
August Custodial agreement ratified by the Ministry of Education (6th)
November Time capsule Expo '70 replica and contents donated to Osaka City Museum (22nd)
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1972 April Maximum-minimum thermometers read and re-set through cables beneath the monument (3rd)
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1975 March Publication of the Japanese Edition of "Time Capsule Expo '70: Distributed to organizations and libraries throughout Japan (15th)

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