| 1996 |
| June | 17 | Formation of the “International Research Group on Preventive Diplomacy at the Japan Forum on International Relations (hereinafter JFIR). |
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| 1999 |
| March | 30 | Ito Kenichi, President of JFIR, visits Prime Minister Obuchi Keizo and presents him with a plan to establish JCPD and requests support. |
| July | 19 | JCPD Founding Meeting held, Akashi Yasushi and Ito Kenichi are elected respectively Chairman and President. |
| August | 27 | "An Introduction to Preventive Diplomacy” and JCPD Annual Report are published. |
| September | 7 | “Preventive Diplomacy Seminar” (Now “Post-Graduate Program for Conflict Prevention” “Seminar Course”) opens. |
| November | 9 | “Preventive Diplomacy Overseas Dispatch Team” (Now “Post-Graduate Program for Conflict Prevention” “Overseas Training Course”) departs. |
| | 12 | JCPD starts to co-sponsor “Foreign Policy Roundtable” (continuing to present). |
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| 2000 |
| January | 1 | The quarterly “JCPD Bulletin” is launched (continuing to present). (Now “JCCP Bulletin"). |
| | 4-14 | President Ito and Counselor Asomura visit Sri Lanka and Israel. Signature of MOU Partnership with onsite NGOs. |
| February | 9-10 | The 1st meeting of the “Japan-China Preventive Diplomacy Study Group” held in Tokyo. |
| | 21 | At the 1st Board of Directors meeting Counselor Asomura is elected Executive Director. |
| April | 1 | The website “Dialogue Webpages for Conflict Worldwide” is launched. |
| May | 22 | JCPD’s Representative Office in the Middle East is opened. |
| August | 14 | JCPD’s Representative Office in Southwest Asia (currently the Representative Office in Sri Lanka) is opened. |
| | 23 | JCPD is elected a Member of the Board of Directors of Japan Platform NGO Unit. |
| November | 13 | At the 2nd Board of Directors meeting the Japan Center for Preventive Diplomacy Fund (now ‘JCCP Special Fund’) is established. |
| December | 18 | “The Directory of Organizations for Conflict Prevention in Asia and the Pacific” is published. |
| | 29 | “On Modern Preventive Diplomacy” is published. |
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| 2001 |
| February | 5-28 | Ikegami Yoshiharu, Officer in Charge at JCPD’s Representative Office in South-West Asia, is dispatched in urgent relief for the earthquake inWestern India. |
| | 8 | The first “DWCW Newsletter is distributed through email |
| | 19-22 | The 2nd meeting of “Japan-China Preventive Diplomacy Study Group” is held in Beijing. |
| March | 15 | JCPD’s Representative Office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia is opened. |
| April | 9 | Gemma Kentaro, Officer in Charge, is dispatched to Cambodia as Researcher for the Japanese Government’s Small Weapons Project. |
| July | 9 | Chairman Akashi attends a “Ceremony for the Destruction of Small Weapons” co-sponsored by the Cambodian government and the EU in Cambodia. |
| | 13 | JCPD’s Representative Office in Sri Lanka and a local NGO, Sarvodaya, organize jointly a Buddhist Conference in Sri Lanka. |
| | 20-27 | The 1st “e-Symposium on Conflict Prevention held. |
| August | 1 | Kubo Takuto, Officer in Charge, is appointed in Skendraj as an Assistant Civil Affairs Officer for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission In Kosovo (UNMIK). |
| September | 3-7 | ‘Post-Graduate Program for Conflict Prevention’ “Open Lecture Course” is held (continuing to present). |
| October | 4-7 | JCPD’s Representative Office in Sri Lanka co-sponsors “Inter-faith Peace Conferences” with the Sewa Lanka Foundation. |
| | 9 | Ando Nobutaka, Officer in Charge at JCPD’s Representative Office in South-West Asia, is dispatched in urgent support to Afghanistan refugees. |
| | 25 | Meeting of Promoters for the establishment of JCPD’s NPO legal status and to re-launch itself as The Japan Center for Conflict Prevention (JCCP) |
| December | 11-13 | Prof. Ito, JCPD’s President & CEO, chairs the Sub-committee on Conflict Prevention at the “NGO Conference in Tokyo on the Reconstruction of Afghanistan”. |
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| 2002 |
| February | 4-5 | The 3rd meeting of the “Japan-China Preventive Diplomacy Study Group” is held in Tokyo. |
| | 6-14 | The 2nd “e-Symposium on Conflict Prevention” is held. |
| | 11-18 | Chairman Akashi and Executive Director Asomura visit Afghanistan and meet with Mr. Hamid Karzai, Interim Afghan Prime Minister. |
| | 28 | The Tokyo Metropolitan Government acknowledges the NPO status to The Japan Center for Conflict Prevention. |
| April | 1 | JCCP’s Representative Office in Afghanistan is opened. |
| August | 1-23 | “Post-Graduate Program for Conflict Prevention – Seminar Course” is held. |
| | 19 | KUGO Takuto of the JCCP is dispatched to the UN Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan (MAPA). |
| September | 9-13 | “Post-Graduate Program for Conflict Prevention – Open Lecture Course” is held. |
| October | 3 | JCCP hosts a lecture luncheon on the theme of “Conflict prevention – Sri Lankan experience and Japan’s role”, with guest speaker His Excellency Professor GL Peiris, the Sri Lankan Minister of Enterprise Development, Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion and Constitutional Affairs. |
| | 25 | "Post-Graduate Program for Conflict Prevention – Overseas Training Course" participants depart for Sri Lanka (seven weeks), with the option of another week in Cambodia. |
| December | 4 | JCCP hosts a lecture luncheon on the theme of “Peace in Sri Lanka – Fulfilling the Vision”, with guest speaker His Excellency Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. |
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| 2003 |
| February | 22 | One of JCCP’s Directors, Isezaki Kenji, is appointed as Special Representative of the Japanese Government for DDR (Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration) in Afghanistan. |
| April | 17 | Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is signed between JCCP and the Danish Demining Group (DDG). |
| May | 22-30 | The 3rd "e-Symposium on Conflict Prevention" is held on the theme of "Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? How Can Peace Be Achieved in Palestine, Chechnya and Other Conflict Zones?" |
| | 26-30 | Executive Director Asomura visits Copenhagen, Denmark for discussions with the Danish Demining Group. |
