Editing IBM Research (section)

====History====
TRL was shifted from downtown Tokyo to the suburbs to share a building with [[IBM Yamato Facility]] in [[Yamato, Kanagawa|Yamato]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite book |title=Managing global innovation: uncovering the secrets of future competitiveness |last=Boutellier |first=Roman |author2=Oliver Gassmann |author3=Maximilian von Zedtwitz |year=2008 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-540-25441-6 |page=203 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LLLeO5V7qJUC&q=In+1993,+IBM+Tokyo+Research+Laboratory&pg=PA203 |access-date=2020-10-18 |archive-date=2023-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312220535/https://books.google.com/books?id=LLLeO5V7qJUC&q=In+1993,+IBM+Tokyo+Research+Laboratory&pg=PA203 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1993, world record was accomplished for generation of continuous coherent [[Ultraviolet]] rays. In 1996, Java JIT compiler was developed at TRL, and it was released for major IBM platforms. Numerous other technological breakthroughs were made at TRL.<ref name="TRL 25th Anniversary"/>

The team led by [[Chieko Asakawa]] ([[:ja:浅川智恵子]]), [[IBM Fellow]] since 2009, provided basic technology for IBM's software programs for the visually handicapped, [[IBM Home Page Reader]] in 1997 and IBM aiBrowser ([[:ja:aiBrowser]]) in 2007. TRL moved back to Tokyo in 2012, this time at [[IBM Toyosu Facility]].