2007 October 18 (Day 28)
Weather: Fine but Cloudy
Site: C0003(NT2-01) (33°13’ N, 136°42’ E)
Science Operations on Deck: Continued pulling out of the hole and dumped the data from LWD tools. All data dump were smooth except seismic data which needed more time due to the battery ran out during pulling out. Then recovered beacons from the site and sailed to NT2-01. After maintenance, ROV set the beacons.

Science Operations in Labs: Discuss about change of sequence of further drilling sites and approved. Lab technicians continued setting up instruments, Interstatial Water analyses' experiment, maintenance of microscopes, and X-ray CT operating training.