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History
1971
| October | As requested by Japan Federation of Economic Organizations, the authorized corporation, "Japan Marine Science and Technology Center", was established based on the government and industrial investments and contributions. |
1990
| June | The system of "SHINKAI 6500" completed. |
1995
| March | "KAIKO" succeeded in the world's deepest dive in the Mariana Trench. |
| October | "Mutsu Office" opened. |
2000
| September | "Washington Office" opened. "Mutsu Institute for Oceanography" inaugurated. |
2001
| April | "Seattle Office" opened. |
| November | "Global Oceanographic Data Center" (Nago city, Okinawa) opened. |
2002
| April | "Earth Simulator" recorded the world's highest computing performance. |
| August | "Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences" opened. |
2004
| April | Independent Administrative Institution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology inaugurated. |
| July | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology reorganized as four research centers and three centers. |
2005
| February | Survey on the Earthquake off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island implemented. "URASHIMA" set a new world record for the continuous cruise of 317 km. |
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