History

Japan Marine Science and Technology Center established

Research vessel HAKUHO MARU completed

Deep sea survey support vessel YOKOSUKA completed
SHINKAI 6500 deep sea research system completed

Mutsu Institute for Oceanography opened

Deep sea research vessel KAIREI completed

Oceanographic research vessel MIRAI completed

Global Oceanographic Data Center (GODAC) opened

Earth Simulator recorded the world’s highest computing performance.

Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences opened

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology established

Deep sea drilling vessel CHIKYU completed

Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research opened

2nd mid-term plan launched

Dense oceanfloor network system for earthquakes and tsunamis (DONET1) full-scale operation launched

Autonomous underwater vehicles YUMEIRUKA, OTOHIME and JINBEI completed, SHINKAI 6500 upgraded

JAMSTEC long-term vision formulated

3rd mid-term plan launched

Change in status to National Research and Development Agency

Wide-area seabed research vessel KAIMEI completed
Dense Oceanfloor Network system for Earthquakes and Tsunamis (DONET2) deployment completed

DONET2 transferred to National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED)

Deep sea debris database made publicly available

Deep-sea Bio Open Innovation Platform established

First single-pilot operation of SHINKAI 6500

4th mid-term plan launched

JAMSTEC 50th anniversary