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History

1971

Oct.

Japan Marine Science and Technology Center established

1989

May

Research vessel HAKUHO MARU completed

1990

Apr.

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

1995

Oct.

Mutsu Institute for Oceanography opened

1997

Mar.

Deep sea research vessel KAIREI completed

1997

Oct.

Oceanographic research vessel MIRAI completed

2001

Nov.

Global Oceanographic Data Center (GODAC) opened

2002

Apr.

Earth Simulator recorded the world’s highest computing performance.

Aug.

Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences opened

2004

Apr.

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology established

2005

Jul.

Deep sea drilling vessel CHIKYU completed

Oct.

Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research opened

2009

Apr.

2nd mid-term plan launched

2011

Aug.

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

2012

Mar.

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

Oct.

JAMSTEC long-term vision formulated

2014

Apr.

3rd mid-term plan launched

2015

Apr.

Change in status to National Research and Development Agency

2016

Mar.

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

Apr.

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

2017

Apr.

Deep sea debris database made publicly available

2017

Sep.

Deep-sea Bio Open Innovation Platform established

2018

Oct.

First single-pilot operation of SHINKAI 6500

2019

Apr.

4th mid-term plan launched

2021

Oct.

JAMSTEC 50th anniversary