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Organizational Overview

Title Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Establishment
October 1971 Japan Marine Science and Technology Center was established.
April 2004 Independent Administrative Institution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology was inaugurated.
April 2015 JAMSTEC made a fresh start as a "National Research and Development Agency."
Executive Directors
President Asahiko Taira
Executive Director Hide Sakaguchi
Executive Director Wataru Azuma
Executive Director Shuichiro Itakura
Auditor Yukihisa Washio
Auditor (part-time) Yuko Maeda
Sites Headquarters
2-15, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
Tel: +81-46-866-3811

Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences
3173-25, Showa-Cho, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
Tel: +81-45-778-3811

Mutsu Institute for Oceanography
690, Kitasekine, Sekine, Mutsu-shi, Aomori, Japan
Tel: +81-175-25-3811

Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research
Otsu 200, Monobe, Nankoku-shi, Kochi, Japan
Tel: +81-88-864-6705

Global Oceanographic Data Center
224-3, Toyohara, Nago-shi , Okinawa, Japan
Tel: +81-980-50-0111

Tokyo Office
Fukokuseimei Bld. 23F, 2-2-2 Uchisaiwaicho,
Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5157-3900