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Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology


The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構 Kokuritsu-Kenkyū-Kaihatsu-Hōjin Kaiyō Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō?, literally "National Research and Development Agency on Marine Research and Development), or JAMSTEC (海洋機構), is a Japanese national research institute for marine-earth science and technology. It was founded as Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (海洋科学技術センター) in October 1971 and became an Independent Administrative Institution administered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in April 2004.

JAMSTEC currently owns the following vessels and vehicles for marine research.

RV Natsushima

RV Kaiyo

RV Hakuho Maru

RV Tansei Maru

Yokosuka

DSV Shinkai 6500

RV Kairei

Chikyū

ROV Hyper-Dolphin

ROV Kaikō

JAMSTEC is headquartered in Yokosuka and based in five other locations: Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences (YES) in Yokohama, Mutsu Institute for Oceanography (MIO) in Mutsu, Aomori, Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research (KOCHI) in Kōchi, Global Oceanographic Data Center (GODAC) in Nago, Okinawa, and Tokyo Office.

Coordinates: 35°19′12.8″N 139°38′57.5″E / 35.320222°N 139.649306°E / 35.320222; 139.649306


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