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Special exhibition at the entrance of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, "The door to the ultra-deep sea: The path of our research"

2023.07.20 Events Those who want to study at university Companies / researchers Current students For graduates Local / general people

We are pleased to inform you that we will hold a special exhibition of our university, "A door to the ultra-deep sea, the trail of our research" at the "MEXT Information Square" on the XNUMXnd floor of the new Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology building.

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　Deep-sea and ultra-deep-sea research at Tokyo University of Fisheries and its successor, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, began in 1958 with a joint survey with the French submersible "Bathyscaphe FNRS III" and continues to the present day.In August of last year, a camera captured a snailfish (Snailfish family) swimming at a depth of 8 meters in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench.This makes it the deepest confirmed fish in the world.In this special exhibition, we will display the highlights of our deep-sea and ultra-deep-sea research.

Exhibition period:	July 5, 7 (Thursday) to August 20, 5 (Thursday)
Opening hours:	Monday to Friday 10:6 am to 5:30 pm (admission until XNUMX:XNUMX pm)
exhibition hall:	"Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Information Square" New government building XNUMXnd floor entrance *Admission free
Exhibition contents:	Exhibits of actual items (full-scale model of Daidarabotchi, models of fossilized whale skulls (new and extinct) discovered in the deep sea, liquid-immersed specimens of deep-sea fish, etc.), footage of diving into trenches in the epicenter of the Great East Japan Earthquake, etc.