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About / About Our Institute
| December 1959 | Japan joined the Antarctic Treaty |
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| May 1961 | The Science Council of Japan advised the creation of the "Institute of Polar Research" (tentative) to the government |
| April 1962 | ("Polar Department" of the National Science Museum established) |
| April 1970 | ("Polar Department" reorganized as "Polar Research Center") |
| September 29, 1973 | The National Institute of Polar Research established |
| April 1993 | NIPR became an infrastructure institute of the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) |
July 1998 |
Antarctic Environmental Protection Law became effective |
| April 2004 | NIPR was reorganized as part of ROIS |
| May 2009 | NIPR relocated to new campus in Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo |
| August 2009 | "Open House" of NIPR started |
| July 2010 | NIPR Polar Science Museum opened |
| September 2013 | 40th anniversary since establishment of NIPR |
| February 2014 | Over 100,000 visitors recorded at Polar Science Museum |
| July 2017 | Over 200,000 visitors recorded at Polar Science Museum |
| September 2019 | Over 300,000 visitors recorded at Polar Science Museum |
| July 2020 | 10th anniversary of the Polar Science Museum |
| (January 1912) | (Mr. Nobu Shirase’s Antarctic expedition team reached 80 degrees south latitude) |
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| November 1956 | Japan’s first Antarctic expedition departed upon the icebreaker ship "Soya" |
| January 1957 | Syowa Station established in Ongul Island, Antarctica |
| February 1962 | 1962 Syowa Station closed temporarily |
| November 1965 | Research vessel "Fuji" launched |
| January 1966 | Syowa Station reopened |
| February 1969 | Round-trip to the South Pole achieved |
| December 1969 | First Antarctic meteorite discovered |
| February 1970 | Observation by rocket |
| June 1970 | "Mizuho Station" (observation base) established |
| October 1979 | Large number of Antarctic meteorites collected |
| October 1982 | "Ozone hole" was discovered |
| November 1983 | Research vessel "Shirase" launched |
| March 1985 | "Asuka Station" (observation base) established |
| February 1989 | Multifunctional antenna installed |
| February 1995 | "Dome Fuji Station" established |
| December 1996 | Polar ice sheet drilled own until 2,503m |
| January 1999 | Large number of Antarctic meteorites collected |
| January 2001 | Large number of Antarctic meteorites collected |
| February 2002 | Specialized ship was added for South Pacific observation |
| February 2004 | Intelsat satellite communication system activated |
| January 2005 | Aircraft observation base established on the continent of Antarctica |
| 2006-2007 | 50th anniversary of Antarctic research project |
| January 2007 | Polar ice sheet drilled down to a depth of 3,035m |
| November 2009 | New "Shirase" launched |
| 2010 | Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology’s training ship "Unitaka-Maru" joined Antarctic research project |
| February 2010 | Over 17,000 Antarctic meteorites collected |
| March 2011 | PANSY large –scale atmospheric radar began collecting data |
| August 2014 | Snow Vehicles Type-KD60 certified as Mechanical Engineering Heritage |
| 2016 | Japanese Antarctic Research Project Phase IX started |
| January 2017 | 60th anniversary of "Syowa Station" |
| August 1976 | Japan-France International Joint Observation in Norway |
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| August 1977 | Geomagnetic Conjugate Point Observation in Iceland |
| August 1984 | Bipolar Aurora Conjugate Observation in Iceland started (up to now) |
| June 1990 | Arctic Environment Research Center established |
| January 1991 | Ny-Ålesund Research Station established Joins International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) |
| April 1996 | Joins European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association (EISCAT) |
| March 1998 | Japanese-German airborne Arctic expedition |
| April 2004 | Arctic Environment Research Center reorganized |
| April 2008 | North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) began |
| July 2011 | GRENE - Arctic Project started (finished on March 2016) |
| April 2015 | Arctic Environment Research Center reorganized to enhance international collaboration "Arctic Science Summit Week" was held in Toyama |
| September 2015 | ArCS (Arctic Challenge for Sustinability) project started (finished on March 2020) |
| April 2016 | J-ARCNet started |
| September 2016 | 25th anniversary of Ny-Ålesund Research Station |
| April 2019 | Relocation of Ny-Ålesund NIPR Observatory |
| September 2019 | Opening Ceremony of Ny-Ålesund NIPR Observatory |
| June 2020 | ArCS II (Arctic Challenge for Sustainability II) Project started |