Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構
Predecessor	Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Established	1 October 1971; 52 years ago (1971-10-01) (as Japan Marine Science and Technology Center)
Purpose	Japanese national research institute for marine-earth science and technology
Headquarters	Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Membership (2016 (fiscal year))	1026 people
Owner	MEXT
Leader	Taira Asahiko
Budget	¥33.9 billion / $304 million (FY2016)[1]
Website	www.jamstec.go.jp

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.^[2] 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.^[2]