Arctic Yearbook 2012
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Tonami and Watters: Chronology of Japan's Arctic related activities
OPRF/Business
Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology
(MEXT)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(MoFA)
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
Others
Japan joins IASC,
Centre for Arctic Research established
at NIPR
1990
1993
1999
2002
2004
December 2004
: Council for Science
and Technology Policy agrees on the
Promotion Strategy of Earth
Observation
2005
2009
April
: Official statement on the
Antarctic Treaty & Arctic Council
June
: Release of first issue of ‘Arctic
Sea Quarterly’
July
: Application for Permanent
Observer status submitted to Arctic
Council
March:
Draft report ‘regarding
institutional cooperation for the
observation of the cryosphere’
submitted to the Earth Observation
Promotion Committee
2010
June
: Arctic Research Examination
Working Group’ established within
Earth Observation Promotion
Committee
August
: Earth Observation
Promotion Committee released an
interim report, proposed establishing
the Consortium for Arctic Research
and strengthening of Arctic
observation
September
: Arctic Task Force
established under the International
Legal Affairs Bureau, Ocean Division
November
: Officials attend Arctic
Council Meeting for the first time
(SAO in Denmark)
December
: Obtained programmatic
funding for Arctic Environmental
Research for 5 years, starting
FY2011FY
2011
April
: National Insitute for Defense
Studies releases annual report
containing a chapter on the Arctic
May
: Japan Consortium for Arctic
Environmental Research (JCAR)
established under NIPR
2012
March:
Submitted a report on ocean
policy, stating NSR as an 'frontier'
August:
First special committee
meeting to investigate the status and
future of NSR
JANSROP Phase II
(2002-2005)
INSROP and JANSROP
(1993-1999)