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The Emperor, Empress and Princess Sayako visited the JAMSTEC office at the Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences on Sept 9, 2005.
#1: JIJI press
#2: Mainichi News
#3: ANN news
#4: Newscom- Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, accompanied by their daughter Princess Sayako, look at the control panel of a deep-sea drilling vessel of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology berthed at Daikoku Pier of Yokohama port on Sept. 9.
#5-7: Associated Press
#5:Emperor Akihito, second from right, accompanied by Empress Michiko, second from left, and Princess Sayako, listens to Kazuo Ichiyama, captain of Chikyu, the world's most advanced scientific drilling vessel, during the Japanese imperial family's inspection tour of the newly launched exploration ship anchored at a port in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005. The 57,100 ton, 210-meter (689-foot) long Chikyu, meaning the earth, operated by Japan's Center for Deep Earth Exploration (CDEX), can drill as deep as 7,000 meters below the seabed at about 2,500 meter water depth, tripling the previous record depth, to study the earth by using the Riser drilling system which has achieved success in oceanic oil drilling.
#6:Emperor Akihito, left, accompanied by Empress Michiko, second from left, and Princess Sayako, right, walks on a deck as Kazuo Ichiyama, captain of Chikyu, the world's most advanced scientific drilling vessel, waits for the Japanese imperial family's arrival during their inspection tour of the newly launched exploration ship anchored in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005.
#1: JIJI press
#2: Mainichi News
#3: ANN news
#4: Newscom- Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, accompanied by their daughter Princess Sayako, look at the control panel of a deep-sea drilling vessel of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology berthed at Daikoku Pier of Yokohama port on Sept. 9.
#5-7: Associated Press
#5:Emperor Akihito, second from right, accompanied by Empress Michiko, second from left, and Princess Sayako, listens to Kazuo Ichiyama, captain of Chikyu, the world's most advanced scientific drilling vessel, during the Japanese imperial family's inspection tour of the newly launched exploration ship anchored at a port in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005. The 57,100 ton, 210-meter (689-foot) long Chikyu, meaning the earth, operated by Japan's Center for Deep Earth Exploration (CDEX), can drill as deep as 7,000 meters below the seabed at about 2,500 meter water depth, tripling the previous record depth, to study the earth by using the Riser drilling system which has achieved success in oceanic oil drilling.
#6:Emperor Akihito, left, accompanied by Empress Michiko, second from left, and Princess Sayako, right, walks on a deck as Kazuo Ichiyama, captain of Chikyu, the world's most advanced scientific drilling vessel, waits for the Japanese imperial family's arrival during their inspection tour of the newly launched exploration ship anchored in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005.
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