The refers to a series of Japanese

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s for

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. The first JARE expedition was launched in 1957 to coordinate with the

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. This was the team which left 15 dogs, including

Taro and Jiro Taro (タロ; 1955–1970) and Jiro (ジロ; 1955–1960) were two Sakhalin Husky, Sakhalin Huskies who survived for eleven months in Antarctica after being left behind by the 1958 Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. Due to poor weather co ...

, behind after an emergency evacuation in February 1958. Expeditions to the Antarctic took place from 1968 to 1977, and

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s were drilled on these expeditions, mostly at

Mizuho Mizuho () literally means "abundant rice" in Japanese and "harvest" in the figurative sense. It was also an Names of Japan#Other names, ancient name of Japan. It might refer to: Places * Mizuho, Gifu, a city in Gifu * Mizuho, Tokyo, a town in To ...

. A later instance was an ecological expedition studying the ecosystems near Showa Station in

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. The project was first undertaken in February 1986. It was associated with the international BIOTAS program, which also launched in 1986.

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studies of some organisms (particularly plants and small animals) were carried out by the expedition. The current research expedition is and began in November 2018 as part of the "Japanese Antarctic Research Project Phase IX".

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, BIOSPHERE, AQUATIC+ECOSYSTEMS, RIVERS%2FSTREAM+HABITAT&OrigMetadataNode=GCMD&EntryId=JP_ANTARCTIC_JARE_ECOSYS&MetadataView=Full&MetadataType=0&lbnode=mdlb3 NASA site detailing the 1986 expedition
{{Authority control Antarctic expeditions Japanese Antarctic Program Expeditions from Japan 1968 establishments in Japan