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"Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology [#JAMSTEC]... showed the press its newest autonomous underwater vehicle, the Urashima 8000, in #Yokosuka"
"The submarine is about 10 m long and capable of diving to 8,000 m under the sea"
" “We will be able to search for seafloor deposits and check for deformation of the sea floor caused by earthquakes more efficiently,” said Takeshi Nakatani, acting group leader of the agency’s Engineering Dept"
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/science-nature/technology/20250514-254153/
#submersible