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Delivery of Japan's New Arctic Research Vessel Set for Dec.

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, or JAMSTEC, said Tuesday it will take delivery of a new Arctic research vessel, Mirai II, on Dec. 18. The delivery ceremony for the 13,000-ton icebreaker will take place at shipbuilder Japan Marine United Corp.'s Isogo plant in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, JAMSTEC said. After shakedo...

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