| No. | Main Research Theme | Main Research Area | Cruise Period (days)
 | Port of Call | Chief Scientist (Inquiries) | 
               
                | MR07-03 | Tropical Ocean Climate Study | Western tropical Pacific Ocean 8N-156E, 5S-156E, Eq-147E, 5N-147E | from June 4 2007 to
 July 13. 2007 (40days)
 | Sekinehama Sekinehama
 | Keisuke Mizuno Yoshifumi Kuroda
 JAMSTEC
 | 
               
                | MR07-04 
 | A study on the heat and material transports and their variability of the general ocean circulation/
 					A study on chemical environment and its changes in the ocean | Western North Pacific (39N-47N, 145E-123W)
					The stations are corresponding to WHP/P01. | from July 2007 to August 2007 (43 days)
 | Sekinehama Dutchharber
 | Shuichi Watanabe Ikuo Kaneko
 JAMSTEC
 | 
               
                | MR07-05 | Biogeochemical cycles in the western North Pacific/ Community structure in the time series station K2
 | The western North Pacific: 0 - 44。N, 155。E, and stations along the Kuril Islands ((47。N, 160。E), (51。N, 165。E) and others).
 | from Sept. 2007 to Oct. 2007 (30 days)
 | Dutchharber   Sekinehama | Shuichi Watanabe Makio Honda
 Minoru Kitagawa
 JAMSTEC
 | 
               
                | MR07-06 | A study on the heat and material transports and their variability of the general ocean circulation/ A study on chemical environment and its changes in the ocean
 | Western North Pacific (59N-38S, 175E-174W) The stations are corresponding to WHP/P14.
 | from Oct. 2007 to Dec. 2007 (79 days)
 | Sekinehama Majuro
 AucklandNZ
 | Shuichi Watanabe Ikuo Kaneko
 JAMSTEC
 | 
               
                | MR08-01 | Tropical Ocean Climate Study | Western tropical Pacific Ocean 19N-137E to Eq-138E, and 19N-126E to Eq-126E
 | from Jan. 5   2008 to March 9 2008 (65days)
 | Aukland Palau
 Singapore
 Sekinehama
 | Keisuke Mizuno Yoshifumi Kuroda
 JAMSTEC
 |