NIPR in number
1,April 2025
The National Institute of Polar Research established
September 29, 1973
At 1-9-10 Kaga Itabashi-ward Tokyo
Number of employees 228
Faculty/researcher 87
Administers/engineers 141
(As of April 1, 2025)
SOKENDAI has become base research organization April, 1993
Department of Polar Science in the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, School of Multidisciplinary Science
Number of enrolled students 23 (As of April 1, 2025)
Polar Science Museum
Opened on July 24, 2010
Total number of visitors 401,216 (As of March 31, 2025)
Open house of NIPR 2024
Held on September 28, 2024
Number of Visitors: 3,582
The 15th Polar Science Symposium
Held for December 3-5, 2024
Participants 276