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Japan Trench video shot 8,000 meters down

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A group of small factories in Tokyo has taken remote video of the deep seabed in a project aimed at showing the companies' technological capabilities.

The group has said it captured 3-D images of shrimp and fish in the Japan Trench at a depth of some 8,000 meters.

The group's research ship returned to port Nov. 24 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.

The group received support from Shibaura Institute of Technology and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. (Kyodo)

町工場の「江戸っ子１号」、8,000メートル深海動画撮影に成功

東京の町工場などが共同開発した深海無人探査機「江戸っ子１号」が、水深8,000メートル地点での魚類撮影に成功し、11月24日、神奈川県横須賀新港に帰港した。

The Japan Times ST: December 6, 2013