Another Japanese expedition returned in 1975 and made the second ascent.

In 1995 the complete ridge was climbed by a Japanese expedition.

Led the second successful attempt in 1977 to reach the summit of K2 and several other Japanese expeditions.

Another Japanese expedition in October puts ten on summit without loss of life.

A year later she was found attached to the fixed ropes by members of a Japanese expedition, still standing upright and leaning against the wall.

The first attempt and successful climb recorded is by a Japanese expedition in the late 1960s by the west ridge.

A majority of member nations of the whaling commission found that the Japanese expedition had no scientific merit.

A year earlier, the same abbot had correctly predicted the deaths of three members of a Japanese expedition.

In 1969, a Japanese expedition discovered nine meteorites.

However, this philanthropic act did not ease the atmosphere of distrust and hostility towards Japanese expeditions.