The breeding of penguins at the Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium, which originally began at the Nagasaki Aquarium, has entered its 58th year. As a facility focusing solely on penguins, there have been many dramatic moments and records marked, as evidenced by its achievement of world number one and world first records. While Japan is known as a "penguin paradise," the current difficulty in acquiring penguins has led to zoos and aquariums around the country acting together for the conservation of penguin species.