No.2
| September 5, 2003 |
| ● | The changing colors of the Pacific Ocean Shuuhei KONNO Professor, Faculty of Economics, Osaka Sangyo University Selected Papers No.1  |
| ● | A Suggestion for the Transition to a Recycle - Based Society DEpendent on Deep - Sea Water Resources Masayuki TAKAHASHI Professor, Department of Systems Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo |
| ● | "Taking the People to the Oceans" - Realizing our country's first fully-fledged Maritime University - Toshio SHIGEKAWA Representative of the Ship Lovers Society, Kaiji Konwa Kai in Japan |
The changing colors of the Pacific Ocean
Shuuhei KONNOProfessor, Faculty of Economics, Osaka Sangyo University
Japan, the country quickly losing its position amongst the worlds marine transporting countries. Formerly, the pacific saw only the coming and going of American and Japanese merchant ships. Now, however, there has been a "changing of the guards" as Asian NIES countries; China and Panama have taken over the reign of the Pacific. This can't be a good sign for Japan in the 21st century.
A Suggestion for the Transition to a Recycle - Based Society DEpendent on Deep - Sea Water Resources
Masayuki TAKAHASHIProfessor, Department of Systems Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
A suggestion to maintain the affluence of the 20th century, built on non-recycled resources, through the use of 21st century recycled resources. The greatest potential lies in deep-sea water resources.
"Taking the People to the Oceans"
- Realizing our country's first fully-fledged Maritime University -
Toshio SHIGEKAWARepresentative of the Ship Lovers Society, Kaiji Konwa Kai in Japan
Why are we only said to be a littoral race of people, when we are a country surrounded by ocean? Finally, interest in sea navigation is rising, but it's too much to believe that its spread will be nationwide. We need to pave the way for a "Marine University."