No.4
| October 5, 2000 |
| ● | An Integrated Response to Ocean Issues Tadao KURIBAYASHI Professor, Dean, Faculty of Law, Keio University |
| ● | Looking Toward a National Consensus on the Utilization of Coastal Resources - A Proposal for Integrated Coastal Zone Management - Norihisa YOKOUCHI Professor, College of Science & Technology, Department of Oceanic Architecture & Engineering Nihon University |
| ● | The Increased Promotion of Our Remote Islands that are the Source of Our 200 Nautical Mile Waters Shoichi MIYAZAWA Mayor of Ogasawara Islands (governed by the Tokyo Municipal Government) |
An Integrated Response to Ocean Issues
Tadao KURIBAYASHIProfessor, Dean, Faculty of Law, Keio University
Upon the embodiment into national practices of the "United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea" framework that establishes new order in the ocean, Japan should contribute to international society through the introduction of national policy, based on the concept of ocean governance and international cooperation. For this purpose, the implementation of an integrated vision is essential.
Looking Toward a National Consensus on the Utilization of Coastal Resources
- A Proposal for Integrated Coastal Zone Management -
Norihisa YOKOUCHIProfessor, College of Science & Technology, Department of Oceanic Architecture & Engineering
Nihon University
The Japan Association for Coastal Zone Studies has completed an interim report on Japan's Integrated Coastal Zone Management Policy, aimed at the unified management of our coastal resources. It is anticipated that coastal zone protection and use will be imperative in the new policy and that it should also make the most of our unique coastal regions through the formation and implementation of policy with regional authorities.
The Increased Promotion of Our Remote Islands that are the Source of Our 200 Nautical Mile Waters
Shoichi MIYAZAWAMayor of Ogasawara Islands (governed by the Tokyo Municipal Government)
The dependence of most of our remote islands on public projects are high, and the Islands of Ogasawara are no exception. Made up of approximately 30 islands, large and small, Ogasawara also occupies one third of Japan's 200 nautical mile zone. The regional promotion of this distinguished ocean environment is very much desired.