2004

●No.105 December 20, 2004
	The marine transportation of nuclear materials and the protection of marine environments Tomohito Usuki Professor, Doshisha University Law School Present situation and problems of killer algae Hiroki Ebata Research Engineer, Fuyo Ocean Development & Engineering CO.,LTD. The shipbuilding industry in Vietnam - Ship machinery industry in search of new markets - Megumi Takagi Manager,Maritime Technology Team, Maritime Affairs Department, The Nippon Foundation
●No.104 December 5, 2004
	Yacht kingdom Japan, some day Kazuto Seki Bronze Medalist, Double-handed Dinghy Men - 470, 2004 Olympic Sailing Competition, Athens Development of ports and harbors in sea areas with coral reefs Tatsuhiko Ikeda Professor, International Graduate School of Sciences, Yokohama National University Koichi Miyake Director-General, Naha Ports and Airport Office,Okinawa General Bureau
●No.103 November 20, 2004
	The reality of Paradise Kiribati - Present situation, political issues and Japan's role in the South Pacific - Shigeki Takaya First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Fiji Islands Present conditions of the undersea ruins near Yonaguni Island and a way of protecting them Masaaki Kimura Professor, Physics and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus The ultimate wine made by the influence of California Current Yuri Iiyama Wine Writer
●No.102 November 5, 2004
	UNITAR and the Sea Hiroko Nakayama Programme Officer, UNITAR Hiroshima Office for Asia and the Pacific Thoughts about bunker boats in the Philippines Hideki Maruyama Director of Marine Engineering Department, Shipbuilding Research Centre of Japan Ensure national minimum standards for Japanese registered ships and Japanese crew Sansaku Yajima Retired Captain
●No.101 October 20, 2004
	The training of personnel who will play a major role in China as a maritime nation in the 21st century Shang-Ping Xie Professor, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii Marine education in the U.K. Howard S. J. Roe Director, Southampton Oceanography Centre Current situation and problems of marine and fisheries education in South Korea Sun-Ae Lee Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Miyazaki Municipal University
●No.100 October 5, 2004
	Fishing with the use of tub-turned boats and comprehensive learning - To train children so that they will be considerate of their communities through learning from ancient wisdom - Hideaki Kurioka Assistant Principal, Fukaura Elementary School, Sado Municipal Proposal for the co-governance of seas and islands - Co-governance by livelihood principle and practice with islanders playing a central role - Shunsuke Nagashima Professor, Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands Measures to maintain and improve sea routes to and from isolated islands Takeshi Tanjo Director of Coastal Passenger Transport Division, Maritime Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
●No.99 September 20, 2004
	Submerged atolls and their regeneration- Territorial preservation of island states in the Pacific Ocean and islands along the Japanese border - Hajime Kayane Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo Cultivation of ocean desert by the principal of perpetual salt fountain: Laputa project Shigenao Maruyama Professor, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University Progress and achievements of the world's largest hydraulic model of the Seto Inland Sea Hideki Ueshima Special Chief Researcher of Marine Environment Research, Research Coordinato Colaboration Depertment, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
●No.98 September 05, 2004
	Grand design of Lake Shinji and Lake Nakaumi Hidenobu Kunii Director, Research Center for Coastal Lagoon Environments, Shimane University Comprehensive marine education in the future－Aims of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology－ Rikuo Takai President, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology Legal protection of underwater cultural heritage Kae Oyama Researcher, Institute for Ocean Policy, SOF
●No.97 August 20, 2004
	Developing the spirit of engineering at the Institute of Technologists - Training new students through boat races using originally designed self-made boats - Masatomo Tanaka Professor, Department of Manufacturing, Institute of Technologists Kaoru Hara lecturer, Department of Manufacturing, Institute of Technologists History and future of the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) Hisashi Yamamoto Secretary, International Association of Maritime Universities Who will really benefit from the deregulation of small boats? Miyuki Okuda Director, Kamakura Ocean Protection Society
●No.96 August 5, 2004
	A Proposal on Reformation of Japan's Marine Policies Hiroyuki Nakahara Managing Director, Research Institute for Ocean Economics Establishment of the Aquatic Genomics Research Center, and accumulation of information on gene Ichiro Nakayama Director, Aquatic Genomics Research Center, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency
●No.95 July 20, 2004
	Interview "Reflections on Marine Day" Yohei Sasakawa President, The Nippon Foundation Current stream of international maritime environmental affairs - National challenge after 10 years passed since the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - Akima Umezawa Former Principal Deputy Director, Ocean Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Current position: Principal Deputy Director, Second South-East Asian Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's commitment to ocean policy Akira Kotaki Director of Ocean Office, Environment and Ocean Division, Policy Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Toward structural reform in fisheries and the reevaluation of their functions Hisashi Endo Chief Policy Planner, Policy Planning Division, Fisheries Agency
●No.94 July 5, 2004
	Cultivating mental forests through hands-on experience - Activities to create three forests "Forests are lovers of the sea" - Shigeatsu Hatakeyama Representative, Society to Protect the Forests for Oysters Kozagawa Project - Toward the creation of a research discipline for linkage studies of forests, the countryside, and the sea, and applying research results to society - Yoshihisa Shirayama Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University Clean, bountiful rivers, forests and oceans - Actions taken by the Katsura-Sagami River Basin Council - Miwako Kuwagaki Representative, Katsura-Sagami River Basin Council
●No.93 June 20, 2004
	Toward the Practical Application of Oceanic Forecasts Toshio Yamagata Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo / Director, Climate Variations Research Program, Frontier Research Center for Global Change Proposal for universities to grant degrees in oceanography Noriyuki Nasu Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo Conference on the promotion of structural reforms of the boat fishing industry Takashi Mori Deputy Director of Policy Planning Division, Fisheries Policy Planning Department, Fisheries Agency
●No.92 June 5, 2004
	To promote the popularization of new marine leisure Yoshio Doi Chairman, KAZI Co., Ltd. Platinum in manganese crust - What can be seen beyond the continental shelf surveys - Katsutoki Matsumoto Manager, Resources Research Division, Deep Ocean Resources Development Co., Ltd.
●No.91 May 20, 2004
	Formation of Asian network for maritime technology education is a matter of urgency Hiroaki Kobayashi Professor, Faculty of Marine Technology, Tokyo University of Science and Technology AUV development in Japan and its future Yuichi Shirasaki President, Marine Eco Tech Ltd. A movable "purification vessel" Masaharu Fukue Professor, Marine Civil Engineering, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University
●No.90 May 5, 2004
	Toward the improvement of safety and convenience of pleasure boats Takatomo Oshima Special Assistant to the Director, Division of Ship Machinery, Maritime Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Sakhalin oil development and countermeasures for prevention and combating oil spills in Japan Shunichiro Ueno Chief in Charge of Planning, Marine Environment Protection and Disaster Prevention Division, Japan Coast Guard Who's afraid of global warming? - Giga-Float will save mankind - Hisaaki Maeda Professor, Department of Oceanic Architecture and Engineering, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University
●No.89 April 20, 2004
	New evolution in oceanic research by bio-logging - Mysteries of the ocean solved by creatures - Yasuhiko Naito National Institute of Polar Research An image of the "Water Planet" in the new millennium Takashi Hamada Chairman, The Japan Science Society High hopes for promotion of tourism in Ogasawara Island by the Techno Super Liner Masaaki Shibuya Manager, General Affairs Division, Ogasawara Village
●No.88 April 5, 2004
	"Tobishima Island," the only inhabited remote island of Yamagata - Disappearing things with aging and depopulation - Makoto Sugiyama Doctor of Medicine and Head, Tobishima Clinic, Municipal Sakata Hospital What sea training should be in the 21st century Gokichi Ogawa Executive Director, National Institute for Sea Training Embryonic movement of ocean thermal energy conversion Sadayuki Jitsuhara / Shunji Sakurazawa Engineering Division, Xenesys Inc.
●No.87 March 20, 2004
	Let's draw a "sea map" with children - A plan for general study - Kenzo Imai Chief, Marine Information Service Office, Japan Hydrographic Association Adaptive management of wetland Yasushi Hosokawa Costal and Marine Department of National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management An oceanographic institution in Iriomote Island - The southernmost island is an entrance to Japan - Shinpei Ueno Executive Director, Institute of Oceanic Research & Development, Tokai University
●No.86 March 5, 2004
	Pearl culture and the biological environment Shigeru Akamatsu Senior Counselor, Japan Pearl Promotion Society Several problems in building a "floating-type sea fishing park" Masayuki Yonezawa Formerly Deputy General Manager, Marine Engineering Group, Solution Engineering Center, JFE Engineering Corporation (currently working for JFE KANKYO Corporation) Sakhalin oil and gas development and its influence on oceans around Japan Seiu Takada Director, Tufted Puffin Office
●No.85 February 20, 2004
	Considerations on the effectiveness of HACCP introduction in fish processing plants Tsuneaki Sato Processing and Marketing Division, Fisheries Agency U.S.-dependent position information for ships and Japan's role in constructing a new system Tamotsu Ikeda Advisor, Conor Co., Ltd. The challenge of Hachinohe , as a city blessed with the ocean - Toward a creation of a resource-recycling-based community - Toshifumi Nakamura Mayor, Hachinohe City
●No.84 February 5, 2004
	FAO and "Ethics in Fisheries" Hiromoto Watanabe Fisheries Department, FAO My thoughts about canals - On a visit to canals in the UK - Kei Tanaka Director-General, Japan Ship Centre (JETRO) Comprehensive reappraisal of the U.S. ocean policy is underway Donald F. Boesch President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
●No.83 January 20, 2004
	Who do the fish belong to? Teruaki Endo Honorary Professor, Yokohama National University, and Executive Director, Japan Sportfishing Association Proposal of a disposal ship for abandoned FRP boats Saburo Suzuki Professor, Faculty of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University Logistics innovation in Japan launched from Port of Tokyo Akihisa Ishiyama Chief, Planning Section, Port Planning and Construction Division, Bureau of Port and Harbor, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
●No.82 January 5, 2004
	Can flag of convenience ships be abolished? Masahiro Takahashi Marine Transport and Ship Owner Policy Team, Planning Group, NYK Line Transmission of wooden sailing ship culture Shinichi Atobe Curator, Sant Juan Bautista Museum A new and safe floating type nuclear power plant Hiroshi Isshiki IMA (Institute of Mathematical Analysis)