2008

●No.201 December 20, 2008
	Eliminating Water Shortages: Ocean Water Desalination Hideo Iwahashi Main Projects Manager, Technology Section, Nagasaki Shipyard,Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Reviving the “Forests of the Sea”: Restoration of barren ground using steel slag and humic substances Mitsuo Yamamoto Lecturer, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo Ocean Trash and the Fortune and Misfortune of the “Sea People” Yuki Suzuki PhD Candidate, Sophia University / Visiting Researcher, Social Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University
●No.200 December 5, 2008
	Towards a Vigorous Debate on Coordinated Promotion of Ocean Policy Hiroshi Terashima Executive Director, Ocean Policy Research Foundation Thoughts on Climate Problems Toshio Yamagata Vice Dean, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo A Look at the Dramas of Oceans and Islands - Towards an Integration of Ocean Data - Tomoya Akimichi Vice Director - General, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
●No.199 November 20, 2008
	Physical Distribution Development Lifecycles and Revolution of Maritime Transport Industry Functions Kunio Miyashita Dean, Faculty of Business Management, Osaka Sangyo University/ Professor Emeritus, Kobe University National Border Management through Guarantee of Routes to Outlying Islands and Promotion of their Permanent Settlement Seiki Ohyauchi Chief of general affairs, National Institute For Japanese Islands Initiatives by the Maritime City of Imabari Shinobu Ochi Mayor, Imabari City, Japan
●No.198 November 5, 2008
	The Pirates And Indo-Japan Relations Prabhakaran Paleri Former Director General, Indian Coast Guard / Visiting Fellow, OPRF (Full Page) The Effects of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise on Coastal Zone Disasters Hiromune Yokoi Associate Professor, Center for Water Environment Studies, Institute for Global Change Adaptation Science, Ibaraki University What We Can Learn from the Graves of the Bunka-era Aizu Retainers Sent to Guard the Ezo Area Eiji Nishiya Section Chief, Arts & Sciences, Rishiri Town Museum
●No.197 October 20, 2008
	The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and International Cooperation Akatsuki Takahashi Program Specialist, Culture Sector, UNESCO On Becoming a Research and Education Base for “Comprehensive Maritime Law”: an Initiative by the Institute of Maritime Law （a Waseda University Comprehensive Research Organization） Takashi Hakoi Attorney at Law / Professor, Faculty of Law / Vice-Director, Institute of Maritime Law, Waseda University The Maritime City of Onomichi—Revitalizing an Ocean Town Yuko Hiratani Mayor, Onomichi, Japan
●No.196 October 5, 2008
	The Risks and Benefits of Seafloor Massive Sulfide Development Tetsuro Urabe Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo On Creating a New Tool for Maritime Education: “Umi no Shigoto.com” Takashi Ichioka Former General Affairs Division Planning Office Director, Maritime Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism Making the Port of Kobe the Most Popular Asian Cruise Port Masami Ito Transport and Tourism Administration Director, Total Management Division, Kobe District Transport and Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism
●No.195 September 20, 2008
	The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO looks from the past to the future (Full Page) Geoffrey L. Holland Former Chairman, IOC of UNESCO Deployment to Yokosuka of a Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier—Security Versus Safety Tetsuo Kotani Researcher, Ocean Policy Research Foundation The Future of the Albatross, the Largest Seabird in the North Pacific: a Road to Coexistence through Revival Operations Fumio Sato Researcher, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology
●No.194 September 5, 2008
	The Continuing Chemical Pollution of the Ocean due to Flame Retardant Hiroyuki Ishi Professor, Department of Business Science, Faculty of Bio-Industry, Tokyo University of Agriculture A Comprehensive Ocean Infrastructure Program for a Maritime State Tomohiko Fukushima Project Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo Ocean Alliance The Deep-sea Coelacanth―the Riddle of its Evolution Teruya Ueno Honorary Fellow, National Museum of Nature and Science
●No.193 August 20, 2008
	The Garden Islands Concept 10 Years On Heita Kawakatsu President, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture Co-existence Between Man and Nature: A Pacific Islands' Perspective Kei Kawai Associate Professor, Research Center for the Pacific Islands, Kagoshima University Reader's Letter: A Movement for Self-regulating Environmental Conservation is being Born in a Small Island Country: Palau and the Micronesia Challenge Junichi Hirose Former Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer to Palau/ Current Palau Resident
●No.192 August 5, 2008
	Infrastructure Tools Development Program to Promote Marine Resource Use Hideki Kondo Ocean and Earth Division Chief, Research and Development Bureau, Research and Coordination Division Chief, Science and Technology Policy Bureau,Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Background of the Continental Shelf Extension Problem Mamoru Koga Dean, Department of Law, Seinan Gakuin University Three Yacht Races Across the Pacific Katsunori Ohashi Yacht Designer / Bengal Sailing Team
●No.191 July 20, 2008
	Masataka Kousaka's “Concept of Japan as a Maritime State” Seiji Maehara Member of House of Representative Democratic Party of Japan Introduction of the Tonnage Tax: the beginning of a new era in overseas shipping policy Reiko Fujita Former Director Preparatory Office for Strengthening Maritime Transport Infrastructure Maritime Bureau Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Thoughts on the Ocean Yuki Kishi Actress
●No.190 July 5, 2008
	Integrated Management of the 200nm-Area of Japan; Building up a network of Far-remote-islands, Floating Bases, and Amphibian Plane Hiroyuki Nakahara Managing Director, Research Institute for Ocean Economics Member of Directors' Board, Ocean Policy Research Foundation The Basic Ocean Plan and Securing “Submarine Transport” of Information Mitsuhiro Takase CEO and President, NTT World Engineering Marine Corporation The Shogunate's Forgotten Naval Commander: Keizo Yatabori Midori Uematsu Historical Fiction Writer
●No.189 June 20, 2008
	Promoting Cooperation with Neighboring Countries towards Conservation of the Marine Environment Norio Baba Administrative Officer, Regional Coordinating Unit, Northwest Pacific Action Plan, United Nations Environment Program Observation Systems for the World's Coastal Waters Tetsuo Yanagi Director, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University Co-Existence is Possible between Whaling and Whale Watching Seiji Ohsumi Adviser, The Institute of Cetacean Research
●No.188 June 5, 2008
	Promoting Interdisciplinary and Comprehensive Research into International Marine Policy: The Aims of the Center for Research in International Marine Policy Hiroyuki Matsumoto Professor, Vice-Director, Center for Research in International Marine Policy, Japan Coast Guard Academy Marine Pollution Prevention Measures in the Gulf of Finland Nobuhiro Sawano Associate Professor, Seiryo Women’s Junior College The Study of Coral Reefs as the Essence of Natural History and a Starting Point for Environmental Education Yoshikatsu Nakano Technical Specialist, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, Sesoko Station, University of the Ryukyus
●No.187 May 20, 2008
	The Naming of Undersea Topographical Features: International Initiatives and their Significance Shigeru Kasuga Director, Technology Planning and International Affairs Division, Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard Avoiding the Sea Cucumber War Jun Akamine Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagoya City University The Pleasure of Cruising Europe's Canals Kenichi Tanaka Founder, Canal Travelers Club
●No.186 May 5, 2008
	Basic Plan on Ocean Policy and Management of the Sea Yasuo Ohba Secretary General, The Secretariat of Headquarters for Ocean Policy, Cabinet Secretariat Learning Coastal Zone Management from China: On completing an on-site survey of debris washed ashore at Dalian and Yantai Hitoshi Kikawada 27th Class of the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management Ryoichi Fujitani Former Chief Researcher, Northwest Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Center (Currently Chief Inspector, Division for Life, Environment, and Culture, Toyama Prefecture) Indonesia's Maritime and Port Security Enhancement Project Taiji Kawakami JICA Expert for Port Security (on assignment from MLIT) / Directorate General of Sea Transportation, Ministry of Transport, Indonesia Ryuji Nishibun JICA Expert for Maritime Safety (on assignment from the Japan Coast Guard) / Directorate General of Sea Transportation, Ministry of Transport, Indonesia
●No.185 April 20, 2008
	In Progess! The 1st year trainees of the Scheme for Securing and Training Japanese Officers for Ocean Going Vessels are under training Megumi Masuda Executive Adviser, Seamen's Employment Center of Japan What is a 'Home Sea' ? - A Perspective on Home Seas that Provide for our Lives and Work - Mitsuru Nakajima, Freelance Writer Adapting the Stirling Engine for Marine Use Shigeji Tsukahara, Specialist Researcher, National Maritime Research Institute Kouichi Hirata, Chief Researcher, Energy and Environment Assessment Department, National Maritime Research Institute
●No.184 April 5, 2008
	Development of Ocean Policy Leaders Masaji Matsuyama Professor, Faculty of Marine Science, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology On the Wild Bird Rescue Operations after the Yellow Sea Tanker Accident off the Korean Coast Okio Suda Director, Wildlife Rescue Veterinarian Association, Japan Yachting Technology and the Crisis in Japan’s Sailing Culture Akihiro Kanai Executive Director, AC Technology Co. / Adjunct Lecturer, The University of Tokyo
●No.183 March 20, 2008
	Trends Regarding Safety Regulations - Thoughts on the Power Balance within the IMO - Noboru Ando Director, Safety Standards Division, Maritime Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism A New Program to Learn About the World via the Ocean Mitsutoshi Suzuki Head Teacher, Tokyo Metropolitan Oshima Kaiyo-kokusai High School (currently posted to the Graduate School, Joetsu University of Education) Journalism and the Problem of Introduced Species Isao Sakuma Science Writer
●No.182 March 5, 2008
	Activities to Create a 'New Sato-Umi' at Ago Bay - The Progress and Prospects of the Ago Bay Restoration Project - Osamu Matsuda Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima University Capacity Building for Fisheries and Other Maritime Industries Akio Kanbayashi Teacher, Kyoto Marine High School More Ocean Education! - Opening of the Kanagawa Prefectural Marine Science High School - Akira Mizuno Head Teacher, Kanagawa Prefectural Fisheries High School
●No.181 February 20, 2008
	Our Oceans, Ourselves Nassrine Azimi Director, Hiroshima Office, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Innovations in the Maritime Field Hiroyuki Yamato Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo The Effects of Atmospheric Nitrogen on Eutrofication of the Coastal Zone Masumi Yamamuro Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
●No.180 February 5, 2008
	Marine Biological Stations: Outposts on the leading edge of marine biology with direct links to medicine and biotechnology Kouji Akasaka Professor, School of Science / Director, Misaki Marine Biological Station, The University of Tokyo Pottery Debris Washed Ashore Takenori Nogami Vice-President, Asian Research Institute of Underwater Archaeology On the Plan for the 3rd Lock Gate in the Panama Canal Kunihiro Ohtake Associate Professor, School of Business Administration, Kobe University
●No.179 January 20, 2008
	Ocean States and Ocean Governance Naoya Okuwaki Professor, The University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics The Natural Riches and People of Kotohiki Hama - Japan's first 'singing sand' beach designated as natural monument - Yasushi Nakayama Mayor of Kyotango City, Japan Examining the Diversity in Ocean Fish Growth - Unusual Morphology and Ecology in the Larval Stage - Atsushi Fukui Professor, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University
●No.178 January 5, 2008
	Paragons of Private Diplomacy — A Friendship Borne of the Ocean — His Highness Imperial Prince Tomohito Are Current Maritime Security Initiatives Sufficient? - Thoughts on piracy off the Somalia coast - Masahiro Akiyama Chairman, Ocean Policy Research Foundation On Becoming a Strategically Important Maritime State Itsunori Onodera Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Member of Parliament, LDP