2009

●No.221 October 20, 2009
	Wanted: a new kind of hero David Pugh Formerly President, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO/Formerly President of the Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data, Analysis Services of the International Council for Science.
●No.219 September 20, 2009
	A European Perspective on Japan's Basic Act on Ocean Policy Dr.Ronán Long, Research Director, Marine Law and Ocean Policy Centre, National University of Ireland Galway
●No.210 May 5, 2009
	Message from a Remote Island -The Challenge of Sustainable Regional Revitalization Michio Yamauchi Mayor of Ama-cho, Oki-no-Kuni
●No.209 April 20, 2009
	The Ship Recycling Convention and Japan's Role Koichi Kato Director, International Affairs Office, Shipbuilding and Ship Machinery Division, Maritime Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism The First Japanese to Circle the Globe:Castaways of the Wakamiya-Maru Mikio Oshima Secretary-General, Ishinomaki Wakamiya-Maru Castaway Society
●No.208 April 5, 2009
	Marine Ecolabel Japan -Promoting Downstream Resource Management Masashi Nishimura Marine Ecolabel Japan Secretariat
●No.206 March 5, 2009
	Extended Continental Shelf submitted by Japan Shin Tani Cabinet Councilor, Secretariat of the Headquarters for Ocean Policy, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan Securing Safety in the Sealanes Tadahiko Furusawa President, Japan Security Research Association Corporation New Trends in French Ocean Policy ～ Integrated Management of Ocean and Coastal Zones and the Establishment of Marine Protected Areas～ Aiko Endo Researcher, Ocean Policy Research Foundation
●No.205 February 20, 2009
	A Forecast Experiment of Beach Litter Arriving on East China Sea Coasts - Local Residents and Researcher Collaboration - Atsuhiko Isobe Professor, Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University Edo Era Whaling in the Western Seas Eiichi Honza Former Professor, Kumamoto University Enchanted by the Sea Sachio Kinugasa Professional Baseball Commentator
●No.204 February 05, 2009
	How a Man Far from the Sea Came to Write an Ocean Trilogy Yoichi Komori Author/ Recipient, first annual Prize for Promotion of Japan as an Ocean State Chemosynthetic Microorganisms and their Role in the Marine Environment Michinari Sunamura Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo Bodhidharma and the Silk Road of the Sea Tsutomu Kambe Former Professor, The University of Tokyo / Member, Board of Governors, Institute of Asian Studies (Chennai, India)
●No.203 January 20, 2009
	Towards the Future of Japan’s Polar Research Hiroshi Kanda Director, Arctic Environment Research Center, Research Organization of Information and Systems, National Institute of Polar Research Urging the State to Protect Japan’s Maritime Lifelines: an Immediate Decision Should be made to Dispatch the Maritime Self-Defense Force to the Waters off Somalia Hideaki Kaneda Director, The Okazaki Institute Increasing Use of Eco-labeling in Japan Kozo Ishii Program Director Japan Office, Marine Stewardship Council（MSC） Reading the Global Environment through Marine Driftage Washed Ashore Akihiko Suzuki Professor, Sapporo Campus, Hokkaido University of Education
●No.202 January 5, 2009
	The New Cooperative Framework in the Malacca and Singapore Straits and the Role of the Private Sector Yohei Sasakawa Chairman, The Nippon Foundation IOC of UNESCO and Japan’s Ocean Science Community Kazuhiro Kitazawa Special Advisor for the Director, Planning Department, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology On Reducing Maritime Transport CO₂ Emissions Hiroaki Sakashita Director of Safety and Environment Policy Division, Maritime Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism