The first United Nations Ocean Conference was held in June 2017 at UN headquarters in New York, on the theme of "Our Ocean, Our Future: Partnering for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14." Important outcomes of the conference, attended by around 4,000 stakeholders from relevant countries and regions around the world, included its affirmation of the "Call for Action," consisting of 14 measures, and confirmation of shared problems concerning current and future coexistence between mankind and the ocean as well as necessary further actions.Against this backdrop, it is hoped that each country and region, including Japan, will increase its contributions to achieving SDG14.

In response to increasingly globalized problems, including large-scale disasters from worldwide changes in natural environments as well as incidences of terrorism and piracy that have arisen with changes in social environments, the Japan Coast Guard hosted the Coast Guard Global Summit to share how each country has been cooperating with other countries and use this knowledge to build cooperative relationships and strengthen coordination on a global scale.
Selected Papers No.23

On seeing advertisements for cruises, phrases such as "Trip around the world, 100 days, 25 million yen per person," give off the image of their being "the height of luxury and only for those who have an excess of money and time; but for the average person only a distant dream." However, recent reports detailing how "huge cruise ships from China bring visitors who bakugai (shop explosively) until goods run out of stock," reflect the big changes occurring in Japan's cruise environment. Here, I would like to comment on Japan's goal of attracting five million cruise ship visitors and propose strategies for attaining it.