What activities are you planning for this program in the future?
Chairman Hanyu: We plan to hold a meeting in Beijing in as early as September this year to present and explain the content of the report to the officials of the Japan Coast Guard and the China Coast Guard, and if possible, representatives from the two countries' ministries of foreign affairs as well. At the same time, in light of general public interest in the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands issue, there is also a plan to distribute the report to the general public, academics, and journalists to appeal the report's findings to broader communities.
In the skies over the South China Sea, there have been intensifying near-misses between Vietnam and China. Everyone in Japan is feeling the need to establish emergency aviation safety measures. The quickest way to achieve it would be to have the Japanese Ministry of Defense act on it. If this is not possible, it could be explored in this private-sector program, provided that we could gain Chinese cooperation.
The program was launched originally out of the hope that it could be meaningful enough to initiate a private-sector dialogue, if not finding a solution. Yet, Chairman Hanyu says that as the program has progressed on, he began to feel that--even though dialog has its significance--the program facing a specific issue cannot be called a success unless it makes a specific move on the matter. Chairman Hanyu is renewing his resolve to travel anywhere necessary for seminars or other sessions, so as to spread the findings set out in the report compiled by this program.