It is advisable to establish a regional cooperative coalition of the willing for the maintenance of maritime security and order by multi-lateral maritime forces such as navies, coast guards and maritime polices within the region and of neighboring "user" countries, as a measure that will deter anticipated maritime terrorism and piracy to ensure safe navigation in major maritime sea lanes of the Asia-Pacific region such as the Malacca and Singapore Straits and the Indonesian or Philippines archipelagic waters.There is a call for Japan toward its establishment and the realization of this initiative.

A social action program that started from a scheme of cleaning beaches in exchange for a free ticket for a practical arts class on the oceans is spreading across the country.This program, along with expanding understanding of satoyama, satochi, satoumi, will give viability to a self- and highly- motivated social action program of volunteering and will help a lot to keep the local community alive.

When I first held a camera, the Kujukuri Beach of today was absolutely unthinkable. I couldn't imagine that the beach and dunes would vanish. This 50 years, I have taken many pictures and I feel chagrined that all of these - the beautiful beach, various climates, people who have come to live here and their day-to-day life - will be lost. However, I believe that it is important to continue maintaining records so I continue photographing.