In 2015, preservation and restoration work was finished on the training ship "Meiji Maru", which Japan has designated an important cultural property, and the Meiji Maru Commemorative Museum (tentative name) is to be completed in the spring of 2016. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology is a place where the history of Japan as a maritime state can be studied, and where the launching of the Meiji Maru maritime museum will promote the true development of maritime society and serve as a venue for exchange open to the public.