The reality of global warming is the modulation of climate modes that excite climate variations, and in order to improve the prediction accuracy of the phenomenon, the advancement of not only atmospheric general circulation models, but also of oceanic general circulation models is necessary. To advance oceanic general circulation models, a practical application of oceanic forecasts, like that of atmospheric forecasts, is essential. The routinization of the prediction of oceanic change will create a new future for the industrial, governmental and academic sectors.
Selected Papers No.7(p.6)

Students who entered the School of Marine Science and Technology at Tokai University in 2003 will be awarded a Bachelor's degree in Oceanography for the first time in Japan. In due course, a Master of Oceanography from Japanese graduate schools will commence, and it is hoped a Doctor of Oceanography will come into existence. I would like to see the establishment of degrees in Oceanography at numerous Japanese universities.

In order to plan for the revitalization of the boat fishing industry that has been devastated by management, "the conference on the promotion of structural reforms of the boat fishing industry" was founded in cooperation with the industrial, academic and government sectors with an interim report on new directions for the practical application of the boat fishing industry drawn up last March.