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No.159(March 20, 2007)

- Can the World Put a Stop to Global Warming? Mutsuyoshi NishimuraAmbassador for Global Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Marine Climate Reconstruction by Coral Dating: Views from the Field and the Laboratory Nobuko NakamuraResearch Assistant, Department of Earth & Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo
- A View of Territorial Waters and the EEZ from the Isolated Island of Aogashima Masaaki SugataWriter, Lecturer, Chiba University Former Deputy Mayor, Aogashima
No.158(March 5, 2007)
- Interview: On Becoming a New Ocean State Shigeru IshibaMember of Parliament, Japan (interviewer: Hiroshi Terashima, Executive Director, Ocean Policy Research Foundation)
- Bring Back the Dugongs to Yae-yama Noriyuki Oohtaishi Professor, Faculty of Environment Systems, Rakuno Gakuen University / Selected Papers No.10(p.15)
- On Research and Development for Non-Ballast Ships Kei TanakaHead of R & D Project Coordinate Group, Japan Ship Technology Research Association
No.157(February 20, 2007)
- International Progress in the Delineation of the Outer Limits of the Extended Continental Shelf Shin Tani >Counsellor, Coordination Office for Continental Shelf Survey, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan / Selected Papers No.10(p.13)
- What's Happening in the Fishing Industry-Indiscriminate and Irrational Fishing Katsuo TayaProfessor, Faculty of Marine Science, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
- Increasing Biological Organism Transfer: the Ballast Water Problem Fumiki TaguchiManager, The Ship Equipment Inspection Society of Japan
No.156(February 5, 2007)

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Present Situation and Management of Tuna Resources
Yoshimi Suenaga
Professor, Advanced Research Center, Tokyo University of Marine Science & Technology - The Development and Popularization of a Super Eco-Ship for Re-Vitalizing Domestic Coastal Shipping Hiroaki SakashitaCounsellor, Maritime Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport
No.155(January 20, 2007)

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On Securing Japan's EEZ
Yoshiaki Tsurugaya
Senior Expert, Radio Wave Applications Division, NEC - The Trials of the Streaked Shearwater on Japan's Largest Uninhabited Island, Oshima-Ohshima. Haruo OgiVisiting Researcher, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University
- Developing the Minds and Bodies of Young People through Marine Recreation Takao EndoVice-Director, Network Promotion Division, Blue Sea & Green Land Foundation
No.154(January 5, 2007)
- Development for a New World Maritime Community Yohei Sasakawa Honorary Chair, International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) Chairman, The Nippon Foundation / Selected Papers No.10(p.7)
- A New Era in Human Infrastructure of Marine Transportation - ILO Adopts Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 - Tamaki MurakamiDirector of Seafarers Policy Division, Maritime Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
- The Eco-Villages Project in Coastal South India: An Initiative of the International Ocean Institute R. Rajagopalan Member, Governing Board, International Ocean Institute / Selected Papers No.10(p.10)
No.153(December 20, 2006)

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Memories of a Tsunami Lingers as a Myth
Akira Got
Professor, Doshisha Women's College - Pacific Canoe Culture in Full Play Osamu MondenAuteur / President, Studio Umi,Inc.
- A Clean, Safe, and Bountiful Sea Shota MiuraOffice Umimori, Japan Coast Guard Association
No.152(December 5, 2006)

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Issues on Ocean Policy, Resource, and Energy
Tsutomu Toichi
Senior Managing Director, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan - Argo Project ~System to Monitor the Seas of the World~ Kimio HanawaProfessor, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
- Chinese Mitten Crab, a Famous Delicacy in Shanghai Cuisine Masatsune TakedaProfessor, Faculty of Modern Life, Teikyo Heisei University
No.151(November 20, 2006)
- Restoring Seaweed Beds from Barren Grounds into Rich Ecosystem Akira WatanukiAlpha Hydraulic Engineering Consultants Co. Ltd
- East African Mountain Biodiversity and the Indian Ocean Driver Dr. Rob Marchant York Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Dynamic, University of York, UK / Selected Papers No.10(p.4)
- The Ocean and Countermeasures against CO2 Makoto NakamuraEmeritus Professor, Fukui Prefectural University Former Director General, National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering, Fisheries Agency
No.150(November 5, 2006)
- On Becoming A World Leader in Seabed Resources Development Kensaku Tamaki Professor, Department of Geosystem Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo / Selected Papers No.9(p.22)
- The Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity Norio TanakaProfessor, School of Law, Ryukoku University
- A Highly-Functional Marine Float Hideo OkamuraExecutive Director, The Floating Structures Association of Japan
No.149(October 20, 2006)

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Overseas Shipping Business Aiming to Enter the Integrated Logistic Industry - Who is the Ideal Leader of International Logistics? -
Yuji Hirano
Adviser to the President, NYK Logistics and Megacarrier - Simulated Experience of a Coastal Disaster and Ocean Monitoring and Survey - Appropriate Next-Generation Coastal Disaster Preparation in the 21st Century - Shigeo TakahashiExecutive Researcher and Director, Tsunami Research Center, Port and Airport Research Institute
- Reconsidering natural use from the perspectives of fish- and meat-eating Yukichika KawataAssistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
No.148(October 5, 2006)

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EEZ Long-distance Monitoring by Use of the Ocean Acoustic Technique
Arata Kaneko
Professor, Ocean-Atmosphere Environment Laboratory, Social and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University - Challenged to Jump Price of Fuel Oil by Application of Satellite Information for Fisheries Hideo Tameishi(Ph. D.)Director, Japan Fisheries Information Service Center
- Barren Ground - Destructing Marine Forest Kazuya TaniguchiProfessor, Division of Biological Resource Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
No.147(September 20, 2006)
- Academic Exchanges with Southeast Asia in Marine Science Makoto Terazaki Professor, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo / Selected Papers No.9(p.18)
- Development of an Underwater Security Sonar System as a Counterterrorism Measure Akira AsadaProfessor, Underwater Acoustic System Engineering, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
- Visiting China's New Port, the Yangshan Deep Water Port Masahiro KunimiAdviser, Ocean Policy Research Foundation
No.146(September 5, 2006)

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Japan - A Nation of Rich Marine Resources
Tetsuro Urabe
Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo - Toward the Establishment of a Guideline for the Improvement of the Barren of Rocky Shore Hiroshi UmezuConstruction Division, Fisheries Infrastructure Department, Fisheries Agency
- See the Nostalgic Future upon Reexamining the Forest, River, and Ocean Koichiro ShimotsuRepresentative Director, Specified Nonprofit Corporation Eco Link Association
No.145(August 20, 2006)

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Caspian Sea's Environmental Issues
Daisuke Kitazawa
Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo - Toward an Era of Farmed caviar Masayuki KanedaDirector of Fisheries Research Institute-Branch Facility Miyazaki Prefectural Government
- Consumer Participation in Resource Management through Fishing Ecolabeling Norie TamuraAnalyst, Amita Institute for Sustainable Economies
No.144(August 5, 2006)

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The Case of the Shiretoko Sea Birds
Shin Ohnuki
Principal Researcher, The Japan Association of Marine Safety - IWC Saint Kitts Declaration - Unbeheld Path to the Resumption of Commercial Whaling - Ayako OkuboResearch Fellow, Ocean Policy Research Foundation
- Conversion to a Fishing Port with a Warm and Welcoming Atmosphere Koichi KuwanaOcean Journalist Executive Director, Specified Nonprofit Corporation New Public Management Association
No.143(July 20, 2006)
- Towards the Enactment of a Basic Ocean Law Keizo Takemi Member, House of Councillors Chairman, Special Committee on Ocean Policy, Liberal Democratic Party Organizer, Study Group on the Basic Law on the Oceans / Selected Papers No.9(p.16)
- The Third Basic Plan for Science and Technology Policy and the Implementation Strategy for the Ship & Ocean Ayao TsugeExecutive Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office of Japan Member, Science Council of Japan
- Promotion of Ocean and Coastal Policies - A Brief Overview of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Ocean and Coastal Policy Outline - Makoto TaketoshiFormer Director-General, Policy Bureau Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
No.142(July 5, 2006)
- Unlocking the Mystery of the Eel Katsumi Tsukamoto Professor, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo / Selected Papers No.9(p.14)
- Development of the Techniques for Artificial Seed Production of Eels Hideki TanakaHead of Reproduction Research Group, Aquaculture Biology Division, National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Fisheries Research Agency
- Izumo Eel to Osaka Ryosuke SakaiLibrary, Central Wholesale Markets, Osaka Municipal Central Wholesale Markets
No.141(June 20, 2006)
- Co-existence of Ecosystems with Diverse and Sustainable Fisheries in Shiretoko, a World Natural Heritage Site Yasunori Sakurai Professor, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University Chairman, Shiretoko World Natural Heritage Scientific Committee Sea Area Working Group / Selected Papers No.9(p.12)
- To Know is the First Step to Protect - Everlasting nature can be felt from the sea - Emi KumagaiConservation and Management Section, Shiretoko Nature Foundation
- A Diversified Environmental Learning Sprawling from Eelgrass Keiko AioiAdviser, Wetlands International Japan
No.140(June 5, 2006)

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Threading Alliances through the Ocean - The Building of The University of Tokyo's Ocean Alliance -
Tamaki Ura
Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo - Expectations on Wind Generation on the Ocean Masayuki HoriProfessor, Division of University Corporate Relations, The University of Tokyo
- The Development of a Float of a Depth of 4,000 Meters Masahiro YoshidaARGO Group, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
No.139(May 20, 2006)

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Recurrent Collision between Whales and Ships
Seiji Ohsumi
Adviser, The Institute of Cetacean Research - Watch the Ocean Mihoko SatoAccountant, Japan Seabird Group Former Secretariat, Friends of the Hokkaido Seabird Center
- The Meanings of Science and Industry of Fisheries in the 21st Century Hisashi KurokuraProfessor, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
No.138(May 5, 2006)
- Contributions of Marine Science to a True Maritime Nation Akira TaniguchiProfessor, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- The Time to Establish a National Ocean Food Policy is Now Yuriko Shiraishi Head, Women's Forum for Fish (WFF)Selected Papers No.9(p.10)
- An Approach to Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Education Shoji FukushimaVice President, The Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers
No.137(April 20, 2006)

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Protection, Preservation, and Restoration of the Marine Environment
Makoto Omori
Director, Akajima Marine Science Laboratory - Relations of Okinawa and Australia Discovered through Roseate Tern Migration Kiyoaki OzakiDirector, Bird Migration Research Center, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology
- Recovery of Maritime Kobe through the Recovery of Maritime Cluster Jong-Kil HanResearch Fellow, Ocean Policy Research Foundation
No.136(April 5, 2006)

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The Deep Sea is a Cornucopia of Microbial Resources
Takeshi Naganuma
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University - Ise Bay is "Home" Yuji KawaguchiEssayist
- Global Warming and Material Cycle in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Surrounding Environment Masaaki WakatsuchiDirector, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University