2025

No.597（September 20, 2025）

• The Tokyo International Conference on African Development and the Sustainable Blue Economy KOBAYASHI Masanori (Senior Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation)
• Decarbonisation Efforts to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts in Southern Africa Nwabisa MATOTI (Director: Strategic Projects and Internationalisation, South African International Maritime Institute)
• Calling for concerted actions to avert the impending climate-driven marine food security crisis in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) Michael ROBERTS (Professor, Nelson Mandela University (South Africa) and University of Southampton (United Kingdom))
• The History and Future of JICA's Fisheries Project in Senegal ISHII Jun (Former Junior Specialist, Agriculture and Rural Development Group I, Team II, Economic Development Department, JICA)
• Increasing Environmental Awareness in Madagascar IIDA Taku (Professor, National Museum of Ethnology)

No.596（August 20, 2025）

• Environmental Impact Assessment Obligations for Deep Seabed Mineral Resource Development KANNO Naoyuki (Adjunct Lecturer, Hosei University)
• International Seabed Authority's Efforts to Establish Environmental Thresholds FUKUSHIMA Tomohiko (Deputy Director General, Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security, Project Professor at the Kobe Ocean-Bottom Exploration Center, Kobe University, Member of the Legal and Technical Comission, International Seabed Authority)
• Pioneering Japan’s Drive for Rare Earth Security ISHII Shoichi (Program Director, SIP Phase 3 "National Platform for Innovative Ocean Developments")
• The Goals of the Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel Chikyu EGUCHI Nobuhisa (Counselor for IODP3 of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

No.595（July 20, 2025）

• Ocean Science and Policy Nexus – UNOC3 and Beyond Peter B. de MENOCAL (President and Director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), USA)
• The Future of the "Smart Ocean” initiative Led by the Institute of Science Tokyo SAKAGUCHI Kei (Vice President, Institute of Science Tokyo), WATANABE Fumio (Specially Appointed Specialist, Institute of Science Tokyo)
• Tackling the Marine Debris Problem with IT –Transformation Brought About by Data Visualization– KOJIMA Fujio (CEO, Pirika Co., Ltd.)
• Protecting the Sea of Sakushima -Eelgrass conservation activities initiated by children MITSUYA Yukiko (Assistant Section Chief, Sakushima Promotion Section, Exchange and Co-Creation Department, Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture)

No.594（June 20, 2025）

• Background of the "BLUE OCEAN DOME" Exhibit with the Theme of "Resuscitating the Ocean" TAKEUCHI Mitsuo (Director, ZERI JAPAN (Certified NPO))
• Hannan City's Initiatives Toward the Osaka-Kansai Expo, with Satoyama and Satoumi as their Fields of Focus MAEDA Masahiro (Vice Director of the Future Creation Department, Hannan City, Osaka Prefecture, and Head of the City Vitality Creation Division)
• Development and Social Implementation of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Ships ODE Tsuyoshi (Specially Appointed Professor, Ph.D., Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)

No.593（May 20, 2025）

• Umi-no-Chizu (Map of the Sea) Project: Towards the Reconstruction of Noto KATO Shigeru (President of the Japan Hydrographic Association)
• Current Status and Challenges of Ocean Visualization OCHIAI Takeshi (Chief Researcher, IDEA Consultants, Inc.)
• Digital Transformation of the Ocean and Beyond NAGATA Yasunori (Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.)

No.592（April 20, 2025）

• Development of Marine Industry at Toda Fishing Port SATO Toshimi (Secretary General of Shizuoka Prefecture Heda Tourism Association)
• "Sea Fishing GO" is Opening New Paths for the Future of the Marine Industry MATSUURA Jotarou (Section Chief, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Section, Industry Promotion Division, Nishiizu Town Hall, Shizuoka Prefecture)
• Town Development of Taiji, the Town of Whales WADA Masaki (General Affairs Division, Taiji Town Hall, Wakayama Prefecture)