The Nippon Foundation – Nekton Ocean Census

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/what/projects/ocean/ocean-census

The Nippon Foundation – Nekton Ocean Census is a global initiative to discover unknown marine life, ...

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/what/projects/ocean/nf-gebco-seabed2030

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project is a global project that is calling on governments, ...

Back to Blue

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/what/projects/ocean/back-to-blue

Black to Blue is a joint project launched by The Nippon Foundation and Economist Impact to address u...

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Record-breaking five million square kilometres of seabed mapped last year

https://www.hydro-international.com/content/news/global-seabed-mapping-sets-new-record-with-five-million-square-kilometres-added-in-a-year

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Sasakawa Ryoichi A Life Sasakawa Ryoichi A Life Sato Seizaburo Hara Fujiko, translator E EastBridge ...

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Chapter 3 A New Role as a God of Wealth: From Motorboat Racing to Philanthropy I S ASAKAWA RYOICHI e...

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Chapter 2 The Hero of Sugamo Prison I W HEN THE ALLIED POWERS - led by the United States - occupied ...

Worldwide Scholarships and Fellowships

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The Nippon Foundation does not conduct its own scholarship programs. We do fund a number of programs...

Grant Opportunities and Priorities

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Japan’s 1st RORO Autonomous Vessel Certification

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/news/articles/2026/20260309-111454.html

The Nippon Foundation launched the MEGURI2040 Fully Autonomous Ship Program in February 2020 with th...

Olympia Dream Seto (Remote Island Ferry Working Group)

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/what/projects/ocean/meguri2040/olympiadreamseto

Consortium members (as of April 2024)

Mikage(Container Ship Working Group)

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/what/projects/ocean/meguri2040/mikage

With the aging of coastal shipping crews engaged in Japan’s domestic transport and the trend o...

Hokuren Maru No. 2 (Ro-Ro Vessel Working Group)

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/what/projects/ocean/meguri2040/dainihokurenmaru

Three companies – Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Japan Radio, and YDK Technologies – are retrofitting the ex...

Scholarships and Fellowships for Global Ocean Issues

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/involved/scholarships/maritime/

Almost daily, we receive queries about obtaining scholarship funding from The Nippon Foundation. Whi...