The Future of Our Ocean
The ocean is essential to human life.
Today, however, the world’s seas and oceans face a variety of problems, including pollution, kidnapping and piracy, and the depletion of marine food resources.
Resolving these problems requires human resources to tackle these issues.
Even if there are people and organizations who share this sense of crisis for the future of our ocean, they are not able to work together and effectively realize their full potential.
We are cultivating people to clear the future for the world’s oceans, while at the same time building a foundation that connects these people and organizations, to pass on the ocean’s riches to future generations.
Projects
Black to Blue is a joint project launched by The Nippon Foundation and Economist Impact to address urgent issues directly facing the world’s oceans, including chemical pollution and marine plastics.
The Nippon Foundation – Nekton Ocean Census
The Nippon Foundation – Nekton Ocean Census is a global initiative to discover unknown marine life, jointly launched by The Nippon Foundation and Nekton Foundation as an open network based on cooperation among the scientific world, the media, academia, business, and the private sector.
The Nippon Foundation MEGURI2040 Fully Autonomous Ship Program
The Nippon Foundation MEGURI2040 Fully Autonomous Ship Program is leading the world in carrying out demonstration testing of fully autonomous navigation for coastal shipping, and through the success of this testing, seeks to create further opportunities for technological development in this field, promote innovation in Japan’s logistics, economy and social platforms, and support related technological development.
Safety in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
Roughly one third of the world’s crude oil and more than 80% of Japan’s oil imports pass through the Straits of Malacca and Singapore.
The Nippon Foundation Ocean Innovation Consortium
Amid concerns of a shortage of marine resource development engineers with the expertise and practical techniques needed by the marine resource development market, The Nippon Foundation Ocean Innovation Consortium is a program to train marine resource development engineers across Japan.
Nagisa-no-Koban (Seaside Patrol Stations) Project
The ocean gives so much bounty that it is referred to as “Mother Ocean,” and based on this idea, The Nippon Foundation has been supporting groups working in seaside locations to bring people closer to the ocean.
Contact
The Nippon Foundation
cc@ps.nippon-foundation.or.jp