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Coast Guard Officers [2011年07月01日(Fri)]
Coast Guard Officers



Protectors of the Sea, the Asia Coast Guard Junior Officers Course in Japan launched


Coast Guard officers are national public employees who protect the sixth largest ocean of the world. Japan Coast Guard Academy is located in Kure, Hiroshima and Japan Coast Guard School is located in Maizuru, Kyoto.

The coast guard officers are recognized more and more today due to the recent film “The Last Message; Umizaru” and the incident of sunken North Korean vessel in Kyushu (East China Sea). Application for admission to the Academy is on the increase. The well-trained students; their disciplined attitude and nimble action were outstanding in their volunteer work at the disaster areas of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

The long-awaited Basic Act on Ocean Policy has been enacted and there is a much stronger voice to say that Japan needs to change from a country that is protected by the sea to a country that protects the sea.

In the 17th century Hugo Grotius, a scholar of the law of the sea advocated the theory of the infinite sea and established the concept of free navigation. I am not an expert on the sea, but in 2007 I believe, I made a following statement in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The sea is finite. In order to solve multiple maritime issues such as protection of the sea; anti-piracy measures; and other problems that have arisen in the modern world, the users must bear the financial responsibility towards the sea, bearing in mind the need for sustained safe navigation through the Malacca Singapore Straits.” This created a big stir.
It goes without saying that the sea is very important. Yet the human resources that work at sea are of the poorest. The Nippon Foundation has, over many years, devoted itself to the work of training sea experts. We have produced close to 430 Sasakawa fellows at the World Maritime University in Malmo, Sweden and Mr. Ramon Liwag, Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard is one of the Sasakawa fellows.

We are also selecting and sending competent people from various countries to the International Maritime Law Institute in Malta; the Division of Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS); and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. The total number is more than 700 to date and there is a strong global network of maritime human resources created with the Nippon Foundation taking the leadership.

We have been requesting Japan Coast Guard to establish an Asian coast guard training course center at the Japan Coast Guard Academy; accept international students from Asia; and offer the course in English.

Fortunately, Commandant Hisayasu Suzuki was in full agreement. With all preparation completed, the first group of 7 students arrived in Japan from the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. We are looking to accept students from other countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and India in the future to fulfill my dream of educating true cosmopolitans through all English education at the Coast Guard Academy.

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Joint Press Release: The Japan Coast Guard and the Nippon Foundation
Summary of Chairman Yohei Sasakawa’s statement

On the Launch of the Coast Guard Academy and the Nippon Foundation Joint Junior Coast Guard Officer Course

The oceans of the world are connected, thus the problems that lie in this vast mass of water are diverse and complex.

In order to solve the problems of the seas today, global minded and interdisciplinary talents as well as a binding network of all these talents that crosses all national boundaries are needed.

To date the Nippon Foundation has educated more than 700 (717 to be precise) people in more than 100 countries and created a strong network.

In 2008, the Foundation has donated \500 million (US $6.2 million) to prepare for the establishment of this program together with Japan Coast Guard and other relevant stakeholders.

May 9, 2011 the Nippon Foundation Course started with the acceptance of 9 junior officers from 4 countries (3 from Indonesia, 2 from Malaysia, 2 from the Philippines and 2 from Japan).

The classes will be conducted in English in order that eventually the program will evolve as a truly international base for the training of Asia’s coast guards, and not to be solely housed at the Japan Coast Guard Academy.

The Nippon Foundation will continue to be actively involved in the area of human resource development and in all initiatives related to the Asian sea, in the capacity of a private sector organization.
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