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Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. announced the development of technology that uses analysis of ship-related big data to estimate fuel efficiency, speed and other performance in actual sea conditions, to a highly accurate margin of error of less than 5%.

The US Coast Guard issued a news release stating that its International Port Security team recently completed a bilateral engagement with Japanese officials to share best practices.

Five years after the Fukushima nuclear accident, there is still no U.S. federal agency responsible for studies of radioactive contaminants in the ocean. But scientific data about the levels of radioactivity in the ocean off our shores are available publicly thanks to ongoing efforts of independent researchers, including Ken Buesseler, a radiochemist with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), who has led the effort to create and maintain an ocean monitoring network along the U.S. West Coast.

The Japanese government plans to allocate development assistance for some 60 projects in African countries, centering on infrastructure development but also covering fields as diverse as agriculture and health care

There were about 780 accidents over the 10 years through 2014 in which vessels accidentally collided with and damaged maritime navigation signs in seas off Japan, with 70 percent of them found to be “hit-and-run” cases, according to the Japan Coast Guard.

Australia and Japan have signed a cooperative research arrangement on marine hydrodynamics, the Chief Defence Scientist, Dr Alex Zelinsky, announced.

RMI announced that it is ''proud to continue to be entrusted with the registration of state of the art eco-ships by Japanese Shipowners''.

Maritime education and training needs - now and in the future - were the focus of a high-level international symposium

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, shakes hands with Myanmar's President Thein Sein, and Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha

Japan is drawing up plans to get trucks and ships to use the fuel, partly to help cut carbon emissions but also to diversify energy sources in the freight sector for security reasons, Reuters reports. A draft report on energy policy discussed at the trade ministry on 18th June stressed the need for a greater variety of fuels to transport cargo and noted the growing international use of LNG and compressed natural gas (CNG) in the sector. Ryo Minami, the ministry’s director of oil and gas, wants 10 per cent of the 300,000 trucks used for long-distance transport to be fuelled by LNG soon and a “substantial” part of the fleet to use gas eventually. “By diversifying fuel in the distribution sector, we aim to improve our ability to respond in the event of an energy crisis,” he said. “If oil supplies are halted, distribution will come to a stop.” Read more  Reuters -  Japan pushes LNG for transport to help climate, energy securityIn the start, I was frank with you propecia before and after has changed my life. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is incredible to sit.