ABSTRACT: In April 2011 Hanshin (Kobe & Osaka) Port as well as Keihin (Tokyo & Yokohama) Port has been designated as the international strategic ports, which has the uppermost status for container ports in Japan, by the central government. Hanshin Port is now devising a set of new strategies to strengthen the international competitiveness and to make cargo-flow more efficient. One of the strategies is to establish an inland container depot (ICD) in order to streamline the moves of container drayage trucks. By analyzing the data of “2008 nationwide survey for moves of export/import container cargoes of Japan”, the author reveals the origins and destination of the cargoes and the ports utilized, especially for the Shiga prefecture. Next the author estimates the demand for the planned ICD in southwestern Shiga, and then proceeds to the analysis of the feasibility study of the ICD. The author finds a practical possibility of establishing an ICD as well as proposes some measures for developing reuse of empty containers.

ABSTRACT: Marine Sasi plays an important role in coastal resource management as a traditional and informal system in Maluku villages, Indonesia. The existence and performance of Sasi system and other indigenous knowledge practices in Indonesia were widely affected by various policies issued by the government. The sustainability and functionality of Sasi system were weakened significantly in the 1970s due to the changes of village government system. Meanwhile, the Sasi system has been predicted to be recovered after the implementation of local government system reformation in 2004. This paper tries to clarify the actual condition of marine Sasi system in Maluku villages during three different regimes, i.e., traditional, Centralization and Decentralization regime; and also to analyze the impacts of the changes in village government system to the structure of marine Sasi. The number of marine Sasi system was declined during the Centralization Regime, but has been increasing in the Decentralization regime as it was predicted. Meanwhile the structure of marine Sasi system was weakened during the centralization regime, but starting to improve in the Decentralization regime. Marine Sasi system is important for the Maluku villages’ community members, but it is fragile to the changes of village government system.

ABSTRACT : Many coastal areas have been artificialized as a result of coastal development works that proceed without any systematic planning due to the government’s vertically-structured administration. However, since the decentralization policy was established in 2000, favorable conditions have gradually occurred, enabling local governments to play a major role in the integrated utilization and conservation of coastal areas. And from this viewpoint, understanding the features of coastal municipalities including their financials is very important for implementing ICM. But statistics that indicate the geographical features of such municipalities are not available. So, this study will describe the basic geographical features of coastal municipalities using GIS. Based on financial data on all municipalities made public by the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry, the financial data on coastal municipalities was extracted with GIS. Through the data, it became clear that fixed asset tax revenue from coastal facilities such as major ports and factories was the major source of revenue for the general account budget of coastal municipalities. In addition, this study pointed out the importance of the shifting of tax revenues from the national government to the municipalities that do not possess coastal facilities, such as major ports and factories.

ABSTRACT : The authors evaluated the project by grasp of business scheme and comparative examination during a case in the match conducted at riverside in urban area about the "social experiment of waterside" which is deregulation about exclusive use in a river district. As a result, the authors grasped that equity in entry of a new business person has been secured by the form of the exclusive use of a river district and building of a business scheme according to the organization which affects a match. And the authors grasped that it’s being linked to smooth business expansion by simplification of a business scheme by a conference’s and an enterpriser’s becoming a subject of exclusive use in a match in an inter city the various organizations affect.

ABSTRACT: During the GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE, on March 11, 2011, long distance ferry demonstrated the high seaworthiness against the tsunami waves. The ferry also promptly committed the emergency relief logistics (ERL) by transporting personnel, vehicles and heavy equipment for search and rescue parties which deployed to the disaster site. Based upon the experience, this study reviews ERL activities undertaken by ferries, and identifies the strength and weakness of the ferry boats through a computer numerical modeling to simulate ferry ERL operations. Case study was undertaken in Kochi prefecture and policy implications were obtained for further mobilizing ferries as transportation measures at the disaster scene.