ABSTRACT : The aim of this study is to clarify how nature experience activities at the sea influences life skill acquisition in participants. In this study, a 3 night and 4 days intensive program was established as part of a university class which focused on nature experience activities such as sea kayaking and skin diving. Personal reflections that were submitted by the participants on the final day of the program were used as a qualitative research method to verify what kind of experiences influence what skills. The obtained data was used to generate an analysis worksheet using part of Kinoshita’s Modified-Grounded Theory Approach: M-GTA. As a result of the investigation, 14 concepts and 6 categories were generated. Those that push their limits, responding to changing situations and caring for others were found to have possible effects on life skill acquisition in university students.

ABSTRACT : One of the most important components of Japan’s fisheries policy reform is a direction to promote the entry of private companies into the fisheries business with the intent of increasing the productivity of this sector. However, there have been very few empirical studies investigating the intentions private companies have with regard to their entries into fisheries sector. This work, therefore, aims to investigate those intentions empirically, with an online survey for the managers of 400 private companies throughout the country. Results showed 1) “past experience of fishery business” and “size of company (number of employees)” have statistically significant relationships with the degree of intention for a new entry into the fishery business, 2) the “accommodation and food services”, “fisheries and aquaculture”, and “construction” sectors showed an outstanding interest in starting a fisheries business, 3) some business managers are interested in fisheries businesses which utilize coastal/offshore waters, but there are also many others interested in businesses without the direct use of those waters. In order to minimize negative impacts and maximize positive impacts of private companies on the fishery sector and fishing communities, fisheries science and policy need to promote meaningful collaboration between the existing fishery sector and potential newcomers through proper direction. The empirical results of this study will help to shape the first step of this direction.

ABSTRACT : Drawing from previous research, the landscape recognition area for the local residents in a coastal fishing village area was clarified based on the results of a questionnaire survey. Then, this study analyzed the relationship between the geographic and spatial visibility of environmental cognition and the cognition areas of town, mountain and marine residents. The village was given a type based on the cognition area. Based on these results this study considers the explicate and implicate orders formed from the relationships between the cognitive area and the visible and invisible areas; the components of the town, mountain, sea, landmarks.

ABSTRACT : In order to effectively use the water surface of the storage yard as the existing stock of the port where the port is being idled, we will grasp the current situation and the rights relationship of the water yard in the ports nationwide, and further target the water surface of the unused storage yard. The purpose was to obtain basic knowledge for utilizing the water surface of the storage yard by grasping the administrative intention regarding the utilization policy. As a result, the water surface of the storage yards at the ports nationwide was confirmed at 175 locations at 75 ports, of which the reservoir type water surface was the least used. In addition, we were able to confirm the existence of the water surface on which land is owned by the land under the tree storage yard at 15 locations in 7 ports nationwide. In addition, it was clarified that various issues such as coordination with stakeholders in the hinterland, removal of tree storage facilities, and transfer to urbanized areas should be solved when considering the use of water storage areas.

ABSTRACT : In this study, the recent frequent occurrence of flood disasters caused by typhoons and torrential rains has led to concerns about large-scale floods in urban areas. In particular, Koto, Tokyo, has a wide area at zero meters above sea level. Focusing on the ward, we grasped the current state of administrative measures, and grasped the trend of flood control measures assuming a large-scale flood in a private company with a head office function in Koto 5 wards. As a result, more than 80% of private enterprises with headquarters functions in Koto 5 districts are located in the inundation area, but there is a difference in administrative response in each district, and passive measures are also taken for the districts that are taking measures. In addition, it was clarified that only a small number of companies are taking countermeasures, and no countermeasures have been taken according to the risk of flooding. Given this situation, we proposed a procedure for flood control measures for companies.

ABSTRACT : Although it has been known that Black-tailed Gulls Larus crassirostris breeds along the coast of Murakami, Niigata, Japan, the information about the number of their nest have not been updated more than thirty years. In this study, we counted the number of nests in the Black-tailed Gulls by land-based surveys in April 2017 and 2018. A total of 343 nests were observed in 2017, and 394 nests in 2018. Compared with the previous records in 1980s, our results showed that the nest of Black-tailed Gulls in Murakami have increased in numbers.