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sea agendas. And having these experts in place, that Japan will have to acquire, as soon as pos- we feel that these people would now be able to sible, in order to leverage those resources. collaborate in a cross-border manner in order to Japan is well known for having sophisticated build more of a comprehensive system, or orga- technology, in areas such as robotics and arti? cial nization, in order to be responsible to oversee the intelligence. When it comes to Deep Star, they oceans around the world. are well-known in terms of working in the ? eld, hands-on. So from that standpoint, we feel that the younger generation of Japan would be able to

In Houston at OTC Nippon Foundation signed an

MOU with Deep Star. What is the signi? cance have the opportunity to be further educated and of this MOU?

trained, together with Deep Star, to acquire the necessary capabilities that will be instrumental

Starting from more of a hands-on level, it has to in the future. We feel that by collaborating with do with the natural resources that are scarce in Deep Star will provide a lower cost and safer

Japan. As you know, in Japan we do not have any way to rely on the oil and natural gases from the oil or natural gas that we can rely on from our seabed that surrounds the archipelago of Japan. land, but recently, the new discoveries were made that there are some rare metals, as well as other How does this contribute to the future of the oceans?

resources, that lies down below in the sea sur- rounding the archipelago of Japan. At the same time, we do not have the means or the technology The long-term future of human life depends on to extract those resources. So this is something healthy oceans. And I think that as oil and natural www.marinelink.com 21

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