Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP)

National Platform for Innovative Ocean Developments

SIP3
National Platform for Innovative Ocean Developments

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NEWS

2023/11/24: COP28: Exhibition at JAPAN virtual Pavilion
2023/11/16: Marine Environmental Monitoring for Sustainable Use of Ocean Resources (Registration Deadline: Dec. 4 (Mon.))
2023/5/16: Press resease: Japan and France Collaborate to Deploy Next-Generation Underwater Observation System in the South Pacific

Program Director

Program Director（PD）

Shoichi Ishii

Adviser of the Japan CCS Co., Ltd.

It is important for Japan, which possess few resources, to establish the providing system for the natural resources at any time according to the international situation. For that, we need to develop the efficient survey technology and production technology with extremely low environmental impact in its own EEZ.

Overview

Japan is a maritime nation with the 6th largest sea area in the world. There are a lot of bounty including marine mineral resources at the deep sea of the Japanese ocean area.

Research Themes

About research themes in the program.

History of Our Chellenges

The second term of SIP "Innovative Deep Sea Resource Exploration Technology" implemented from 2018 to 2022 prior to current SIP3. In the past program, we have evaluated the approximate amount of resources of the rare earth elements in the deep-sea at the EEZ off Minamitorishima. Also, We have achieved the development of multiple Autonomous Undersea Robots (AUV) technology necessary for resource exploration, deep-sea terminal, and evaluate methods of the marine environment.