Report of JEAN Activities for 2012
◆ Projects organized by JEAN ◆Marine Litter Summit Hozugawa-Kameoka Meeting

In 2012, the 10th annual Marine Litter Summit was held in Kameoka City of Kyoto
Prefecture, an inland city that does not have a coast. A model for reducing generation ofdriftage litter in river basins was conveyed to the nation. Reduction of damage and reductionof amount of ocean litter originating from inland areas was discussed.

Marine Litter Platform JAPAN

Since 2007, JEAN has held the “Marine Litter Platform JAPAN” in which people fromacross the country connected to the marine litter problem meet together at one place. In July2012, implementation of a deposit system as a measure against waste was discussed
including a lecture by a specialist. Also, case examples of efforts from various regions wereintroduced. http://malipjapan.jp/◆ Cooperation and participation in academic research ◆Analyzing of actual situation for transport of chemical pollutants
by marine debris and developing of strategic environmental
education for risk reduction
Ministry of the Environment--Environment Research & Technology Development Fund Project: Collaborative research withresearchers from Ehime University--Coast Environmental Science Research Center, Kyushu University, and National Institute forLand and Infrastructure Management

JEAN held the “Marine Litter Science Cafe” , a study meeting related to the marine litter
problem at Ishigaki Island and Naha City in Okinawa Prefecture, Fukuoka City, Fukueshima Island
in Nagasaki Prefecture, Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, Sakata City and Yamagata City in
Yamagata Prefecture, and Mutsu City in Aomori Prefecture. The marine litter research project
covering a span of six years was completed in 2012.

International
CoastalCleanup 2012in JAPANUMISOUJIN

Cleanup Campaign Overall Report

In the 2012 Cleanup Campaign, a total of 26,495 people

participated from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south, and 35
tons of litter was collected from 119 km of coast, riverbank, lakeshore, andunderwater. We express our gratitude to all of the participants.
Yamagata
61 sites (2)Visual observation of driftage originating from 2011 Tsunami

Saitama
2,978 peoples (3)Visual observation in cooperation with Kagoshima University Faculty of Fisheries and nationwide fisheries high school training
vessels

神奈川県・東京都・埼玉県・千葉県

At present, the large quantity of objects from the March 11, 2011 Tsunami is drifting
eastward across the North Pacific Ocean. According to estimates from the Ministry of theEnvironment, from April 2013, large quantities will wash ashore on the west coast of the North
American continent. In the present visual observations, visual data on the driftage is being
collected in cooperation with training vessels of fisheries high schools throughout thecountry.=>http://seafrogs.info/marinelitter/mmd311.html

Convene Japan-U.S. cooperative investigation and forum
regarding Tsunami driftage
This is a cooperative project by NGOs from the U.S. and Japan conducted through thenetwork formed from the ICC until now, in preparation for the full-scale of driftage washingashore on the west coast of the North American continent. In August 2012, a meeting was held inOregon state of the U.S. by ICC coordinators from Japan and the U.S. In January 2013, aninvestigation was conducted on the coast of Hawaii state, and in February, a citizens forum andanother coastal investigation were held in Oregon state. In March 2013, briefing sessions on thisproject were held in Tokyo and Sendai. Through the present project, cooperation deepened
between ICC coordinators from the U.S. and Japan and Ocean Conservancy. Furthermore, bydeveloping cooperation with domestic NGOs that are engaged in support activities for theearthquake disaster, new connections were deepened among the relevant parties and the network
was expanded.

Supported by Fisheries Agency, Japan Coast Guard, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism, Ministry of the Environment
Cooperation by Goﬁeld.com, inc., The Beverage Industry Environment Beautiﬁcation
Association, Sapporo Breweries Limited, Johnson Controls, Mujirushiryouhin Bokinken,
GREENSTYLE Fund、MS＆AD Group Holdings, Inc., Seafrogs.info
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Tokyo
106 sites (1)11,057 peoples (1)Kagoshima
32 sites (3)9,588 peoples (2)▲ Sites map of Cleanup campign 2012 in Japan (rank)

What is the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC)

The problem of marine litter cannot be solved by only picking up litter. No matter how much we collect litter, new litter will be generated
repeatedly and will be washed ashore. The International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) (Implemented September to October) is an eﬀort proposed by theOcean Conservancy (US) in which the content of litter is investigated using the same method throughout the world. It is an activity in which eachparticipant becomes aware of the problems associated with litter while searching for ways to improve the situation. The objective is to have eachparticipant understand that instead of continuing to pick up litter forever, we ourselves must reduce litter or else the marine litter problem will not
be solved.