Report of JEAN Activities for 2013
◆Marine Litter Platform JAPAN

Since 2007, JEAN has held the “Marine Litter Platform JAPAN” in which people from across thecountry connected to the marine litter problem meet together at one place. In March 2013, the subject oftactics for international cooperation among NGOs, etc., including responses to the driftage caused by thetsunami after the Great East Japan Earthquake, was discussed together with re-examination of the “Law for
the Promotion of Marine Litter Disposal” , which was enacted in July 2009. <http://malipjapan.jp/>◆Marine Litter Summit Tokyo MeetingIn 2013, the 11th Annual Marine Litter Summit was held in Tokyo (Nov. 2013). In addition to results of on-site investigations(states of Alaska and Washington in the US, and British Columbia in Canada) related to driftage from the tsunami of the Great East
Japan Earthquake, future responses were considered and opinions shared regarding more effective measures toward solving themarine litter problem, including marine litter from before the tsunami.

◆Training Course for Monitors -- Toward Development of

Educational Material on the Issue of Marine Litter

JEAN participated in the “Marine Litter Research Project” (a collaborative investigation
with Ehime University, Kyushu University and the National Institute for Land and InfrastructureManagement (NILIM) spanning six years, ending in March 2013), which was funded by theEnvironment Research and Technology Development Fund (ERTDF). In this research project, wedeveloping educational materials to help administrative oﬃcers, educators and citizens, who areinvolved in beach cleanups, to facilitate understanding of the wide-ranging marine litter issue in a
simple and comprehensive way with the latest information. In 2013, a great deal of consideration
was given to the contents and ways of usage of the material. In March 2013, gaining cooperationfrom Umimori1) , a training course for monitors was held in Tokyo.
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A Japanese voluntary neighborhood watch for maritime security, established in 2001. It isoperated by the Japan Coast Guard Foundation, supported by the Nippon Foundation andauthorized by the Japan Coast Guard.

InternationalCoastal
Cleanup 2013
Cleanup Campaign Overall Report

In the 2013 Cleanup Campaign, a total of 34,758 people
participated from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south, and 87
tons of litter was collected from 192 km of coasts, riverbanks, lakeshores,
and underwater. We express our gratitude to all of the participants.

Yamagata Prefecture
57 sites (rank 2)◆Eﬀorts on the Tsunami-Induced Driftage, etc. in the North Paciﬁc

Ocean in 2013

JEAN was commissioned by the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency(ERCA) in November 2012 to undertake the “Project for Japan-US Non-governmental
Organizationsʼ Collaboration, Investigation and Transmission of Information to Japan Regarding
Ocean Driftage Originated from the Tsunami associated with the Great East Japan Earthquake” .
In this project, we carried out investigations of the condition of tsunami driftage in the states ofOregon and Hawaii in the US, and in March 2013, we hosted forums in Tokyo and Sendai.
Subsequently, in June 2013, with support from The Sasagawa Peace Foundation and JEANʼ sfunds, we implemented the tsunami driftage investigation in Alaska State in the US.
Furthermore, we contracted a project from the Ministry of the Environment, Oﬃce ofMarine Environment, “Overseas Research on Trends Regarding the Ocean Driftage Originated fromthe Tsunami associated the Great East Japan Earthquake for Fiscal 2013” . We visited British
Columbia Province in Canada and Washington State in the US in late September 2013 to conduct
interviews with the concerned persons of the local areas and conduct status assessments.

◆Completion of Photographic Panels “Pass on Beautiful andHealthy Oceans to Our Children -- Problems of theTsunami-induced Driftage and Marine Litter”

JEAN played a central role in a series of survey activities implemented from 2012 related
to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami-induced driftage. This set of 12 photo-panels (A1 size) show
the survey activities, and address the present marine litter problem that has become apparent
through the tsunami-induced driftage. Please contact the JEAN oﬃce for rental information, etc.

神奈川県・東京都・埼玉県・千葉県

UmisojinKagoshima Prefecture
48 sites (rank 3)
6,168 people (rank 2)

Kanagawa Prefecture
3,134 people (rank 3)

Tokyo Metropolis
115 sites (rank 1)
9,042 people (rank 1)▲ Map of Cleanup Campaign 2013 Sites in Japan

Supported by Fisheries Agency, Japan Coast Guard, Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Ministry of the Environment
Cooperation by Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd., Goﬁeld.com, Inc.,
GREENSTYLE Foundation, JAPAN NUS Co., Ltd., Naturalharmony Co., Ltd., NEW
LAB, INC., Nisshindo Co., Ltd., Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Patagonia・VoiceYour Choice, Sanwa Holdings Corporation, Sapporo Holdings Ltd., Seafrogs.info,Teva, The Beverage Industry Environment Beautiﬁcation Association
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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 pick up litter, new litter willcontinue to be generated and will be washed ashore. The International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) (Implemented September to October) is aneﬀort proposed by the Ocean Conservancy (US) in which the content of litter is investigated using the same method throughout the world.
It is an activity in which each participant becomes aware of the problems associated with litter while searching for ways to improve thesituation. The objective is to have each participant 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.