Ocean Policy

Based on the Basic Act on Ocean Policy, Headquarters for Ocean Policy was established to promote measures with regard to the oceans intensively and comprehensively.

The Cabinet Office of Japan is in charge of the tasks covering basic policies to promote measures with regard to the oceans comprehensively and systematically.

June 25. 2024

Cabinet Decision on "Cabinet Order for Partial Revision of the Cabinet Order on Prescribing the Areas of the Sea under Article 2, item(ii) of the Law on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf"（June 25, 2024） (PDF:177KB)

March 29. 2019

Published the Third Basic Plan on Ocean Policy (May 2018) (full text) (PDF:856KB)

December 26. 2018

Arctic policy website has been updated

Main policies

• Basic Act on Ocean Policy (PDF:50KB)
• Outline of the Fourth Basic Plan on Ocean Policy (April 2023) (PDF:590KB)
• Outline of the Third Basic Plan on Ocean Policy (May 2018) (PDF:446KB)
• The Third Basic Plan on Ocean Policy (May 2018) (full text) (PDF:856KB)
• Outline of the Second Basic Plan on Ocean Policy (April 2013) (PDF:486KB)
• The Second Basic Plan on Ocean Policy (April 2013) (PDF:641KB)
• Japan's Arctic Policy (PDF:197KB)
• Outline of Japan's Arctic Policy (PDF:250KB)

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