Copyright Transfer Statement
(to be submitted with manuscripts)
We are required to obtain from authors the copyright of papers published in the Journal of Marine Science and Technology for the term of copyright, and we would be grateful if you would confirm your acceptance by signing and returning the agreement below. We will not withhold permission for any reasonable request from you to publish any part of this paper in connection with any other work by you, provided the usual acknowledgments are given regarding copyright notice and reference to the original publication.
If it is appropriate, the. author's employer may sign this a agreement and, in an event, the employer may reserve the right to use the paper internally or for promotional purposes only, by indicating on this agreement.
The author warrants that the manuscript is the author's original work and has not been published before. (If excerpts from copyrighted works are included, the author will obtain written permission from the copyright owners and show credit to the sources in the manuscript).
If the work was prepared jointly, the author agrees to inform coauthors of the terms of the agreement and to sign on their behalf.
I hereby assign to the Society of Naval Architects of Japan, the copyright to my paper entitled：
Signature
Name (printed)
Affiliation
Date
If the paper is rejected this assignment is null and void.
The Society of Naval Architects of Japan
1-15-16 Toranomon Minato ku,
Tokyo 105-0001, Japan
Tel： +81-3-3502-2048
Fax： +81-3-3502-3150
Acknowledgment
The Nippon Foundation with hearty cooperative attitudes, enabled us to publish this journal by providing a fund to cover expenses needed for publication.
We express here our sincerest gratitude to the Foundation.
The Society of Naval Architects of Japan
