Contents
1 Project Objectives
2 Project Reviews
2-1 Overseas Views
2-2 1997 Achievements
3 1998 Project Review
3-1 Publication of Reports
3-2 Project Contents
3-2-1 Review on Research Committees
3-2-2 Review on the Project Delegation to Australia
3-2-3 Review on Exchanges with Overseas Experts
4 1999 Project Research Proposals
4-1 Prospects for Key Themes
4-1-1： Further Establishment of International Maritime Study Networks
4-1-2： Need for More Comprehensive Study of Piracy Issues
4-1-3： Promotion of Japan-South Korea Maritime Cooperation
4-1-4： Japan-US Security Arrangements and Regional Stability
4-1-5： Further Study of Obstacles to Freedom of Navigation
4-1-6： Further Promotion of Public Awareness of the Importance of Freedom of Navigation
4-2 Further Suggestions
4-2-1： Establishment of a more specialized research institute
4-2-2： Need for increased attention to the economy in security issues
4-2-3： Need for a Japan-US framework to deal with the UN Law of the Seas
4-2-4： Japan-US-Australia policy toward Asia
4-2-5： Need for Japan's own English journal
