2 Project Review
2-1 Overseas Reputation of the Project
Happily, his project has received recognition from all over the world. To name but a few, the following organizations have expressed the high degree of credit to this project：
Center for US-Japan Studies and Cooperation,
Vanderbilt University (USA)
US Council for Foreign Relations (USA)
Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (USA)
Atlantic Council (USA)
Center for Naval Analysis (USA)
Southeast Asian Programme in Ocean Law, Policy and Management (Thailand)
Maritime Institute of Malaysia (Malaysia)
Centre for Maritime Policy, Wollongong University (Australia)
Australian Defense Association (Australia)
Korean Institute of Maritime Studies (Korea)
Korean Institute of Defense Analysis (Korea)
International Maritime Bureau (UK)
With regard to Korea, for example, one of the Korean project members stated, "It is through the Freedom of Navigation Project that I came to realize that talks on maritime cooperation between Japan and Korea provide a good starting point for Japan-Korea cooperation. This project has played the role of base point that links Japanese and Korean intellectuals to one another, facilitating our exchange of opinions and opening a new era of Japan-Korea cooperative relations."
Similar statements have been expressed by other members and organizations. Furthermore, this project is beginning to forge new relations between Japan and other Asia-Pacific nations, including Australia, Thai and Malaysia.
