Japan

Professor Emeritus Kazou Nadaoka will be active in the leadership team and will lead the Japan team. Dr. Nadaoka has over 40 years of experience in coastal ecosystem conservation studies, integrated coastal zone management, and coastal oceanography and engineering. He has managed various transdisciplinary projects as PI, including in Tokyo Bay and Sekisei Lagoon coral reef area in Japan and Manila Bay and coral/seagrass/mangrove areas in the Philippines, all of which are potential project sites in Japan and the Philippines. Through these projects, he has established various transdisciplinary networks.

Dr. Keita Furukawa will lead and participate in the Report Card Development and Social Network Analysis for Tokyo Bay. He will act as Japan’s internal project evaluator. He has more than 30 years of experience in coastal ecosystem restoration, implementation, and evaluation in governmental institutions, NGO organizations, and NPO organizations. He serves as a member of the Tokyo Bay Public-private Partnership Council steering committee, co-chair of the Technical Session of PEMSEA, and a member of the Science and Policy Committee of the International EMECS Center.

Mr. Shin Kisugu is the Chair of the Tokyo Bay Public-Private Partnership Forum and the President of The Open University of Japan. He specializes in law and public property management in integrated coastal management implementation. He will be the external evaluator for Japan.