Policy Proposals Industrial Policy Proposal to Take Stronger Measures to Control Piracy
October 18, 2011
KEIDANREN
[ Summary ]
[ Proposal ] (PDF version)
1. Effects of Piracy on Marine Transport
2. Increasingly Serious Piracy Problems
- (1) Actual State of Piracy
- (2) Present Condition of Waters off Somalia, the Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean
3. Importance of International Cooperation
- (1) Initiatives by International Organizations, Etc.
- (2) Japan's Initiatives
4. Specific Stronger Actions That Should Be Taken to Control Piracy
- (1) Dispatch of More Self-Defense Force Units
- (2) Stronger Guard with Self-Defense Force Officials and Japan Coast Guard Officers on Board
- (3) Support for Somalia and Neighboring Coastal Countries
- (4) Establishment of International Rules
[ Reference Materials ]
- Sea Lanes Connecting the Gulf of Aden and the Persian Gulf to Japan
- Somali Pirates
- Piracy Has Expanded to Cover Indian Ocean (2008-2011)
- Changes in the Number of Piracy Cases in the World
- Initiatives to Control Piracy (as of June 2011)
- Self-Defense Forces' Operations to Control Piracy in the Gulf of Aden