Author: Kentaro Furuya

Kentaro Furuya has worked for the Japan Coast Guard for more than 30 years, both onboard and shore. He has dedicated himself to maritime search and rescue, investigation of crimes at sea, and planning and execution of maritime security operations. He has been a Japanese delegate to the International Maritime Organization and other international conferences relating to maritime laws and security measures for counter-piracy and counter-terrorism operations. He was an associate professor at the Japan Coast Guard Academy in 2012, where he taught international law and law of the sea. In April 2015, he moved to GRIPS as a joint associate professor. As a dual-appointment faculty member, he taught Law of the Sea and coast guard policies to both overseas and domestic postgraduate students. He was assigned a professor at the JCGA and an adjunct professor at GRIPS in 2018.

Japan’s Conceptualization of Maritime Security

By Kentaro Furuya | December 9, 2021 | Categories: AMTI Update

This article is part of Conceptualization of “Maritime Security” in Southeast Asia, a series of analyses produced by experts convened by the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. “Maritime security” Japan’s national language. “海洋安全保障 (Kaiyo anzen hosho)” is the most commonly used phrase for maritime security in Japanese. The phrase consists of three words. The […]