Japan Maritime Self - Defense Force Shipping Economy in Indian Ocean ~ An analysis of Japanese Naval Deployment in the Indian Ocean to secure the interests of Shipping based Economies ~ ~ RADM Akira Saito, Director General, Operations and Plans Department Japan Maritime Self - Defense Force Unclassified 1
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Shipping Economy in Indian Ocean
~ An analysis of Japanese Naval Deployment in the Indian Ocean
to secure the interests of Shipping based Economies ~
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RADM Akira Saito,
Director General, Operations and Plans Department
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Unclassified
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
EEZ
An economic power with strong
economic capacity and high
technological capabilities
Has achieved economic growth
through maritime trade and
development of marine resources
Has pursued “Open and Stable Seas”
Japan’s survival is dependent on
the SLOCs in the Indian and the
Pacific Oceans
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National Security Strategy (2013)
For JMSDF, how to maintain peace and stability the Indian and
the Pacific Oceans presents a serious challenge.
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Japan as a maritime state
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Maritime Report 2017
Percentage of trade on SLOCs to the entire trade : 99.6%
Energy self-sufficiency ratio
(Primary energy) : 7%
Oils self-sufficiency ratio : 0.3%
Fossil fuels : Approx. 88%
Oils from Middle East : 88%
Japan depends on seaborne trade
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Japan’s economy and maritime trade
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Africa
Asia
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Japan’s SLOCs and the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean: 90% of oil bound for Japan, almost all Japan’s goods
exported to Europe, Middle East and Africa passes through the Indian Ocean
pass through the Indian Ocean
Arabian Sea
SLOCs in the Indian Ocean is literally
lifeline of Japan’s economy
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
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“Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)” Vision
The Pacific Ocean
The Indian Ocean
“Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision”
Africa
Asia
Japan
IndiaUS
“...Place that values freedom, the rule of law, and the market economy, free from
force or coercion...” Prime Minister Abe Keynote address at TICAD* Ⅵ(Aug 2016)
Free and Open Indo-Pacific
* Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development
Free and open Indo-Pacific as “international public goods”
Bring stability and prosperity to any country without discrimination
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
① Promotion and establishment of the rule of law,
freedom of navigation, free trade
② Pursuit of economic prosperity” through improvement of