The results and implementation status briefing for FY2025 joint research projects in the ocean and maritime fields conducted by Hiroshima University and Kure City was held at the Marine Remote Sensing Technology Center on 19 October 2026, where the proposal leads for the 4 first-year research themes presented their results and challenges.
According to the article, approximately 50 stakeholders, including Hiroshima University trustee and vice president Kaneko Shinji (金子慎治), attended the briefing. The project, which aims to resolve challenges facing regional industries in the ocean and maritime fields and bring new technologies into practical use, receives total research activity grants of ¥10 million from Kure City. It is an initiative through which the member institutions of the Council for Promoting Kure as an Ocean Culture City collaborate on demonstration experiments and other activities.
In FY2025, the first year of the project, 4 research themes were selected, and the proposal leads presented their research results and future challenges. Kure City and Hiroshima University’s Town & Gown Office, together with educational and research institutions, companies and government, plan to advance research and development aimed at resolving challenges facing regional industries in the ocean and maritime fields and bringing new technologies into practical use.