Virtual Marine Arsenal

Akishima Institute, was founded as the Institute of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in 1978 as a research company for the ship and marine engineering technology.

Akashi Ship Model Basin Co. Ltd. (ASMB) was established in 1971 and provides hydrodynamics experimental research of ships and offshore structures.

Hiroshima University has a group of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (NAOE)

Ishikawajima Shipyard was established in 1853 as the root of IHI - Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries.

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) has the main objective to contribute to the advancement of academic research in addition to the improvement of marine science and technology.

JMU - Japan Marine United Corporation is an integration of two companies, Universal Shipbuilding and IHIMU.

Faculty of Maritime Science in Kobe University was established in 2003. It originates, from Kawasaki Merchant Marine School which was founded in 1917. Ship model basin established in 1972.

Kyushu University has a Department of Marine Systems Engineering.

In 1884 the founder of Mitsubishi took a lease of Government-owned Nagasaki Shipyard. This shipbuilding business was later turned into Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. and was again launched as Mitsubishi Heavy-Industries, Ltd. (MHI) in 1934.

NiAS - Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science has been founded as Kawaminami High Shipbuilding School in 1942.

National Maritime Research Institute (NMRI) has been established in 1916  as the Ship Equipment Inspection Station under the Ministry of Telecommunication and Transport in Japan.

National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering (NRIFE) offers engineering solutions for the wide range of problems in fisheries since 1979.

The Department of Marine System Engineering of Osaka Prefecture University offers research programs concerning marine system planning, marine transportation, marine space utilization, marine resource development and marine environment, on the basis of hydrodynamics, structural engineering, computer science and systems engineering.