16th Meeting of the Committee for Basic Policy of the Water Security Council of Japan (WSCJ) - News

On December 12, the 16^th meeting of the Committee for Basic Policy of the WSCJ was held in a special conference room in the building for House of Councilors of the Japanese Diet.

The Committee for Basic Policy, comprised of members of the governing council of the WSCJ, is considering how to manage watersheds from a 21^st century perspective. For the first time since the Committee´s foundation on January 30, 2009, its meeting was held in the Upper House members’ building and attracted various stakeholders in public-private sectors of Team Water Japan, including a record number of 12 Diet members.

At the 15^th meeting in February, 2017, participants affirmed that, as a future action policy they would strive to realize the solutions stipulated in the 2012 recommendation, Towards a Low-Carbon Sustainable Water and Material-Circulating Society. Based on this, at the 16^th meeting diverse proposals were discussed and presented, including ways of implementing solutions described in the 2012 recommendation, hydro-energy in the low-carbon society, sustainability of water supply and sewerage services, and inter-agency approaches.

The Japan Water forum will continue to develop policy recommendation activities towards the implementation of various measures for the resolution of water issues at home and abroad through its activities as secretariat of the Water Security Council of Japan.

〇Outlines of the meeting

Event title	16th Meeting of the Committee for Basic Policy of the Water Security Council of Japan (WSCJ)
Date / Time	Tuesday, 12 December, 2018, at 10:00 to 13:00 (Door open: 9:30)
Venue	Special Conference Room, Members’ Office Building of the House of Councilors, Tokyo
Attendees	96 people (National Diet members: 12 people, Governing Council members: 22 people, Action team members: 4 people, Ministry officials: 11 people, and Audience and others: 47 people)
Agenda	１．Opening (1) Opening remarks Dr. Norihito TAMBO, Chair of the WSCJ’s Governing Council/ President of the River Center of Hokkaido/ Professor Emeritus from Hokkaido University (2) Remarks from National Diet members ２．Hydro energy in decarbonized society (1) Suggestion on Energy Utilization of Existing Dams Presenter: Dr. Kotaro TAKEMURA, Chair of Japan Water Forum (2) Hydro energy in decarbonized society and WSCJ Presenter: Prof. Tadashi YAMADA, Chuo University ３．International conferences on Water (1) The 11th IWA (International Water Association) World Congress & Exhibition 2018 Presenter: Prof. Hiroaki FURUMAI, Graduate School of the University of Tokyo (2) The 17th World Lake Conference Presenter: Dr. Saburo MATSUI, Emeritus professor, Kyoto University (3) The 3^rd Asia-Pacific Water Summit: “Yangon Declaration: Pathway Forward” and Follow-up Presenter: Ms. Sae ISHIHARA, Manager, Japan Water Forum ４．General discussion: first half Moderator: Dr. TAMBO, Chair – Break – ５．Sustainability of water supply and sewage service (1) Recognition of issues on sustainability of water supply and sewage service Presenter: Mr. Kazunari YOSHIMURA, Representative of Global Water Japan (2) Problem presentation on sustainability of water supply and sewage service Presenter: Mr. Seisaku ENDO, Researcher, Institute of Public Policy Studies of Hokkaido University Public Policy School (3) Case study of Mizu Mirai Hiroshima Corporation (water supplier company of Public-private partnership) Presenter: Mr. Koji MISHIMA, President, Chief Executive Officer of Mizu Mirai Hiroshima Corporation (4) Current situation of water supply management and towards a sustainable water infrastructure system Presenter: Mr. Yuya SATO, Associate professor, Comprehensive Research Organization of WASEDA University/ Senior Researcher, Waseda Institute of Water Cycle System Research of WASEDA University (5) Wrap-up Mr. YOSHIMURA ６．General discussion: Second half Moderator: Dr. TAMBO, Chair of WSCJ ７．Closing Closing remarks Dr. TAKEMURA

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Opening remarks from Dr. TAMBO, Chair of the WSCJ’s GC	Remarks from a newly appointed GC member, Mr. SATO

Remarks from a newly appointed GC member,Dr. MORISAWA	Suggestion on Energy Utilization of Existing Dams by Dr. TAKEMURA

Problem presentation on sustainability of water supply and sewage service by Mr. ENDO	Inside of the conference room

Inside of the conference room	Inside of the conference room

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(Reported by Atsushi Noguchi, Manager)