The city of Onomichi adopted 'The Maritime City of Onomichi' as its slogan in 2006, after which it began making efforts to promote shipping-related activities. In conjunction with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism's Chugoku District Transport Bureau, it established Onomichi Maritime City Promotion Council, which focuses on the promotion of shipping-related corporations, as well as the procurement and training of human resources for the maritime industry. The city also compiled a 'Shipbuilding Industry Promotion Vision of Onomichi City' in March 2012, establishing a roadmap for Onomichi's shipping industry going forward. A special series from Kaiji Press entitled 'The Maritime City of Onomichi' will introduce some of the shipping-related corporations in Onomichi and look at the efforts being made to promote the evolution of Onomichi into a maritime city.

1. "Turning the Shimanami Kaido into the Japanese maritime industry's largest focal point"
   • Interview with Onomichi mayor Yuko Hiratani
2. Shimanami coastal highway a balanced maritime cluster
   Yasuhisa Mitani
   • Deputy Director General, Chugoku District Transport Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism
3. What is the Onomichi Maritime City Promotion Council?
   The history and current state of Onomichi's maritime industry
4. Onomichi Maritime City Promotion Council's efforts to create a true maritime city
5. Aiming to create a hub city of shipbuilding culture and shipbuilding industry cluster core hub
   • 'Shipbuilding Industry Promotion Vision of Onomichi City'
6. Onomichi passing on shipbuilding techniques to the rest of Japan
   • Innoshima Technical Center
7. Taking on the role of educating hopefuls to become mariners
   • Onomichi Marine Institute
8. 'Sea Festa Onomichi -- Sea Festival 2012 Onomichi/Fukuyama/Mihara --' is grandly and successfully held
9. Onomichi's maritime industries
   • Shipbuilding
   • Marine equipment industry
   • Shipping and Classification Societies
   • and many others

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