[JPI Seminar] Nichimo Co., Ltd.: 'Key Points for Successful Land-Based Aquaculture, Challenges, and Future Development Strategies' to be held on Monday, April 13

Japan Planning Institute (JPI) will host a seminar featuring Mr. Tomoki Togawa, Executive Officer and General Manager of the Aquaculture Development Department at Nichimo Co., Ltd., to provide a detailed explanation of the key points, challenges, and future development strategies for successful land-based aquaculture.

[Details and Registration] https://www.jpi.co.jp/seminar/17682 [Title] Nichimo Co., Ltd.: Key Points for Successful Land-Based Aquaculture, Challenges, and Future Development Strategies ~The trajectory from repeated failures to achieving 'stable production' and the conditions for success~ [Date and Time] Monday, April 13, 2026, 13:30 - 15:30 *Applications for archive streaming are accepted even after the seminar concludes. [Speaker] Mr. Tomoki Togawa Executive Officer, General Manager of Aquaculture Development Department, Overseas Business Division, Nichimo Co., Ltd. [Lecture Overview] Nichimo Co., Ltd. has a history of approximately 45 years, beginning with coho salmon farming in Miyagi Prefecture. However, rising seawater temperatures in recent years have made the farming period and production volume unstable. This issue is not limited to coho salmon; yellowtail and red sea bream farming, particularly in Western Japan, are also facing unstable production environments due to recent environmental changes. Consequently, we turned our attention to land-based aquaculture in 2020. In cooperation with Kyushu Electric Power and others, we established the land-based aquaculture company Fish Farm Mirai LLC and began selling 'Mirai Salmon' in 2023, currently achieving stable production and receiving high praise from customers. In this lecture, we will explain the significance of land-based aquaculture, its challenges, and the keys to success, focusing primarily on our past experiences with failure. [Lecture Topics] 1. History and Current Issues of the Aquaculture Industry (1) History and current issues of marine aquaculture (2) History and current issues of land-based aquaculture 2. Our Land-Based Aquaculture Business: History and Current Status (Including Stories of Failure) (1) Background of our land-based aquaculture initiative with Kyushu Electric Power (2) Construction of the Phase 1 plant (3) Start of operations and a series of failures (4) Path to stable production and customer feedback 3. Conditions for Leading a Land-Based Aquaculture Business to Success (1) Site selection, plant specifications...