[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, Overseas Business Division 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 a series of 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. [Lecturer] 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, starting with coho salmon farming in Miyagi Prefecture. However, rising seawater temperatures in recent years have made farming periods and production volumes 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 focused on land-based aquaculture starting 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. We are currently achieving stable production and receiving high praise from customers. This lecture will detail the significance of land-based aquaculture, its challenges, and the keys to success, focusing on our past experiences with failure. [Lecture Topics] 1. History and Current Challenges of the Aquaculture Industry (1) History and current challenges of marine aquaculture (2) History and current challenges 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) Achieving stable production and customer feedback 3. Conditions for Leading a Land-Based Aquaculture Business to Success (1) Site selection, plant specifications...