Profiles

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (高市 早苗)

Prime Minister of Japan and Central Political Figure in Seabed Resources

James R. Hein, Ph.D.

Marine geologist and geologist emeritus at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Yasuhiro Kato, Ph.D.

Professor in the Graduate School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo and director of the Ocean Resources Research Center for Next Generation at Chiba Institute of Technology.

Hans Smit

Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Minerals LLC.