HIGHLIGHTS OF MARINE CIVIL ENGINEERING IN JAPAN

This paper describes briefly the history and current development of ma rine civil engineering in Japan. It contains descriptions of several r epresentative marine structures completed recently or under constructi on to illustrate state-of-the-art Japanese marine civil engineering. T he structures include port cities, offshore airport, fishing ports, an d waste sites on. offshore artificial islands, as well as permanent se a crossings (roads, bridges, and submerged tunnels), and offshore oil storage bases. Some requirements to be accommodated by future marine s tructures are also presented in this paper.