CAUTION In the interest of ensuring safety of navigation and protecting the marine environment, the Japan Coast Guard(JCG) publicizes information that could affect safety of navigation and environmental protection by issuing Notices to Mariners(NTMs) and Navigational Warnings (NWs), and publishing such information on the JCG charts and in other nautical publications, based on laws, regulations, proclamations, charts, NTMs, NWs issued by countries concerned as well as reports made by ships. Please note that provision of such information by the JCG is solely for the purpose of safety of navigation, and does not mean that tha Government ofJapan recognizes the contents of the information, including the laws, regulations, and proclamations of other countries. -------- New,20170106