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MAKERS TIM eMagazine Vol.1 Issue 3 Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) Administrator Dr. Maximo Q. Mejia, Jr. (at the podium) stresses the importance of quality and durability of machines and equipment used in cargo and passenger vessels before maritime stakeholders at the Feb. 12, 2015 seminar hosted by Japan Ship Machinery and Equipment Association (JSMEA) at Diamond Hotel in Malate, Manila. Mejia, a top maritime law and policy expert, and Administrator Mejia Before Japanese ship machinery, equipment makers M aritime Industry Authority (MARINA) Administrator Dr. Maximo Q. Mejia, Jr. (at the podium) stresses the importance of quality and durability of machines and equipment used in cargo and passenger vessels before maritime stakeholders at the Feb. 12, 2015 seminar hosted by Japan Ship Machinery and Equipment Association (JSMEA) at Diamond Hotel in Malate, Manila. Mejia, a top maritime law and policy expert, and also a navy and coast guard, hailed JSMEA chaiman Motoyoshi Nakashima, director Masahiro Uesono of Japanese Foreign Affairs maritime bureau, DTI Usec Ponciano Manalo, Jr., JSMEA vice chairmen Masaaki Matsui and Shinzo Yamda for leading in organizing the seminar, that benefited both Filipino and Japanese attendees helping Philippine-Japanese maritime and shipping undertaking firmer. There were some 40 delegates from Japan, 10 of them made presentation of their products supplied worldwide, while Filipino participants from the government and private numbered about 50. The partnership has become more vibrant to date. 17