Dr. Makoto SETA is an Associate Professor of International Law at Yokohama City University, Japan. He holds a Ph.D. in Law, from Waseda University (Japan); an LL.M. London School of Economics and Political Science (UK); LL.B. from Waseda University (Japan). He worked as a Research Associate at the Institute of Comparative Law at Waseda University from April 2013 to March 2015. He interned at Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court in 2009. In 2013, his article “Regulation for Private Maritime Security Companies and Its Challenges” received an award from the Yamagata Maritime Institute. His primary interest is the law of the sea, especially ocean governance and universal jurisdiction over maritime crimes. His publications include the monograph International Law for Ocean Governance (Sanseido, 2015).