Shizuoka City PFI "(Tentative name) Shizuoka City Marine and Global Museum Development and Operation Project", NOMURA Group represented by business contract concluded

A group led by NOMURA Co., Ltd. was selected as a successful bidder for the Shizuoka City Marine and Global Museum Development and Operation Project, a PFI* project planned by Shizuoka City, and has been established as a special purpose company (SPC). "Shizuoka Marine Culture Network Co., Ltd." was established, and today, February 20, 2023, with the approval of the city council, a business contract (this contract) was signed with Shizuoka City.

This project is a plan to construct a new "comprehensive museum on the ocean and earth" that can only be realized in Shimizu, which has both an aquarium function and a museum function, on the site adjacent to the cruise ship terminal in Shimizu Port, Shizuoka City. We aim to start the service.
NOMURA will participate in this project as the representative company of the PFI business for the first time, and will be responsible for the production and operation displays.

The concept of the project is "Campus for everyone connected to Suruga Bay".
Through encounters with diverse life forms and people connected to Suruga Bay, the deepest bay in Japan, we will convey the joy of exploring the connections between the global environment, the ocean, and people. Various people involved in the ocean, including JAMSTEC and Tokai University, will participate in this facility as the core, and we plan to carry out business activities such as research, exchange, creation, and dissemination. In addition, in cooperation with academic research institutes, local companies, community development organizations, etc., we will expand the field of activities not only in the facility but also in the city of Shimizu and Suruga Bay. We will aim to realize this.