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Podcast: Supporting Social Enterprises in the Philippines | China’s Expanding Footprint in the Pacific Islands
July 2025 Vol. 2
How Women Have Braved Covid, Pragmatic & Effective Strategy Toward China, EU Special Envoy Interview
SPF English Newsletter: January 2022 Vol. 1
With warmest wishes in the new year, we at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation are pleased to share with you a selection of our most recent articles.
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SPF announces support for women entrepreneurs in the Philippines and Myanmar through the WE Rise Community Asia platform WE Rise Community Asia will contribute to addressing the financing gap for women entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia and provide a safe space for women entrepreneurs to learn and share with peers and experts through community activities.Continue reading ≫"How Women Have Braved Covid" 2X Challenge to Rebuild More Inclusive Economies On December 3, 2021, Ms. Ayaka Matsuno, Director of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation's Gender Investment and Innovation Program, participated as a panelist in the "She Loves Tech Global Summit."Continue reading ≫ International Online Conference "Transport Corridors on the East Coast of Africa in the context of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision" This symposium focused on the African East Coast, a major logistics corridor on the continent, and discussed the approaches that Japan and the world should take for the sustainable development and growth of transport corridors in East Africa and ways to ensure the stable functioning of sea lanes in the context of the "Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) Vision" proposed by Japan.Continue reading ≫ OPRI-ADBI Joint Webinar on Ocean Risk Vulnerability Index for Climate Change Assessment The Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI) of SPF jointly with the Asia Development Bank Institute (ADBI) co-hosted this webinar focusing on the case of Fiji, Bangladesh, and the Philippines on November 17, 2021.Continue reading ≫
Working Paper Series
“Shaping the Pragmatic and Effective Strategy Toward China”Vol. 1: Toward a U.S.-Japan digital alliance Mireya Solís, The Brookings InstitutionContinue reading ≫Vol. 2: China Heads for the "Middle-Income Trap" Toshiya Tsugami, Adjunct Fellow, Japan Institute for International AffairsContinue reading ≫ Vol. 3: The Geostrategy of BRI vs. FOIP and the Role for Japan Noboru Yamaguchi, Senior Visiting Fellow, Sasakawa Peace FoundationContinue reading ≫ Vol. 4: The Joint Japan-U.S. Response to a Taiwan Contingency — How to Prepare and Respond Susumu Nakamura, Senior Visiting Fellow (IINA Editor), Sasakawa Peace Foundation / Senior Researcher, Keio Research Institute at SFCContinue reading ≫Vol. 5: China’s Approach to the Development of Rule by Law and Foreign Relations Kazuko Kojima, Keio UniversityContinue reading ≫
SPF Now Interviews
Mr. Gabriele Visentin, EU Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific Mr. Visentin, the first ever EU Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific, spoke with SPF Senior Research Fellow Ippeita Nishida on the role of the special envoy, the EU’s "multi-faceted" approach toward China, the surprise AUKUS announcement on the eve of the EU Indo-Pacific strategy launch, and more.Continue reading ≫ Ambassador Tadamichi Yamamoto, Former UN Secretary-General Special Representative for Afghanistan and former head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Ambassador Yamamoto returned to SPF for an interview to elaborate on the outlook for UN operations in Afghanistan, his expectations for international cooperation with the Taliban, and the role to be played by Japan.Continue reading ≫
Videos
Video for “The Ocean Decade: Catalysing Climate Action in Asia and the Pacific“ The discussions at this event aimed to highlight the various ways in which the Decade of Ocean Science can help address climate change at the national and regional levels in the Asia-Pacific region, including the Pacific SIDS.Continue reading ≫