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Podcast: Supporting Social Enterprises in the Philippines | China’s Expanding Footprint in the Pacific Islands
July 2025 Vol. 2
Sustainable Blue Economies w/ President of Palau H.E. Surangel S. Whipps Jr., Ocean Newsletter, Statsraad Lehmkuhl in Asia
SPF English Newsletter: September 2022 Vol. 2
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Ocean Newsletters
Predicting and Observing Eel Spawning Sites Yu-Lin Eda Chang, Deputy Senior Scientist, Application Laboratory, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyContinue reading »The Future of the Arctic Ocean as Seen through Sea Ice Changes Hiroyuki Enomoto, Vice Director-General, National Institute of Polar Research/Vice-President, International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)Continue reading »Lessons from the Tonga Undersea Volcanic Eruption for the Maritime and Volcanic Nation of Japan Yoshiyuki Tatsumi, Visiting Professor, Kobe Ocean-Bottom Exploration Center, Kobe UniversityContinue reading »Sapporo Wild Salmon Project: Wishing Salmon to Live Naturally even in the City Kentaro Morita, Professor, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo/Co-chair, Sapporo Wild Salmon ProjectContinue reading »Learning from Living Organisms to Create Low Carbon Vessels Masanobu Naito, Special Assistant to the President, Group Leader of Data-driven Polymer Design Group, Research and Services Division of Materials Data and Integrated System, National Institute for Materials ScienceContinue reading »
Videos
First Port Call of the Statsraad Lehmkuhl in Asia and the UN Decade of Ocean Science (Ocean Forum) The Statsraad Lehmkuhl, which is currently operating the One Ocean Expedition, a research voyage circumnavigation of the globe, called at the Port of Yokohama as its first port of call in Asia. Seizing this opportunity, we invited stakeholders in ocean science to participate in the 191st Ocean Forum as it aims to explore ways of international collaboration to further accelerate the Decade based on the progress report of the expedition.Watch here » International Symposium “Sustainable Blue Economies - Challenges and Future Perspectives for Palau” At this symposium, H.E. Surangel Whipps Jr., President of the Republic of Palau and his cabinet members and the Palau’s parliament representatives addressed policies and perspectives to promote sustainable blue economies in Palau and strengthen partnership with the Japanese government, organizations, and stakeholders.Watch here » *The event begins at 14:51