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Japan’s Senkaku Islands Defense Strategy｜Japan Times Special Coverage of SPF at UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France
July 2025 Vol. 1
Dysfunctional NPT and Japan's role, Challenges for China Posed by the Ukraine War, Narratives from WWII in NE India
SPF English Newsletter: October 2022 Vol. 1
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"Blue Economy and Blue Finance" Book Launch and Policy Dialogue at the 55th Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting The Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI) of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation co-hosted the "Blue Economy and Blue Finance" Book Launch and Policy Dialogue with the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) and the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources & Security (ANCORS) at the 55th Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Meeting on September 26, 2022.Continue reading »
Essays and Commentary
The dysfunctional NPT and Japan’s role in rebuilding a nuclear disarmament regime Yuki Kobayashi, Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace FoundationContinue reading » Challenges for China Posed by the Ukraine War Ichiro Inoue, Professor, Graduate School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin UniversityContinue reading » Dissecting Russia’s Operational Art in Ukraine: How Disjointed Ends, Ways, and Means Have Shackled Moscow’s Operational Warfare Yasuhiro Kawakami, Senior Research Fellow, Sasakawa Peace FoundationContinue reading »
SPF Now Interviews
Recording narratives from the Japan War (WWII) two-part series The northeastern region of India was the site of some of the fiercest clashes between the Japanese and Allied Forces during WWII. To center the community perspective of this global event as remembered by those who experienced the war in their own community, SPF alongside The Nippon Foundation have collaborated with two teams on the ground to record the stories of people who lived through what is known locally as the Japan War. In this two-part interview series, the leaders of this recording project spoke with SPF about their experiences collecting these narratives, the central role of women as storytellers, and the shared experiences of communities across Northeast India.Part 1: Interview with Thingnam Anjulika Samom, journalist and independent researcher Preserving the voices and stories of women in Manipur, IndiaContinue reading »Part 2: Interview with Sesino Yhoshü, documentary filmmaker Sharing stories and traditions with future generations through filmContinue reading »