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Dr. Kotaro TANAKA, Research Fellow of OPRI, received the ECOP Best Oral Presentation from Human Dimensions Committee at PICES-2025
Dr. Kotaro Tanaka, Research Fellow of OPRI, received the ECOP Best Oral Presentation from Human Dimensions Committee Award for his research "Social network analysis of partnership structure under the UN Ocean Decade Actions" at the PICES-2025 Annual meeting held at Yokohama.
OPRI team will be at the UNFCCC COP30!
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC), COP30, will be held in Belém, Brazil from November 10 - 21 2025. The Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI) of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF), with collaboration with various partners and support of Nippon Foundation, will be hosting multiple sessions in person and online. Details of each event are as follows. Please join us if you are participating in the COP30!
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation Invited to the Jakarta Futures Forum: Securing Seas, Strengthening Cooperation
Delegates of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation was honored to be invited as a speaker at the Jakarta Futures Forum: Securing Seas, Strengthening Cooperation, held in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 5–6, 2025.
Ocean Shot: Third Call for Applications
The increasing importance of human knowledge of the ocean invites more focus on applied and practical research. However, we are just beginning to understand the ocean, which could be called the last frontier for discovery. Ocean Shot will provide large-scale support for research leading to discoveries from two perspectives.
Ocean Shot Research Grant: Funding Commenced for Ocean Shot-2 Selected Projects
We are pleased to announce the initiation of funding for two projects selected under the second call for the Ocean Shot Research Grant, a program dedicated to advancing innovative research toward a better understanding of the ocean.
Bridging the Poles: Interpolar Dialogue in the Himalayas and Arctic
The Arctic Circle India Forum (May 2–4, 2025) marked a groundbreaking chapter in climate diplomacy by bringing the Arctic and the “Third Pole” – the Hindu Kush Himalaya – into direct conversation.
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[Event Report] Arctic Connections 2025 and the Italy-Japan Seminar on Arctic Cooperation
From 31 March to 3 April 2025, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) took part in a series of high-profile Arctic-themed events in Italy, affirming the Foundation's growing leadership in advancing dialogue, scientific collaboration, and multilateral diplomacy in the polar regions.