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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.
An electric version of the Gakken Learning Through Manga "Secrets of the Ocean" is now available.
Ocean Policy Research Institute, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, collaborated with Gakken Co., Ltd. to produce "Secrets of the Ocean," part of the Gakken Learning Through Manga Series for elementary school students.
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[Event Report] Workshop on "Review of the Arctic Governance by East-Asian Perspective"
On February 18, 2025, Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation participated in the 39th International Symposium on the Okhotsk Sea & Polar Oceans (hereafter referred to as Mombetsu Symposium), hosted by Mombetsu City, and held a workshop titled "Review of the Arctic Governance by East-Asian Perspective."
Call for Abstracts: Second Inter-Polar Conference (IPC 2025)
Jointly organized by OPRI-SPF, the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, and ICIMOD, in collaboration with the UArctic Chair in Arctic Legal Research and the UArctic Law Thematic Network, IPC 2025 supports the objectives of the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP 2025) and the UN Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences (2025–2035).
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[Event Report] OPRI/SPF hosted Japan-China Marine Science Cooperation Workshop in Tokyo
On December 25, 2024, the Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI/SPF), in collaboration with the First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China (FIO), and the China Institute for Marine Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resources, China (CIMA), hosted the Japan-China Marine Science Cooperation Workshop in Tokyo.