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Call for Participation in the International Ocean Human Resource Development Project
The Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI) of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation sees the development of ocean leaders who will promote the sustainable use of our ocean for the next generation as an urgent issue and is working from 2022 to support 100 young people over five years and to provide programs that will contribute to the development of the next generation of leaders in the ocean world.
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[Event Report] Online Workshop on "Think Tank-University Social Responsibility and Blue Impact"
The Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI) of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation and the Taiwan-Japan Alliance of Local Revitalization and Social Practice (TJ Alliance) jointly hosted an online workshop on "Think Tank-University Social Responsibility and Blue Impact" on January 16-17, 2023.
Researcher Hajime TANAKA received the Best Poster Presentation Award at PICES 2022
Mr. Hajime Tanaka, researcher of OPRI, received the Best Poster Presentation Award for his research "Japanese Consumers' Demand for Traceability Information On Tokyo Bay Fish Passport" at the PICES-2022 Annual meeting held at Busan.
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[Event Report] "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 26 September 2022.
Digest video of the opening interview of the White Paper on the Oceans and Ocean Policy in Japan 2022
Digest video of the opening interview of the White Paper on the Oceans and Ocean Policy in Japan 2022
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[Event Report] Report on the Workshop "Hakodate Input-Output Table and Blue Carbon"
The Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI) of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation held a workshop titled "Hakodate Input-Output Table and Blue Carbon" on Friday, June 10th at Fisheries and Oceans Hakodate in Hakodate-City, Hokkaido-Prefecture. OPRI has been working on the creation of an input-output table that breaks down the marine industry in Hakodate and analyzes policies based on the table.