2023.12.15

Announcement: OPRI joined the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership as the first institute from Japan

To promote Blue Economy Evaluation Research, OPRI joined the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) as the first institute from Japan.

2023.11.28

[Information] COP28 Ocean-Related Meetings (updated: Dec.9)

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28, will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 30 November - 12 December 2023. The Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF), with the support of the Nippon Foundation is a partner of the COP28 Ocean Pavilion.

2023.08.04

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.

2023.05.18

Ocean Shot: Call for Applications

2023.04.18

International Forum: Sustainable Ocean and G7 - Toward G7 Sapporo Climate, Energy and Environment Ministerial Meeting in 2023

On April 6, 2023, the Ocean Policy Research Institute organized the International Forum "Sustainable Ocean and G7 - Toward the G7 Sapporo Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers' Meeting in 2023" at the International Conference Hall of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.

2023.03.10

International Conference on Achieving Ocean Equity: Innovative, Fair, Inclusive and Sustainable Strategies and Blue Impact Investments, co-hosted by the ADBI and ANCORS (Wollongong, Australia)

The Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI) of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, together with the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) and the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), hosted the "International Conference on Achieving Ocean Equity: Innovative, Fair, Inclusive and Sustainable Strategies and Blue Impact Investments" in Wollongong, Australia, from February 27 to March 1, 2023.

2023.01.17

[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.

2022.11.02

The water-column microplastic inventory in the Arctic Ocean on the Pacific side (Chukchi Sea) was estimated for the first time

2022.10.25

Ocean-space collaboration for maritime safety and security