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“Ocean Newsletter“ Hits Milestone With 500th Issue  [2021年07月09日(Fri)]
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The 500th issue of “Ocean Newsletter” published by the Ocean Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation on June 5, almost 21 years after its debut.

At a time when ocean issues are drawing global attention, the Ocean Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation reached a milestone on June 5 when it published the 500th issue of its “Ocean Newsletter.”

It has been almost 21 years now since the institute, then called the Japan Foundation for Shipbuilding Advancement, started putting out the bimonthly publication from August 2000 in line with my idea to facilitate a wide range of discussion and exchange on oceanic topics, in order to raise awareness of the importance of the world's oceans and their resources. The publication, which accompanied the formation of an Ocean Policy Think Tank (now known as the Ocean Research Institute), is produced under the patronage of The Nippon Foundation from the proceeds of motorboat racing.

Its current chief editors are Dr. Kaoru Kubokawa, visiting professor of the Strategic Innovation Research Center at Teikyo University, and Dr. Shigeki Sakamoto, president of the Japan Society of Ocean Policy. Thanks to the current and past members of the editorial committee, the newsletter is now widely read by people interested in ocean and marine issues.

In the beginning, we didn’t know who to send the newsletter to, not knowing where people interested in ocean issues were to be found. But gradually it became a popular publication following the enactment of the 2007 Basic Act on Ocean Policy and the establishment of the Japan Society of Ocean Policy in 2008 as well as the growing awareness worldwide of the importance of ocean issues. Every issue includes three timely and inspiring articles and a postscript from the editors. I make it a rule to start by reading the postscript, which I always find particularly interesting.

I would like to congratulate the editors and contributors on reaching the 500th issue, hoping they will keep publishing the newsletter and improving its contents even further.

The Ocean Policy Research Institute has also been putting out a White Paper on the Oceans and Ocean Policy every year since 2004. Filled with photographs and chronological tables, they contain much of interest to those concerned with ocean affairs.

Dr. Hide Sakaguchi became president of the Ocean Policy Research Institute in April 2021. Joining hands with President Atsushi Sunami of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, a partner organization of The Nippon Foundation, the institute aims to become the world’s No. 1 think tank on ocean policy. I sincerely hope they will deliver on this pledge.

Presently, the “Ocean Newsletter” “is published only in Japanese, but selected papers from the newsletter are available in English as is a table of contents in English for all issues published to date. My article from the preview edition, in which I explained why an ocean policy think tank was necessary, and the purpose of the newsletter, can be seen here.

The English version of the White Paper on the Oceans and Ocean Policy in Japan 2020 is available here.


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The annual White Paper on the Oceans and Ocean Policy also issued by the Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.
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