Japan Society ofOcean Policy

Japan Society of Ocean Policy (JSOP) Oﬃce
Sasakawa Peace Foundation Bldg. 6F, 1-15-16 Toranomon,Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan
Tel/Fax: 03-6457-9701
Mail: oﬃce@oceanpolicy.jp
URL: https://oceanpolicy.jp

The Japan Society of Ocean Policy was established in 2008 to promote and deepen
interdisciplinary and wide-ranging academic research with the goal of forming
comprehensive ocean policy for the integrated management and sustainable
development of the oceans.

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,Science and Technology

Kasumigaseki
Toranomon Station, Exit 4

ShimbashiSotobori Dori

Mizuho Bank

Tameike

Toranomon Hospital

Toranomon Post Oﬃce
Kompira Shrine

Toranomon 1-chome

Japan Society ofOcean Policy(Sasakawa Peace Foundation Bldg.)

Toranomon 2-chome

Toranomon Hills

Sakurada Dori
神谷町

【Nearest station】
1 minute walk from Exit 4 of Toranomon Station on the Tokyo
Metro Ginza Line or right oﬀ Exit 2b.

Activity
The Society is committed to international exchange, contributing to the coexistence ofthe ocean and humankind, and bringing together researchers in diverse ﬁelds ofexpertise including the natural sciences, science and engineering, and social scienceswho work together with ocean-related societies to advance and disseminate
cross-disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and comprehensive academic research.

Recent Activities (Annual Conference)
13th Annual Conference and General Meeting, December 2 and 3, 2021
“Ocean Policy and Science: Toward Decarbonization"
12th Annual Conference and General Meeting, December 3 and 4, 2020
“The Pandemic Has Changed the Marine World: The Future of Ocean Policy,Industry, Science, and Technology”
11th Annual Conference and General Meeting, December 6, 2019
“The Ocean and the SDGs: Future Ocean Policy and the Marine Industry"

History
2008 Established as the Japan Ocean Policy Research Association2011 Name changed to the Japan Society of Ocean Policy
2013 Designated as a cooperative academic research organization of theScience Council of Japan2018 10th Anniversary of the Society's Establishment

Main Activities
Annual Conference (early December each year)･With a uniﬁed theme, keynote speeches from academia, government, industry,etc.
･Research presentations (including posters) by members, panel discussions, etc.,with around 150 participants each time

Theme Research Activities･Research activities based on suggestions from members･Partial subsidy from the Society to cover research activities for two years

Student Articles
For graduate students, university students, and technical college students (4thand 5th year).Excellent papers are published in the newsletter and arecommended at the Annual Conference

Special workshops and seminars
Presentation of research results, co-sponsorship with related academic societies, etc.

Academic Member Beneﬁts･Free subscription to the latest journal of the Society (each issue will be
published on the Society's website four years after its publication)･Presentations and preferential registration fees at the Annual Conference･Advance receipt of newsletters and e-mail news (published on the Society'swebsite after distribution)･Submission to the Journal･Preferential registration fees for conventions and events of the Japanese
Association for Coastal Zone Studies at the same level as members

Admission
Please ﬁll out the application form posted on our website and send it to our oﬃce.
General individual member admission fee: 2,000 yen; Annual membership fee: 5,000 yen
General student member admission fee: 1,000 yen; Annual membership fee: 3,000 yen
Corporate member Admission fee: 4,000 yen; Annual membership fee: 50,000 yen per unit
Note: Please contact the JSOP oﬃce for bank transfer details.

Society Structure
Periodical
Journal【Journal of Japan Society of Ocean Policy】(1 issue per year)

Consists of invited papers, articles, research notes, reports, commentaries, etc.
Reviews and publishes papers submitted by members.

Newsletter【JSOP Newsletter】(issued twice a year)

Auditor

Shigeki Sakamoto, President
Yutaka Michida, Vice President
19 other directors, 2 auditors

Standing Committee

General Aﬀairs, Finance, Academic,
Editorial, Public Relations

Board of Directors(President, Vice President, Directors)

Steering Committee(President, Vice President, Permanent Committee Chair)

Public Relations Committee

Editorial Committee

Academic Committee

The latest and most timely ocean policy-related information and topics aredelivered as breaking news.

Board of Directors

Finance Committee

E-mail newsletter【Ocean Policy Update】(distributed at least four times a year)

General Committee

General Aﬀairs Committee

The Annual Conference report, symposium report, other reports as a record of thesociety's activities,student articles, trends related to ocean policy, andrecommendations from academic societies are published.

Seventh Fiscal Period 2020-2022