Atsushi Sunami

Atsushi Sunami is the president of the Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation as well as an executive advisor to the president and adjunct professor of science and technology policy at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo. He is a member of the advisory board for the Promotion of Science and Technology Diplomacy in Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Council for Science and Technology in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. He was also a special adviser to the cabinet office responsible for science and technology and innovation.