Faculty of Law

Isao Sakaguchi

  (阪口 功)

Profile Information

Affiliation
Professor, Faculty of Law Department of Political Studies, Gakushuin University
Degree
博士(学術)(東京大学)

J-GLOBAL ID
200901088010157369
researchmap Member ID
5000100175

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Education

 3

Awards

 1

Papers

 17
  • Masahide Kaeriyama, Isao Sakaguchi
    Marine Policy, 157 105842-105842, Nov, 2023  Peer-reviewedInvited
  • Robert Blasiak, Alice Dauriach, Jean-Baptiste Jouffray, Carl Folke, Henrik Österblom, Jan Bebbington, Frida Bengtsson, Amar Causevic, Bas Geerts, Wenche Grønbrekk, Patrik J. G. Henriksson, Sofia Käll, Duncan Leadbitter, Darian McBain, Guillermo Ortuño Crespo, Helen Packer, Isao Sakaguchi, Lisen Schultz, Elizabeth R. Selig, Max Troell, José Villalón, Colette C. C. Wabnitz, Emmy Wassénius, Reg A. Watson, Nobuyuki Yagi, Beatrice Crona
    Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Jun 9, 2021  Peer-reviewed
    Humanity has never benefited more from the ocean as a source of food, livelihoods, and well-being, yet on a global scale this has been accompanied by trajectories of degradation and persistent inequity. Awareness of this has spurred policymakers to develop an expanding network of ocean governance instruments, catalyzed civil society pressure on the public and private sector, and motivated engagement by the general public as consumers and constituents. Among local communities, diverse examples of stewardship have rested on the foundation of care, knowledge and agency. But does an analog for stewardship exist in the context of globally active multinational corporations? Here, we consider the seafood industry and its efforts to navigate this new reality through private governance. We examine paradigmatic events in the history of the sustainable seafood movement, from seafood boycotts in the 1970s through to the emergence of certification measures, benchmarks, and diverse voluntary environmental programs. We note four dimensions of stewardship in which efforts by actors within the seafood industry have aligned with theoretical concepts of stewardship, which we describe as (1) moving beyond compliance, (2) taking a systems perspective, (3) living with uncertainty, and (4) understanding humans as embedded elements of the biosphere. In conclusion, we identify emerging stewardship challenges for the seafood industry and suggest the urgent need to embrace a broader notion of ocean stewardship that extends beyond seafood.
  • Isao Sakaguchi, Atsushi Ishii, Yasuhiro Sanada, Yasuko Kameyama, Ayako Okubo, Katsuhiko Mori
    International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 21(1) 121-156, Jan 23, 2021  Peer-reviewedInvitedLead authorCorresponding author
    <title>Abstract</title> Asia-Pacific lacks an environmental leader. Japan, a forerunner of environmental regulation in the 1970s, started to engage in active environmental diplomacy in the post-Cold War era by hosting conferences of parties to multilateral environmental agreements such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as well as providing a massive amount of environmental aid. Then, in the 2000s, Japan’s initiatives became substantially weakened and have gained a negative international reputation as the country took a considerably passive position to the Paris Agreement, filed many reservations to the CITES listing decisions, and withdrew from the International Whaling Commission. This article explores, through six brief case studies, the factors and structures that systemically impede Japan’s environmental leadership and norm internalization. It highlights the constraining factors behind Japan’s devolution including its closed bureaucratic system and the lack of positive engagement of Japanese scientists. Finally, it addresses the future prospects of environmental cooperation in the Asia-Pacific.
  • 阪口功
    環境情報科学, 49巻(1) 40-45, 2020  Peer-reviewedInvited
  • SAKAGUCHI, Isao
    50(10) 460-467, Oct, 2018  Invited

Misc.

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Books and Other Publications

 15

Presentations

 54

Research Projects

 9