Center for Global Security
Date December 20, 2018
Theme Discussion with the academic staff from the National Defense Medical College (NDMC) about infectious disease epidemiology
Speakers Professor Masayuki Ishihara, Professor Koki Kaku, Professor Masanori Fujita, Assistant Professor Shingo Nakamura, Research Associate Yoko Sato (NDMC)
ModeratorsProfessor Makoto Koga, Professor Masahiro Tsuchiya, Associate Professor Takahiro Takekiyo, Assistant Professor Taku Amo, Research Associate Shuto Yamada (NDA)
Date November 13-14, 2018
Theme An assessment method of the resilience of societies against large-scale natural disasters
Presentator Dr. Masuhiro Beppu (Professor, National Defense Academy)
Date November 12, 2018
Theme The 8th Annual Australia-Japan Dialogue: The plications of connectivity agendas for our economic well-being and our security
Speakers Professor Andrew O'Neil, Professor Ian Hall, Dr Nikolay Murashkin (Griffith University); Dr Sheryn Lee (Macquarie University); Dr Jennifer Hunt (Australian National University); Professor Matake Kamiya, Associate Professor Toru Ito (NDA); Professor Tsutomu Kikuchi (Aoyama Gakuin University); Professor Shino Watanabe (Sophia University)
Moderator Associate Professor Michael Heazle (Griffith University), Professor Ben Schreer (Macquarie University), Dr Rebecca Strating (La Trobe University); Professor Hideya Kurata, Professor Teruhiko Fukushima, Professor Shutaro Sano (NDA)
Date October 23, 2018
Theme Study on countermeasures on bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases based on basic research Part III.
Speakers Dr. Kunihiro Kubota (Section chief, Division of Microbiology, National Institute of Health Sciences), Dr. Takeharu Sakamoto (Associate Professor, Yokohama City University)
Moderator Associate Professor Takamasa Uekita, NDA
Date October 5, 2018
Theme Military and Society in Israel and Japan: family support, mental health and public support
Speakers Ms Malka Rozin-Aharonson (Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies), Dr Eitan Shamir (Bar-Ilan University), Profesor Yagil Levy (Open University of Israel), Professor Eyal Ben-Ari (Kinneret Center on Peace, Security, and Society, Kinneret College), Dr Ofra Ben-Ishai (Ben-Gurion Unversity), Professor Hitoshi Kawano (NDA)
Moderators Colonel Shutaro Sano (Professor, NDA), Lieutenant Commander Christopher Udell (US Navy), Professor Masao Yogo (Doshisha University), Associate Professor Saya Kiba (Komatsu University), Associate Professor Masanori Nagamine (NDMC), Dr Keiko Ito (University of Tokyo), Associate Professor Chie Ezaki (NDA)
Date August 7, 2018
Theme Visit by the students and the accompanying officers from the Defence Services Command and Staff College from Sri Lanka
Speaker Lieutenant-Colonel Norihisa Uragami, Associate Professor of the School of Defense Sciences, NDA, "JSDF's Roles and Activities for HA/DR (Humanitarian Assistance / Disaster Relief)".
Moderators Professors Hitoshi Kawano and Teruhiko Fukushima, NDA
Date July 30, 2018
Theme Military Psychology for the Self-Defense Forces
Speaker Professor Masao Yogo, Faculty of Psychology, Doshisha University
Moderators Associate Professor, Masanori Nagamine, Research Institute, National Defense Medical College, Professor Hitoshi Kawano, NDA
Date July 24, 2018
Theme Discussion with the academic staff from the National Defense Medical College (NDMC) about ongoing research projects of both parties and potential topics for collaborative research from NDA
NDA Speakers
Session 1; Professor Masami Yamada, Associate Professor Masao Kubo, Associate Professor Toshiyuki Horiguchi
Session 2; Associate Professor Hiroshi Sato, Assistant Professor Tomohiro Shirakawa, Associate Professor Teppei Tsujita, Associate Professor Norihito Kubota, Associate Professor Akira Tsukamoto, Associate Professor Kenji Yokoi, Lecturer Takeshi Oobuchi, Lecturer Tomokazu Yoshinaga, Associate Professor Takahiro Takekiyo, Lecturer Taku Amou
NDMC Speaker Session 1; Associate Professor Shingo Nakamura
NDMC Moderators Associate Professor Satoshi Tomura, Associate Professor Masanori Nagamine
Date July 20, 2018
Theme On ground test facilities of a hypersonic projectile in China
Speaker Dr. Hideyuki Tanno, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Kakuda Space Center
Moderator Professor Masashi Kashitani, NDA
Date July 3, 2018
Theme Discussion with the academic and administrative staff from the National Defense Medical College(NDMC) for enhancing research exchanges
NDA Speakers Professor Satoshi Katsuki (Vice President), Professor Hideya Kurata (Director of Center for Global Security), Mr. Aoki (Head of Institute for Advanced Studies), Professor Masuhiro Beppu, Associate Professor Hiroshi Sato
NDMC Speakers Lieutenant General Norihiko Yamada (Vice President), Professor Nariyoshi Shinomiya (Director of the National Defence Medhical College Research Institute), Professor Shunichi Sato, Professor Masayuki Ishihara, Professor Daizo Saitoh, Mr. Sue
Moderator Professor Teruhiko Fukushima (NDA)
Date June 26, 2018
Theme Rationalist War and New Weapons Technology
Speaker Dr. John Yoo, Professor, University of California at Berkeley, United States
Moderators Associate Professor Yuichiro Tsuji, University of Tsukuba and Professor Rintaro Yamanaka, Department of Public Policy, NDA
Date May 31, 2018
Theme China's Rise and Australia-Japan-US Relations: Primacy and Leadership in East Asia
Speaker Dr. Michael Heazle, Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Australia
Moderators Professor Teruhiko Fukushima, Department of International Relations and Colonel Shutaro Sano, Professor of the School of Defense Sciences, NDA
Date May 18, 2018
Theme Activities of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPATC), Ghana and local insurgents in Western Africa
Speaker Air Vice Marshal Griffiths Evans, KAIPATC Commandant; Mr John Pokoo, KAIPTC Cordinator
Moderators Lieutenant-Colonel Norihisa Uragami, Associate Professor of the School of Defense Sciences and Associate Professor Norihito Kubota of the Department of International Relations, NDA
Date May 9, 2018
Theme Visit by the postgraduate students and their accompanying officers from the Indonesia Defense University
Speaker Lieutenant-Colonel Norihisa Uragami, Associate Professor of the School of Defense Sciences, NDA “JSDF’s Roles and Activities for HA/DR”
Moderator Major Shinjiro Yabuki, the Graduate School of Security Studies, NDA
Date April 9, 2018
Theme Science and Technology Organization (STO), NATO and its research assistance system
Speaker Lieutenant Colonel Alessandro Chianello, Stratcom Officer, STO, NATO
Date Feb. 7, 2018
Theme North Korea's Security Threats Reexamined
Participants Mr. Jerker Hellstrom (FOI), Dr. Anders Lennartsson (FOI), Prof. Kyengho Son (KNDU), Dr. Sangmin Lee (KIDA), Dr. Jonathan Miller, Visiting Research Fellow (JIIA), Dr. Hiroyasu Akutsu (NIDS), Mr. Sugio Takahashi (NIDS), Mr. Takeshi Watanabe (NIDS), Prof. Takeda (NDA), Prof. Hideya Kurata (NDA), Prof. Hisanori Fukada (NDA).
Observer Lieutenant Colonel Johan Larsson (Embassy of Sweden)
Auditor Some students from Graduate School of Security Studies(NDA)
*FOI: Swedish Defence Research Agency
*NIDS: The National Institute for Defense Studies
*KNDU: Korea National Defense University
*KIDA: Korea Institute for Defense Analyses
*JIIA: Japan Institute of International Affairs
Date Jan. 26, 2018
Theme Study on countermeasures on bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases based on basic research Part II.
Speakers Dr. Michihiko Fujii, Professor, Yokohama City University; Dr. Takahiro Onishi, Section chief, Division of Microbiology, National Institute of Health Sciences
Moderator Associate Professor Takamasa Uekita, NDA