Center for Global Security
Date February 4, 2020
Theme Future initiatives of Hypersonic/Supersonic Defense in NDA, Defense system against Hypersonic threat, Free flight testing of Scramjet engine
Speakers Dr. Masato Taguchi (NDA), Kenji Hakamada (MHI), Dr. Hideyuki Tanno (JAXA), Chairman Dr. Keisuke Fujii(JAXA)
Moderators Prof. Hideya Kurata (NDA), Prof. Teruhiko Fukushima (NDA), Prof. Masashi Kashitani (NDA)
* JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
* MHI: Mitsubishi Heavy Industry
* NDA: National Defense Academy
Date February 4, 2020
Theme How should scientists engage in research on security technology?
Speakers Professor Hiroaki Kitano, Director, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
Moderators Associate Professor Masahiro Kurosaki (NDA)
Date January 17, 2020
Theme Study on bacterial community structure in the coastal sediment at the sea of Kashima and Sotobo in the Pacific coast, Japan.
Speakers Dr Tomoko Sakami, Director, Research Center for Aquaculture Systems, National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency
Moderators Professor Hirosih Yagi, NDA
Date January 9, 2020
Theme Security Sector Governance/Development in South Korea and Indonesia in collaboration with DCAF (Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance)
Speakers Professor Insoo Kim, Korea Military Academy; Program Coordinator Beni Sukadis, Indonesian Institute for Strategic and Defense Studies
Moderators Professor Tomonori Yoshizaki, National Institute for Defense Studies; Associate Professor Saya Kiba, Komatsu University; Assistant Professor Atsushi Yasutomi; Professor Hideya Kurata, Professor Teruhiko Fukushima, Lieutenant-Colonel Norihisa Urakami, NDA
Date December 17, 2019
Theme The U.S. Policy toward the Korean Peninsula
Speakers Mr Allan Y. Song, Senior Program Officer, Smith Richardson Foundation; Dr Seung Hyok Lee, Lecturer, University of Toronto
Moderators Professor Masayuki Tadokoro, Keio Gijuku University; Professor Hideya Kurata and Professor Daisaku Sakaguchi, NDA
Date December 6, 2019
Theme Exchange of opinions with the academic staff of the National Defense Medical College on “Development of cell property measurement chip based on microfabrication technology”
Speakers Lecturer Mitsuhiro Horade, NDA
Date December 4, 2019
Theme Peacekeeping and Stability in Africa
Speakers Major-General Deriba Mekonnen Hateu, Head of Peacekeeping Centre; Colonel Elias Seyoum Ahbrha, Commandant of Peace Support Training Institute, Ethiopian Army
Moderators Professor Hideya Kurata, Department of International Relations, Lieutenant-Colonel Norihisa Uragami, Associate Professor of the School of Defense Sciences, Associate Professor Norihito Kubota, Department of International Relations, NDA; Associate Hiromi Fujishige, Aoyama Gakuin University
Date October 29, 2019
Theme Study on countermeasures on bioterrorism and emerging infectious diseases based on basic research Part IV.
Speakers Dr. Kazuhito Watabe, Professor emeritus at the Setsunan University; Dr. Kohichi Matsunaga, Research associate/Assistant professor, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University
Moderators Associate Professor Takamasa Uekita (NDA)
Date October 11, 2019
Theme Promoting Good Security Governance in the Asia-Pacific
Speakers Dr. Schnabel Albrecht (DCAF), Mr. Youngchan Kim (DCAF), Professor Tomonori Yoshizaki (National Institute for Defense Studies), Dr. Atsushi Yasutomi (Miyazaki International College), Associate Professor Saya Kiba (Komatsu University), Commander Koki Sato (Japan Maritime Self Defense Force), Lieutenant Colonel Norihisa Urakami (NDA), Associate Professor Ai Kihara-Hunt (University of Tokyo), Mr. Hiroto Yamazaki (Zennikkei Security Company), Professor Hitoshi Kawano (NDA), Associate Professor Hiromi Fujishige (Aoyama-Gakuin University)
Moderators Professor Hideya Kurata (NDA), Professor Teruhiko Fukushima (NDA)
Date October 1, 2019
Theme Exchange of opinions with the academic staff of the National Defense Medical College on “Research studies on bullet-proof body armor and behind armor blunt trauma”.
Speaker Professor Masayuki Ishihara, Professor Masanori Fujita, Lecturer Shingo Nakamura, Assistant Professor Yasunaga Shiraishi, NDMA; Associate Professor Hiroyoshi Ichino, NDA
* NDMA: National Defense Medical Academy
Date July 25, 2019
Theme Social resilience assessment and upgrading crisis management in the event of large-scale natural disasters
Speaker Professor Masuhiro Beppu, Professor Harumi Yashiro, Associate Professor Hiroyuki Yamada, Associate Professor Hiroyoshi Ichino, Associate Professor Ken Kato, Associate Professor Munetoshi Iwakiri, all NDA
Moderator Professor Ayaho Miyamoto, Emeritus, Yamaguchi University; Dr. Hisashi Sasaki, Asia Air Survey Co., Ltd, Visiting Associate Professor of Iwate Prefectural University
Date June 26, 2019
Theme Visit by the postgraduate students and their accompanying officers from IDU*
Speaker First Admiral Dr M. Adnan Madjid, Vice Dean of National Security Faculty, IDU on IDU; Lieutenant-Colonel Norihisa Uragami, Associate Professor of the School of Defense Sciences, NDA “The role of the JSDF in helping to overcome natural disaster”
Moderator Professor Hitoshi Kawano, Director of the International Exchange Center; Professor Teruhiko Fukushima, Head of Planning and Publications, Global Security Center, NDA
* IDU: Indonesia Defense University
Date March 22, 2019
Theme Avalanche and Falling Rock Disaster Alarm System by using Thinnings and, Implementation of a health monitoring system on Infrastructure by using an autonomous sensor
Speaker Dr. Nobuhiro Shimoi (Professor, Akita Prefectural University)
Moderator Professor Yoshihiro Takita, NDA
Date March 11, 2019
Theme Impact / explosion experiments for space debris problem
Speaker Dr. Hidehiro Hata (Research associate, Kumamoto University)
Moderator Professor Hiroaki Tanaka, NDA
Date March 5, 2019
Theme Nuclear Threshold Lowered?: The Security Challenges in Asia and Europe under Trump Administration ? Cross-perspectives from Japan and Sweden
Speakers Mr. Jerker Hellstrom (FOI), Mr. John Rydqvist (FOI), Mr. Johan Englund (FOI), Mr. Frank Rose (Brookings Institution), Prof. Hideya Kurata (NDA), Associate Professor Naomi Yamazaki (NDA), Mr. Takeshi Watanabe (NIDS), Dr. Masahiro Kurita (NIDS), Dr. Hirofumi Tosaki (JIIA)
Moderators Prof. Teruhiko Fukushima (NDA), Prof. Masashi Kashitani (NDA)
* FOI: Swedish Defence Research Agency
* NIDS: National Institute for Defense Studies
* JIIA: Japan Institute of International Affairs
Date January 30, 2019
Theme The roles of the ground defense forces in the new strategic environment
Speakers Professor Daisaku Sakaguchi, School of Defense Studies, NDA, Mr Shigeo Kikuchi, NIDS
*NIDS: National Institute for Defense Studies