Center for Global Security
Date February 9, 2026
Theme Scalable Supply of Kick Motors for Rideshare Small Spacecraft Using Hybrid Rocket Technology
Speaker Harunori Nagata, Professor, Hokkaido University
Date January 29, 2026
Theme The Latest Situation in Ukraine and Japan: War, Diplomacy, and Technology
Speaker Kuninori Matsuda, former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine
Date January 20, 2026
Theme Modeling and Optimization of Relief and Recovery Activities in Large-Scale Disasters: A Case Analysis of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake
Speakers Takumi Asada, Muroran Institute of Technology; Terumitsu Hirata, Ibaraki University; Taro Aratani, National Maritime Research Institute; Riki Kawase, Institute of Science Tokyo; Junji Urata, University of Tsukuba; Kazuki Terayama, National Institute of Technology, Ishikawa College
Date December 19, 2025
Theme Initiatives for Creating Defense Innovation: Activities of the Defense Innovation Science and Technology Institute
Speaker Taisuke Katayama, Director, Defense Innovation Science and Technology Institute
Date December 12, 2025
Theme Protecting Democracy from FIMI: Mechanisms and Countermeasures for the Spread of Disinformation and Misinformation
Speaker Daisuke Furuta, Editor-in-Chief, Japan Fact-check Center
Date November 21, 2025
Theme Current Status and Implications of Multilateral Naval Exercises in the Indo-Pacific
Speaker Heng Yee Kuang, Professor , Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
Date November 11–12, 2025
Theme Panel exhibition introducing the activities of the Center for Global Security and two Integrated Advanced Science Research projects: “Response to terrorist bombing incidents: establishment of a simple explosive disposal method and strengthening of counterterrorism measures” and “Development of broadband radio-wave absorbers for electromagnetic environment improvement.”
Date November 6, 2025
Theme China’s Brain-Control Dominance and Cognitive Warfare
Speaker Takahiro Tsuchiya, Professor , Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
Date October 22, 2025
Theme Basic Research on Building a Secure Data Center
Speakers Representative faculty members of the Integrated Advanced Science Research project
Commentators External experts invited from outside NDA
Date October 10, 2025
Theme Super Low Altitude Test Satellite “Tsubame” (SLATS)
Speaker Masanori Sasaki, Senior Researcher, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Date September 1, 2025
Theme NATO’s Nuclear Policy and the History and Current Status of Nuclear Sharing
Speaker Yoko Iwama, Professor , Program Director, Strategic Studies Program, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Date August 26, 2025
Theme Deterrence Challenges Surrounding the Russia-Ukraine War
Speakers PMasashi Okuyama, Visiting Professor, Tama University Graduate School;Miho Okada, School of Liberal Arts and General Education, National Defense Academy; Kazunobu Sakuma, Air Staff College Air Power Studies Center, Japan Air Self-Defense Force; Akihiko Tashiro, Air Staff College Air Power Studies Center, Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Date July 4, 2025
Theme How Will AI Technologies Change the World and Society? The Front Line of Evolution and Future Prospects
Speakers Shintaro Kasai, Corporate Officer, Head of Next Generation Strategy Division, SoftBank Corp.; Hirotora Tanba, Corporate Officer, Head of Next Generation Technology Development Division, SoftBank Corp., and President and CEO, SB Intuitions Corp.; Yoshihisa Ijiri, Director and CRO, SB Intuitions Corp.; Kuniyoshi Suzuki, Head of Cloud & AI Service Division 1, AI Platform Development Division, SoftBank Corp., and in charge of Collaboration Promotion Division, Next Generation Technology Development Division
Date June 19, 2025
Theme Economic Security Seen through the Domestic AI KIBIT
Speaker Masahiro Morimoto, President and CEO, FRONTEO, Inc.