Video On Demand

U.S.-Japan Security Cooperation after the Abe Visit

May 1, 2015 • 2:00 – 3:30 pm EDT

A delegation of Japanese defense policy experts including senior lawmakers and scholars will discuss the defense policy reform debate in Japan and next steps for U.S.-Japan defense cooperation.

2:00-2:45 
Panel One: The Politics

Takeshi Iwaya
Member, House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party

Seiji Maehara
Member, House of Representatives, Democratic Party of Japan
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs

Akihisa Nagashima
Member, House of Representatives, Democratic Party of Japan
Former Senior Vice Minister of Defense

Itsunori Onodera
Member, House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party; 
Former Minister of Defense

Isamu Ueda
Member, House of Representatives, Komeito

Moderator:
Michael J. Green
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS
Associate Professor, Georgetown University

2:45 - 3:30
Panel Two: The Policy

Shinichi Kitaoka
President, International University of Japan

Satoshi Morimoto
Professor, Takushoku University 
Former Minister of Defense

Moderator:
Tsuyoshi Sunohara
Secretary General, U.S.-Japan Project, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER)