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