Year

Name

Affiliation

Research Topic

2012

Col. Koji Imaki

Southwestern Composite Air Division, JASDF

Evolving Issues with Japan-US Arms Exports & Its Implications for Japan's  Future Defense Capabilities (Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation)

2012

Col. Naoyuki  Taura

Plans & Admin, G4, JGSDF

JDSF's Logistical Capabilities: Lessons Learned from 3-11

2011

Col. Atsushi Hikita

Intelligence Div., JASDF

The Meaning of JASDF's Airlift Operation in Iraq & JASDF's Future Challenge

2011

Col. Nobutaka Minamikawa

Operations Support & Intelligence, JGSDF

Status and Future Challenge of JGSDF in International Peace Cooperation Activities: Through a Lens of Capacity-Building

2010

Col. Tatsuo Tarumi

Operations & Intelligence, JGSDF

Japan-US Cooperation in Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief: In What and How Will Japan and the US Cooperate?

2009

Col. Hitoshi Ishikawa

Logistics Dept., JASDF

Future Defense Exchange & Security Dialogue Between Japan and GCC Countries

2009

Col. Koichi Nishitani

Logistics Dept., JASDF

Japan's Air Defense Capabilities for the New Decade:  The "Change" for the Success

2008

Col. Yuji Otsuka

R&D Command, JGSDF

The Role of the Military in Homeland Security and Civil Support

2008

Tadahiro Yashima

Japanese Ministry of Defense

The Future Course of Japan's National Security Policy in the Face of Rising China: Towards an Interdependent Partnership

2007

Shizue Morita

Japanese Ministry of Defense

The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004

2007

Col. Tadashi Tabuchi

Research & Development Command, JGSDF

The Cooperation between Japan & the United States on Our Respective Defense Exchanges with Other Countries to Improve the International Security Environment

2007

Col. Yoshinori Ozaki

Defense Division, JASDF

Toward and Interdependent Partnership

2007

Col. Yoshihiko Okimura

Research & Development Command, JGSDF

The Future of Defense Cooperation between the JGSDF and the US Military

2006

Col. Kota Tanaka

JASDF

Is the Enemy Strike Capability Necessary for Japan

2006

CAPT Yasuki Nakahata

JMSDF

For the Security of Sea Lanes: Multinational Maritime Operations by China, Japan, and the United States

2006

Tsuyoshi Sunohara

Senior Diplomatic Correspondent,
Nihon Keizai Shimbun

US-Japan Relationship: Then and Now

2005

Col. Koki Kaida

Ground Staff College, JGSDF

Transformation of the Japan Self-Defense Forces: Lessons from the American Experience

2005

Col. Yukiya Yamakura

Air Staff College, JASDF

Network-Centric Warfare: Its Implications for the Japan Self-Defense Forces

2005

CAPT Gojiro Watanabe

Maritime Staff College, JMSDF

Future of the US-Japan Naval Cooperation in East Asia: Its Prospects and Challenges

2004

Col. Katsuki Takata

Ground Research & Development Command, JGSDF

Future of the US-Japan Alliance: How Japan's Defense Posture should Change for a Sustainable Alliance

2004

CDR Daisuke Kajimoto

Maritime Staff Office, JMSDF

Proliferation Security Initiative: A Case Study of the US-Japan Alliance Cooperation Under the Coalition of Willing

2004

Col. Yasuo Kishimoto

Air Test Wing, JASDF

Reconsideration of the US-Japan Alliance

2004

LTC Daisaku Sakaguchi

Defense Policy Bureau, JGSDF

Specialization in the Alliance: Military and Non-Military Contributions in the US-Japan Alliance

2003

Dr. Yoko Iwama

National Graduate Research Institute for Policy Studies

The Evolution of the US Alliance System: from "Threat-based" to "Capabilities-based" Alliances

2003

Col. Tatsuya Arima

Defense Plans & Operations Department, ASO, JASDF

Japanese Security Policy in the Next Ten Years (Click here for the PowerPoint presentation)

2003

Col. Nobuki Ito

Ground Research & Development Command, JGSDF

Japan as the Developing Country in the Security Fields

2002

Katsuyuki Yakushiji

Editorial Writer, Asahi Shimbun

Japan's Evolving Security Policy

2002

Dr. Noriko Sado

Osaka School of Public Policy, Osaka University

Furthering Confidence-Building in East Asia: Towards an Expanded Understanding of Transparency

2002

Col. Sadafumi Fujii

JGSDF

The Future Role of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces in East Asia
(Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation)

2002

CAPT Takamichi Takahashi

JMSDF

U.S. counter-terrorism strategy and lessons for Japanese security policy
(Click here for the PowerPoint Presentation)

2001

Hisayoshi Ina

Nihon Keizai Shimbun

Confidence-Building Measures and Japan's Security Agenda

2001

Koichi Maruyama

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sino-Japan relations in the 21^st century

2001

Hirofumi Tosaki

Center for the Promotion of Disarmament & Non-proliferation

Nuclear Non-proliferation and arms control in Northeast Asia

2001

Col. Tatsuhiro Tanaka

Ground Research & Development Command

The Future of Japan's Contribution to International Security & the Role of the Ground Self-Defense Force

2000

Lt. Col. Kazuhiko Murakami

JASDF

Security Environment in the 21st Century & the US-Japan Military Strategy for a Better Alliance

2000

Manabu Mannami

Japan Defense Agency

Future of a cooperative security framework in Northeast Asia

2000

Yasuhiro Matsuda

National Institute for Defense Studies

Cross-Strait Security Relations: Viewpoints from Domestic Politics in PRC and Taiwan

2000

Nobumasa Akiyama

Hiroshima Peace Institute

Feasibility of a multilateral framework for nuclear waste management in Northeast Asia as a part of confidence-building measure

1999

CDR Naoto Yagi

JMSDF

1999

Mr. Yoshiyuki Komurata

Asahi Shimbun

Potential implementation of confidence-building measures (CBMs) by Japan and its regional implication.