Subject: Wednesday, April 30 Full-Day Forum, Japan's New Security Strategy and Capabilities
From: "Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:59:20 -0400 (EDT)

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

JW Marriott Hotel
1331 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC
Conference: 9:00 am-4:00 pm
Reception: 4:00pm-6:00pm
Welcoming
New SPFUSA Chairman
Adm. Dennis Blair
U.S. Navy (Ret)
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Please join an in-depth discussion of Japan's moves toward collective self-defense,
 its new security strategy, new NSC, national program defense guidelines and other
security developments, and the implications for the U.S.and Asia Pacific.
Seating is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.  This
invitation is transferable

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Please join SPFUSA for a conference, lunch and reception:

Japan's New Security

Strategy and Capabilities

Domestic Politics, International Views, Practical Implications

Wednesday, April 30

Conference: 9am-4pm; Reception 4-6pm

JW Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC

9:00 New Elements of Japan's Security Policy and Capabilities

Satoshi Morimoto,former Minister of Defense

Noburo Yamaguchi, National Defense Academy
Richard Samuels, MIT

10:15 The New US-Japan Security Partnership

Danny Russel, Assistant Secretary of State (invited)

Mark Lippert, Chief of Staff, Secretary of Defense

Sheila Smith, Council on Foreign Relations

11:30 Regional Views of Japan's New Security Posture

Kim Beazley, Ambassador of Australia

Ho-young Ahn, Ambassador of Korea (invited)

Ken Lieberthal,  Brookings Institution

12:30 Operational Impacts of Japan's New Security Policies

Admiral Dennis Blair,Incoming Chairman, SPFUSA

Susan Glasser, Politico

Junko Chano, SPFUSA

2:00 Assessing Japan's New Security Policy and Capabilities

Patrick Cronin,Center for a New American Security

Michael Green, CSIS

Michael Schiffer, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Fred Hiatt,Washington Post

3:00 Managing Contingencies in a New Era

Shigeru Ishiba, Secretary General, LDP

David Sanger, New York Times

4:00 Reception

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