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19th International Forum on War History

19th Forum (2021)
"The First Gulf War in Historical Perspectives"

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1991 Gulf War. The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq which triggered the Gulf War gave the world its first challenge since the end of the Cold War. The international communities' response to this challenge influenced the subsequent developments of world history in many aspects such as politics, diplomacy and military affairs. The forum of this year aims to conduct extensive study from both military and political points of view to assess the historical significance of this war in a broader context.

The forum will be held online to interact and share knowledge on security matters with a diverse audience while ensuring safety and reducing the spread of COVID-19 infection.

Date	Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Time	Part 1 09:00-12:00 (JST) 20:00-23:00 (EDT [-1 day])
Part 2	15:00-18:00 (JST) 07:00-10:00 (BST)
Format	Webinar with Simultaneous Translation
Participation Fee	Free of Charge
Program	Here

Part 1: Military Aspect of the Gulf War

9:00-12:00 (JST), 20:00-23:00 (EDT [-1 day])

Keynote Speaker

• Lt Gen (Ret.) David Deptula, USAF
  (Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies)

Speakers

• Dr. Carter Malkasian
  (Research Analyst, Center for Naval Analyses)
• Dr. Katsuya Tsukamoto
  (Head, Security and Economy Division, Security Studies Department, NIDS)

Part 2: Political Aspect of the Gulf War

15:00-18:00 (JST), 7:00-10:00 (BST)

Keynote Speaker

• Sir. Lawrence Freedman
  (Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London)

Speakers

• Sir. Hew Strachan
  (Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews)
• Dr. Stephen Badsey
  (Professor of Conflict Studies, University of Wolverhampton)
• Dr. Masayuki Tadokoro
  (Professor of International Relations, Keio University)

18th International Forum on War History

18th Forum (2020)
"The Security Environment in Modern East Asia"

Date:	Wednesday, March 3, 2021 (13:00-17:15)
Location:	NIDS, International Conference Hall with Zoom Meetings

(Keynote Speaker)

• Nakanishi Hiroshi (Professor, Kyoto University)

(Speakers)

• Matsuura Masataka (Professor, Rikkyo University)
• Liu Jie (Professor, Waseda University)
• Brian P. Farrell (Professor, National University of Singapore)
• Hanada Tomoyuki (Senior Fellow, NIDS)

(Discussants)

• Shoji Junichiro (Vice President for Academic Affairs, NIDS)
• Tohmatsu Haruo (Professor, National Defense Academy)

17th International Forum on War History

17th Forum (2019)
"The Unexpected Expansion of Conflict"

The theme for 2019 is the Unexpected Expansion of Conflict. Armed conflicts or individual operations commenced based on a defined plan rarely expand further than expected. Approaches to such situations are an important issue for every country to consider on a regular basis. This fiscal year, we will look at several examples of armed conflicts that grew larger than expected in order to further understand conflict management.

Tuesday, September 17, 2019; 9:30 to 17:00 (opens at 9:00)

Location:	Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo "BallRoom" (Hotel 1F) (2-10-8 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)
Capacity:	300
Admissions:	Free

Keynote speech

"Military Strategy and the Unexpected Expansion of Conflict," Dr. Stephen Badsey, Professor, University of Wolverhampton (U.K.)

(Special Speaker)

Thomas G. Mahnken (President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments)

Session 1: The Expanded Wars

"The Expansion of the Sino-Japanese War and the Japanese Army, July 1937 to October 1938," Dr. Ryoichi Tobe, Professor Emeritus, National Defense Academy
"The General Who Hated Surprises: Douglas MacArthur and Korea, 1950-1951," Dr. Allan R. Millett, Professor, University of New Orleans (U.S.A.)
"Meeting the Needs of War: The Australian Army and the Vietnam War," Dr. Albert Palazzo, Director of War Studies, Australian Army Research Centre
Discussant: Dr. Tomoyuki Hanada, Senior Research Fellow, Military History Division, Center for Military History (CMH), NIDS

Session 2: The Expansion of Campaigns

"The Unexpected British Medical Emergency in the Gallipoli Campaign 1915-16," Dr. Phylomena Badsey, Research Administrator and Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton (U.K.)
"From Opportunity to Strategic Necessity: The Japanese in the South Pacific, 1942- 43," Mr. Hiroyuki Shindo, Senior Research Fellow, Military History Division, CMH, NIDS
"Rejecting Catastrophe: the German High Command and the Failure of the Offensive in the Soviet Union, Autumn 1941
Discussant: Lt. Col. Tatsushi Saito, Research Fellow, Military Archives, CMH, NIDS

Session 3: Overall Discussion

• *Please note the program is subject to change without notice.
• *The scheduled speakers and session contents are subject to change.
• *Simultaneous Japanese and English interpretation included.

16th International Forum on War History

16th Forum (2017)
"Irregular Warfare in Historical Prespectives"

Date :	Wednesday, September 20, 2017 9:30-18:45
Location :	Hotel CHINZANSO Tokyo "Ball-Room"（Hotel 1F）

(Keynote Speaker)

• Akira Kato (Professor,Obirin University)

(Special Speaker)

• Thomas G. Mahnken (President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments)

(Speakers)

• Martin Van Creveld (Former Professor,Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
• Christopher Coker(Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science)
• Tetsuya Endo (Professor,Insitute of Word Studies,Takushoku University)
• Nobu Iwatani(Professor,Hokkaido University)
• Kyoichi Tachikawa (Chief,Miritary History Division,CMH,NIDS)
• Yuichi Shinpuku (LTC, JGSDF, International Conflict Division, CMH, NIDS)
• Carter Malkasian (Special Assistant to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
• Philip Sabin(Professor,King's College London)

(Discussants)

• Eiichi Funada (Former Commander in Chief of the Self Defense Fleet)
• Takuya Tani (Senior Fellow, Military History Division,CMH,NIDS)
• Aihito Yamashita (Chief,Research Management Office,Center for Air Power Strategic Studies, Air Staff College)

The Proceeding of the Forum 2017( Japanese / English )

15th International Forum on War History

15th Forum (2016)
"Japan's Alliances: Past and Present"

Date :	Wednesday, September 28, 2016 9:30-17:45
Location :	Hotel CHINZANSO Tokyo "Ball-Room"（Hotel 1F）

(Special Speaker)

• Mark A. Stoler (Professor Emeritus of History, University of Vermont)

(Keynote Speaker)

• Kazuya Sakamoto (Professor, Osaka University)

(Speakers)

• Steven C. Bullard (Senior Historian, Australian War Memorial)
• Nobuo Tajima (Professor, Seijo University)
• Allan R. Millett (Senior Military Advisor, National World War II Museum)
• Shingo Nakajima (Senior Fellow, National Security Policy Division, CMH, NIDS)
• Alessio Patalano (Senior Lecturer, King's College London)
• Yasuaki Chijiwa (Senior Fellow, National Security Policy Division, CMH, NIDS)

(Discussants)

• Kiyoshi Aizawa (Chief, Division of National Security Policy, CMH, NIDS)
• Ayako Kusunoki (Associate Professor, International research Center for Japanese Studies)
• Takuma Nakashima (Associate Professor, Ryukyu University)

14th International Forum on War History

14th Forum (2015)
&auot;Termination of Wars in Historical Perspective&auot;

Date :	Wednesday, September 30, 2015 9:30-17:35
Location :	Hotel CHINZANSO Tokyo "Ball-Room" (Hotel 1F)

(Keynote Speaker)

• Hew Strachan (Professor, University of St Andrews)

(Speakers)

• Holger H. Herwig (Professor, University of Calgary)
• Richard B. Frank (Head, Board of Presidential Councilors of the U.S. National World War II Museum)
• Junichiro Shoji (Director, Center for Military History [CMH], NIDS)
• Ryuji Hirano (Commander, JMSDF, National Security Policy Division, CMH, NIDS)
• Takenori Horimoto (Visiting Professor, The Open University of Japan)
• Ang Cheng Guan (Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University)
• Christopher Tuck (Senior Lecturer, King's College London, University of London)
• Brian Farrell (Professor, National University of Singapore)
• Ken Kotani (Senior Research Fellow, International Conflict Division, CMH, NIDS)

13th International Forum on War History

13th Forum (2014)
"History of the Joint and Combined Operations"

Date :	Wednesday, September 17, 2014 9:30-17:55
Location :	Hotel CHINZANSO Tokyo "Ball-Room"（Hotel 1F）

(Keynote Speaker)

• Ryoichi Oriki (Specical Adviser to the Minister of Defense; former Chief of Staff, Joint Staff, JSDF)

(Special Speaker)

• Lawrence Freedman (Vice-Principal, King's College London, University of London)

(Speakers)

• Graham Dunlop (Retired Colonel, the Royal Marines)
• David Stevenson (Professor, London School of Economics, University of London)
• Katsuya Tsukamoto (Senior Research Fellow, Defense Policy Division, Policy Studies Department, NIDS)
• Williamson Murray (Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University)
• Daniel Marston (Professor, Australian National University)
• Carter Malkasian (Professor, UA Army War College)
• Toshi Yoshihara (Professor, US Naval War College)
• Tomoyuki Ishizu (Chief, International Conflict Division, CMH, NIDS)

(Discussants)

• Haruo Tohmatsu (Professor, National Defense Academy)
• Kyoichi Tachikawa (Chief, Military History Division, CMH, NIDS)
• Narushige Michisita (Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

The Proceeding of the Forum 2014( Japanese / English )

12th International Forum on War History

12th Forum (2013)
"Defense of the Wider Realm:
the Diplomacy and Strategy of the Protection of Islands in War"

Date :	September 25, 2013 (Wednesday)
Location :	Hotel Grand Palace "Diamond Hall, Tokyo

(Keynote Speaker)

• Yoji Koda, VADM JMSDF (Retired) (Former Commander in Chief, Self-Defense Fleet)

(Special Speaker)

• Dr. Azar GAT(Professor, Tel Aviv University)

(Speakers)

• Dr. Phylomena H. BADSEY(Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton)
• Dr. David HORNER(Professor, Australian National University)
• Prof. Frank G. HOFFMAN(Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University)
• LTC Tatsushi SAITO(Research Fellow, Military History Department, NIDS)
• Dr. Stephen BADSEY(Professor, University of Wolverhampton)
• Dr. Ken KOTANI(Senior Research Fellow, Military History Department, NIDS)
• LtCol Jun YANAGISAWA(Professor, Air Staff College)

(Discussants)

• Dr. Kanji AKAGI(Professor, Keio University)
• Dr. Ryoichi TOBE(Professor, International Research Center for the Japanese Studies)
• Dr. Yuichi HOSOYA(Professor, Keio University)

(Chairman)

• Prof. Junichiro SHOJI(Director, Military History Department, NIDS)

The Proceeding of the Forum 2013(Japanese / English )

11th International Forum on War History

11th Forum (2012)
"The Legacy and Implications of the Pacific War"

Date :	September 26, 2012 (Wednesday)
Location :	Hotel New Otani Tokyo, Room "Fuyo (Central)

(Keynote Speaker)

• H.P. Willmott (Honorary Research Associate, Greenwich Maritime Institute, University of Greenwich)

(Speakers)

• Fumitaka Kurosawa (Professor, Tokyo Woman's Christian University)
• Liu Jie (Professor, Waseda University)
• Kyoichi Tachikawa (Chief, Military History Division, CMH, NIDS）
• Peter Dennis (Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy)
• Philip Towle (Professor, University of Cambridge)
• Roger Dingman (Professor Emeritus, University of Southern California)

(Discussants)

• Haruo Tohmatsu (Professor, National Defense Academy)
• Hiroshi Noguchi (Associate Professor, Nanzan University)
• Ken Kotani (Senior Research Fellow, International Conflict Division, CMH, NIDS)

(Chairman)

• Prof. Junichiro Shoji (Director, CMH, NIDS)

The Proceeding of the Forum 2012( Japanese / English )

Previous International Forums on War History

Tenth Forum (2011)
"The Pacific War as Total War"

Date :	September 14, 2011
Location :	Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo.

(Keynote Speaker)

• Dr. Yoko Kato (Professor, University of Tokyo)

(Speakers)

• Dr. Jan Willem Honig (Professor, King's College London)
• Prof. Tomoyuki Ishizu (Chief, International Conflict Division, Center for Military History, NIDS)
• Dr. Christopher Coker (Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science)
• Dr. Denis Showalter (Professor, Colorado College)
• Dr. David Horner (Professor, Australian National University)
• Dr. Atsushi Koketsu (Vice President, Yamaguchi University)
• Dr. Geoffrey D.W. Wawro (Professor, University of North Texas)
• Lieutenant Colonel Tomoyuki Wada (Fellow, Military History Division, Center for Military History, NIDS)
• Prof. Keishi Ono (Chief, Society and Economy Division, Security Studies Department, NIDS)

(Discussants)

• Dr. Kanji Akagi (Professor, Keio Univeristy)
• Dr. Ryoichi Tobe (Professor, International Research Center for the Japanese Studies)
• Lieutenant Colonel Fumio Takahashi (Professor, Air Staff College)

(Chairman)

• Prof. Junichiro Shoji
  Director, Center for Military History, NIDS

The Proceeding of the Forum 2011( Japanese / English )

Ninth Forum (2010)
"The Strategy of the Axis Powers in the Pacific War"

Date :	September 29, 2010
Location :	Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo.

(Special Speaker)

• Dr. Martin van Creveld (Professor, Hebrew University)

(Keynote Speaker)

• Dr. Masaki Miyake (Emeritus Professor, Meiji University)

(Speakers)

• Dr. Gerhard Hirschfeld (Professor, University of Stuttgart)
• Dr. Nobuo Tajima (Professor, Seijo University)
• Dr. Jost Dulffer (Professor, University of Koln)
• Dr. Nicola Labanca (Associate Professor, University of Siena)
• Dr. Kiyoshi Aizawa (Chief of the Second Research Office, Military History Department, NIDS)
• Dr. Vassili Molodiakov (Visiting Professor, Takushoku University)

(Discussants)

• Prof. Junichiro Shoji (Deputy Director, Military History Department, NIDS)
• Dr. Kyoichi Tachikawa (Senior Fellow, Military History Department, NIDS)
• Lieutenant Colonel Tomoyuki Wada (Fellow, Military History Department, NIDS)

(Concluding Speaker)

• Dr. Ryoichi Tobe (Professor, International Research Center for the Japanese Studies)

(Chairman)

• Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Tadashi Kagatani
  Director, Military History Department, NIDS

The Proceeding of the Forum 2010( Japanese / English )

Eighth Forum (2009)
"Strategy in the Pacific War"

Date :	September 30, 2009 (Wednesday)
Location :	Grand Prince Hotel, Akasaka, Tokyo.

(Special Speaker)

• Dr. Edward Luttwak
  Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies

(Keynote Speaker)

• Dr. Ikuhiko Hata
  Professor Emeritus, Nihon University/Lecturer, Nihon University

(Speakers)

• Dr. Kiyoshi Aizawa
  Chief, Military History Department, NIDS
• Dr. Williamson Murray
  Senior Fellow, Institute of Defense Analysis / Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University
• Dr. Brian Farrell
  Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
• Col. Noriaki Yashiro
  Senior Fellow, Military History Department, NIDS.
• Dr. Phillips O'Brien
  Director, Scottish Centre for War Studies, University of Glasgow
• Mr. Junichiro Shoji
  Deputy Director, Military History Department, NIDS
• Dr. John Ferris
  Director, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, Calgary University

(Discussants)

• Dr. Haruo Tohmatsu
  Professor, Tamagawa University
• Mr. Hiroyuki Shindo
  Senior Researcher, Military History Department, NIDS
• Dr. Kanji Akagi
  Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University

(Chairman)

• Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Tadashi Kagatani
  Director, Military History Department, NIDS

The Proceeding of the Forum 2009( Japanese / English )

Seventh Forum (2008)
"The Japan Strategies of the Allies during the Road to Pearl Harbor"

Noted researchers from the wartime Allies (Australia, Britain, China, the Netherlands and the United States) were invited to this year's forum, in order to discuss the processes by which their respective nations formed their grand strategies regarding Japan and the characteristics thereof, along with inter-Allied cooperation and differences regarding the formation and execution of those grand strategies.

Date :	September 18,2008(Thursday)
Location :	NS Sky Conference, Sinjyuku, Tokyo.

(Distinguished Speaker)

• Dr. Akira Irie
  Professor Emeritus, Harvard University

(Speakers)

• Dr. Mark Stoler
  Professor Emeritus, Universty of Vermont.
• Dr. Douglas E. Ford
  Professor, School of English, Sociology, Politis and Contemporary History, University of Salford
• Dr. Steven C. Bullard
  Senior Historian,Military History Section, Australian War Memorial. Independent historian.
• Dr. Herman T. Bussemaker
  Independent historian.
• Dr. Lu Xijin
  Professor, Faculty of International Relations, Daito Bunka University
• Dr. Ken Kotani
  Fellow, 1st Military History Research Office, Military History Reseach Department, NIDS.

(Commentator)

• Mr. Hiroyuki Shino
  Senior Reseacher, Military History Department, NIDS.
• Dr. Kyoichi Tachikawa
  Joint research Coordinator, NIDS and Senior Reseacher, Military History Department, NIDS.
• Dr. Nobu Iwatani
  Fellow, 1st Military History Reseach Office, Military History Research Department, NIDS.

(Chairman)

• Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Tadashi Kagatani
  Director, Military History Department, NIDS

• Summary of Sessions 2008

Sixth Forum (2007)
"New Perspectives on the War in the Pacific: Grand Strategies, Military Governments and POWs"

The purpose of this Forum was to discuss the war efforts and aims of the United States and Japan from the widely differing perspectives of strategic planners, military governments and POWs, in order to seek new and unique insights which would deepen our understanding of the military history of the War in the Pacific.

Date :	September 26 (Wed.), 2007
Location :	"Ivy Hall," Aogaku Kaikan

(Distinguished Speaker)

• Mr. Masayasu Hosaka
  Military historian and author, Japan

(Speakers)

• Dr. Ryoichi Tobe
  Professor, National Defense Academy, Japan
• Dr. Allan R. Millett
  Ambrose Professor of History and Director, Eisenhower Center for American Studies, University of New Orleans; Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University, U.S.A.
• Col. Michio Haga
  National Institute for Defense Studies
• Dr. Conrad C. Crane
  Director, U.S. Army Military History Institute, U.S.A.
• Dr. Kyoichi Tachikawa
  National Institute for Defense Studies
• Dr. Mark P. Parillo
  Associate Professor, Kansas State University, U.S.A.

(Commentator)

• Dr. Kanji Akagi
  Professor, Keio University, Japan

(Chairman)

• Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Tadashi Kagatani
  National Institute for Defense Studies

• Summary of Sessions 2007

Fifth Forum (2006)
"The Legacies of the Korean War: A Reevaluation"

The Korean War was a major cause of the current instability and opaqueness in the Korean Peninsula. This year's Forum will therefore analyze and discuss the impact of the Korean War from the perspective of the various countries involved in it, in order to reevaluate the military significance and legacies of the war.

Date :	September 20 (Wed.) and 21 (Thu.), 2006
Location :	Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya

(Distinguished Speaker)

• Dr. Fuji Kamiya
  Professor Emeritus, Keio University, Japan

(Special Speaker)

• Gen. (Ret.) Paik Sun Yup
  Former Chief of Staff, ROK Army

(Speakers)

• Dr. Myung-Lim Park
  Professor, Yonsei University, Korea
• Mr. Junichiro Shoji
  National Institute for Defense Studies
• Dr. Zhang Xiaoming
  Professor, Peking University, China
• Dr. Vasily Mikheev
  Director, Center for China, Central and North East Asia Security Studies, IMEMO, Russian Academy of Sciences
• Dr. Allan R. Millett
  Ambrose Professor of History and Director, Eisenhower Center for American Studies, University of New Orleans; Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University, U.S.A.
• Dr. Michael Hopkins
  Associate Professor, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom

(Discussants)

• Col. Kazumi Kuzuhara
  Instructor, Military History Branch, Education Department, JGSDF Staff College, Japan
• Dr. Jun Yasuda
  Professor, Keio University, Japan
• Dr. Ken Kotani
  National Institute for Defense Studies

(Chairman)

• Maj. Gen. Noboru Yamaguchi
  National Institute for Defense Studies

• Summary of Sessions 2006

Fourth Forum (2005)
"Japan and the Future of Airpower: Historical Perspectives"

The purpose of this forum was to reassess the changing roles of Air Power during the century after the first manned powered flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903.

Date :	September 14 (Wed.) and 15 (Thu.), 2005
Location :	Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya

(Distinguished Speaker)

• Gen. (Ret.) Hitoshi Omura
  Former Chief of Staff, Air Staff Office, JASDF; Former Director General, Dept. of Technology, Air Staff Office, JASDF

(Speakers)

• Prof. Philip Sabin
  King's College London, UK
• Prof. Emeritus Williamson Murray
  Ohio State University, USA
• Maj. Jun Yanagisawa
  National Institute for Defense Studies
• Dr. Benjamin Lambeth
  Senior Staff Member, RAND Corporation, USA
• Prof. Toshiyuki Shikata
  Teikyo University; General (Ret.)
• Prof. Matitiahu Mayzel
  Tel-Aviv University, Israel
• Prof. Kim Ihn-Yohl
  Korea Air University; Col. (Ret.), ROK
• Prof. Tomoyuki Ishizu
  National Institute for Defense Studies

(Discussants)

• Prof. Junichiro Shoji
  National Institute for Defense Studies
• Prof. Takashi Genda
  Col., Air Staff College, JASDF
• Maj. Gen. Noboru Yamaguchi
  National Institute for Defense Studies
• Adm. (Ret.) Hajime Sakuma
  Former Chairman, Joint Staff Council

(Chairman)

• Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Yoshinaga Hayashi
  National Institute for Defense Studies

• Keynote Address
• Summary of Sessions 2005

Third Forum (2004)
"The Russo-Japanese War and the World: A Centennial Perspective"

Researchers from a number of the countries which were affected by the Russo-Japanese War were invited for its 100th anniversary to reassess its international implications, through discussions of the war's impact on their respective countries.

Date :	September 29th, Wednesday - 30th, Thursday, 2004
Location :	Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya

(Special Presentation)

• Prof. Dmitrii B. Pavlov
  Moscow City Archives

(Speakers)

• Prof. Keith Neilson
  Royal Military College, Canada
• Dr. Berthold J. Sander-Nagashima
  German Military History Office, Germany
• Prof. Ewa Palasz Rutkowska
  Warsaw University, Poland
• Prof. Lee Sunhwan
  Keimyung University, Korea
• Prof. Selcuk Esenbel
  Bosporus University, Turkey
• Prof. Yukio Ito
  Kyoto University
• LtCol. Fumio Takahashi
  Air Staff College, JASDF
• Dr. Kyoichi Tachikawa
  National Institute for Defense Studies
• LtCol. Hisayuki Yokoyama
  National Defense Academy

(Discussants)

• Dr. Kiyoshi Aizawa
  National Institute for Defense Studies
• Assoc. Prof. Chiharu Inaba
  Meijo University
• Prof. Fumitaka Kurosawa
  Tokyo Women's Christian University
• Assoc. Prof. Haruo Tohmatsu
  Tamagawa University

(Chairman)

• Yoshinaga Hayashi
  National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

• Summary of Sessions 2004

Second Forum (2003)
"Makings of U.S.-Japanese Strategy"

After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Japan-U.S. alliance is taking on a major role in a context where the U.S. has been seeking a new international order, as seen in the Iraq War. With this global situation in mind, participants from both countries discussed comparisons of strategic ideas of both Japan and the U.S. from a historical viewpoint.

Date :	October 15th, Wednesday to 16th Thursday, 2003
Location :	Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya

(Keynote speaker)

• Shinichi Kitaoka
  Universtiy of Tokyo

(Speakers)

• Francis Hoffman
  Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory
• Williamson Murray
  Ohio State University
• Richard Sinnreich
  School of Advanced Military Studies, Command & General Staff College
• Mackubin Thomas Owen
  Naval War College
• Hiroshi Nakanishi
  Kyoto University
• Jun'ichiro Shoji
  National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)
• Tomoyuki Ishizu
  National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)
• Narushige Michishita
  National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

(Discussants)

• Ikuhiko Hata
  Scholar of Modern History
• Toshikazu Inoue
  Gakushuin University

(Chairman)

• Yoshinaga Hayashi
  National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS)

• Keynote Address
• Summary of Sessions 2003

First Forum (2002)
"The war leadership - Comparative study on Japan and the United Kingdom in World War II"

At the First NIDS International Forum on War History held in 2002, the participants from Japan and the U.K. compared the war leadership of Japan and the U.K. in World War II. The meeting focused on the war leaders and examined the subject at the level of national strategy, military strategy, the operations in Malaya and Singapore, the operations in Burma and Imphal and air operations.

Date :	September 18th, Wednesday to 19th, Thursday, 2002
Location :	Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya

(Keynote speaker)

• Kenichi Ito
  President & CEO of the Japan Forum on International Relations, Inc. (JFIR), Professor, Aoyama-Gakuin University

(Speakers)

• Saki Dockrill
  Senior Lecturer, King's College, University of London (KCL)
• Ryoichi Tobe
  Professor, National Defense Academy (NDA)
• Brian Bond
  Professor Emeritus, King's College, University of London (KCL)
• Kanji Akagi
  Professor, Keio University
• Carl Bridge
  Professor, King's College, University of London (KCL)
• Kyoichi Tachikawa
  Senior Research Fellow, Military History Department, NIDS
• Graham Dunlop
  Retired Colonel, The Royal Marines
• Kenichi Arakawa
  Senior Research Fellow, Military History Department, NIDS
• Michael Dockrill
  Emeritus and Visiting Professor, King's College, University of London (KCL)
• Hisayuki Yokoyama
  Research Fellow, Military History Department, NIDS

(Discussants)

• Takahiko Tanaka
  Professor, Hitotsubashi University
• Kimitada Miwa
  Professor Emeritus, Sophia University

(Chairman)

• Yoshinaga Hayashi
  Director, Military History Department, NIDS

(Master of Ceremonies)

• Junichiro Shoji
  Chief of 1st Research Office, Military History Department, NIDS

• Summary of Sessions 2002