Sasakawa USA's Third Annual Security Forum

American and Japanese Interests and the Future of the Alliance

You are cordially invited to attend Sasakawa USA's Third Annual Security Forum

Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Each attendee must present a print or electronic ticket at the door.

8:30 Registration and continental breakfast

9:00 Welcome

Dennis Blair, Chairman and CEO, Sasakawa USA

9:10 Reflections on U.S.-Japan Relations 2012-2016

Kenichiro Sasae, Japanese Ambassador to the United States

9:30 U.S.-Japan Relations: Japan’s National Interests and Global Role

Moderator: William Cohen, Chairman and CEO, The Cohen Group; former Secretary of Defense

Shigeru Ishiba, Minister in Charge of Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy; Minister of State for the National Strategic Special Zones

10:15 Enhancing the Alliance: The Revised U.S.-Japan Defense Guidelines and Japan’s Security Legislation

Moderator: Sheila Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Satoshi Morimoto, President, Takushoku University; former Minister of Defense

Chuck Hagel, former Secretary of Defense and U.S. Senator

11:15 Break

11:30 A New Era in U.S.-Japan Maritime Cooperation

Moderator: Dennis Blair, Chairman and CEO, Sasakawa USA

Scott Swift, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet

Umio Otsuka, President, JMSDF Command and Staff College

12:30 Lunch

12:45 TPP and U.S.-Japan Relations: A View from Congress and the Diet

Moderator: Mireya Solis, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, Brookings Institution

Keizo Takemi, Member, House of Councillors

Gerald Connolly, Member, House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific

1:45 Sasakawa/CSIS Alliance Commission: A New Vision for the Alliance Through 2030

Moderator: Daniel Bob, Senior Fellow and Director of Programs, Sasakawa USA

Jiro Hanyu, Chairman, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Invited)

John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS

Ryozo Kato, former Japanese Ambassador to the United States

Richard Armitage, President, Armitage International

Noboru Yamaguchi, Advisor, Sasakawa Peace Foundation

2:45 Break

3:00 Meeting the Challenge of Cyber Security

Moderator: Michael Chertoff, Executive Chairman, Chertoff Group

Suzanne Spaulding, Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security

Yasuhiko Taniwaki, Deputy Director-General, National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity

4:00 Break

4:15 The U.S. Elections and Japan

Mich�le Flournoy, Co-Founder and CEO, CNAS

Mike Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS

Fred Bergsten, Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus, PIIE (Invited)

5:15 Reception

6:00 End