How will Japan defend itself, if it can’t get its youth to serve?
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Tara Copp, Pentagon Bureau Chief for Military Times, was one of eight rising U.S. journalists covering U.S. national security and defense issues who participated in a week-long study trip to Japan in December 2018 as part of the Sasakawa USA Emerging Experts Delegation (SEED) program. Copp published “How will Japan defend itself, if it can’t get its youth to serve?” in the Military Times on January 30, 2019.
Tags: aging population, Japan, Japan Self Defense Forces, military, SEED, seed delegation
Admiral Blair quoted in Financial Times article on Trump-Kim summit
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Sasakawa USA Chairman Adm. Dennis Blair, former Director of National Intelligence and previous Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, shared his thoughts on the recent Trump-Kim summit and its resultant agreement in an interview with the Financial Times. “Democrats accuse Trump of doing ‘anaemic’ deal with Kim,” published on June 12, addresses the preliminary outcomes of the summit and future prospects for negotiation.
Tags: admiral dennis blair, Japan, military, North Korea, us-japan alliance
Fifth Annual Security Forum focused on ties between U.S. and Japan in time of many Northeast Asia security challenges
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Sasakawa USA’s Fifth Annual Security Forum focused on ties between the United States and Japan in a time of many security challenges in Northeast Asia and globally. The day-long conference, held May 2, 2018 at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, DC, attracted nearly 300 attendees from the private sector, NGOs, academia, the media, and more.
Tags: Abe, admiral dennis blair, Collective Self-Defense, cybersecurity, Defense, Dennis Blair, foreign policy, Japan, Korea, military, North Korea, Nuclear, security, Shinzo Abe, South Korea, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Japan Today article examines debate over Japan’s defense strategy
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Brittney Washington, Program Assistant for Sasakawa USA, and Kangkyu “David” Lee, former Program Assistant for Sasakawa USA, have published an article in Japan Today about the Japan Self-Defense Forces, and Japanese PM Abe’s efforts to constitutionally redefine Japan’s national defense strategy.
Tags: Abe, Asia, Collective Self-Defense, in the news, Japan, Korea, maritime security, military, self-defense forces
Admiral Blair discusses North Korea with The Guardian
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Sasakawa USA Chairman Adm. Dennis Blair warned that a U.S. pre-emptive “bloody nose” strike on North Korea would be “high risk and unpredictable,” in an interview for “Former US Military Commander Warns Against ‘Bloody Nose’ Strike on North Korea,” published in The Guardian on February 20. Blair is a former Director of National Intelligence and previously served as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command.
Tags: admiral dennis blair, Defense, Dennis Blair, in the news, military, North Korea, South Korea