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The NIDS International Forum on War History, first held in 2002, reconsiders military history by comparing it bilaterally or multilaterally with other nations' military histories, providing a multifaceted viewpoint for an area of study which traditionally tends to be analyzed from a one-sided point of view. The forum started in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National institute for Defense Studies, with an intention of deepening mutual understanding among the countries concerned and contributing to the promotion of trust among them.
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International Forum on War History 2009
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Past forums of the NIDS International Forum on War History
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Seventh Forum (2008) :
"The Japan Strategies of the Allies during the Road to Pearl Harbor"
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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 |
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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, Militsry History Department, NIDS |
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Sixth Forum (2007) :
"New Perspectives on the War in the Pacific: Grand Strategies, Military
Governments and POWs" |
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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 |
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Fifth Forum (2006) :
"The Legacies of the Korean War: A Reevaluation" |
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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 |
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Fourth Forum (2005) :
"Japan and the Future of Airpower: Historical Perspectives" |
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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.)
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| 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 |
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Keynote Address
Summary of Sessions |
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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 reasess its international implications, through discussions
of the warfs impact on their respective countries. |
| Date |
: September 29th, Wednesday - 30th,
Thursday, 2004 |
| Location |
: Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya |
(Special Presentation)
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| Prof. Dmitrii B. Pavlov |
Moscow City Archives |
(Speakers)
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| 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)
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| Dr. Kiyoshi Aizawa |
National Institute for Defense Studies |
| Assoc. Prof. Chiharu Inaba |
Meijo University |
| Prof. Fumitaka Kurosawa |
Tokyo Womenfs Christian University |
| Assoc. Prof. Haruo Tohmatsu |
Tamagawa University |
(Chairman)
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| Yoshinaga Hayashi |
National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) |
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Second Forum (2003):
"Makings of U.S.-Japanese Strategy"
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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.
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| Date |
: October 15th, Wednesday to 16th Thursday,
2003 |
| Location |
: Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya |
(Keynote speaker)
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| Shinichi Kitaoka |
Universtiy of Tokyo |
(Speakers)
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| Francis Hoffman |
Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory |
| Williamson Murray |
Ohio State University |
| Richard Sinnreich |
School of Advanced Military Studies, Command
& General Staff College |
| Mackubin Thomas Owens |
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)
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| Ikuhiko Hata |
Scholar of Modern History |
| Toshikazu Inoue |
Gakushuin University |
(Chairman)
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| Yoshinaga Hayashi |
National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) |
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Keynote Address
Summary of Sessions |
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First Forum (2002):
"The war leadership - Comparative study on Japan and the United Kingdom in World War II"
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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.
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| Date |
: September 18th, Wednesday to 19th, Thursday,
2002 |
| Location |
: Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya |
(Keynote speaker)
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| Kenichi Ito |
President & CEO of the Japan Forum on International
Relations, Inc. (JFIR), Professor, Aoyama-Gakuin University |
(Speakers)
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| 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)
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| Takahiko Tanaka |
Professor, Hitotsubashi University |
| Kimitada Miwa |
Professor Emeritus, Sophia University |
(Chairman)
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| Yoshinaga Hayashi |
Director, Military History Department, NIDS |
(Master of Ceremonies)
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| Junichiro Shoji |
Chief of 1st Research Office, Military History
Department, NIDS |
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