Past YCAPS Events

The Blue-Eyed Samurai: William Adams and the Tokugawa Shogunate. YCAPS-JUMP Open Seminar. Blue-Eyed Samurai Series. 18 Feb, 2020.

Taiwan's Election Implications. YCAPS Roundtable in Yokohama's Chinatown. 13 Feb 2020.

Leland Gaskins. Step Up: Overcoming Cross-Cultural Differences in Japan. YCAPS@Yokota Open Seminar. 12 Fe

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The Middle East crisis: Implications for Japan and East Asia. YCAPS-ICAS Open Seminar. 5 Feb, 2020

Yokohama Chinatown Lunch & Street Festival. Networking Event. 1 Feb, 2020.

The Weaponization of Space. YCAPS Roundtable. Shinagawa, Tokyo. 11 Jan, 2020.

Maritime Challenges in the Indo-Pacific: Common Causes for the US and Japan Beyond Traditional Security. YCAPS-PACFORUM-ICAS-JUMP Open Seminar. 22 Nov, 2019

DSEI Japan 2019. 18-20 Nov, 2019

Maritime Challenges in the Indo-Pacific: Common Causes for the US and Japan Beyond Traditional Security. YCAPS-PacForum-JUMP-JASS Open Seminar in Sasebo. 19 Nov, 2019

China's New Navy and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief. YCAPS-ICAS Open Seminar. 24 Oct, 2019

Developments in Hong Kong: Personal Conversations with Experts. YCAPS-JUMP Open Seminar. 21 Oct, 2019

JMSDF Maritime Security Symposium and JS Izumo Tour. 6 Oct, 2019

Cubing Open House. 1 Oct 2019. Young Yokosuka event held in partnership with the USO.

All for Nothing? The Southern Resources Area & the Pacific War. YCAPS-JUMP Open Seminar. 24 Sept, 2019

Narratives of Female Academics in Japanese Higher Education. YCAPS-ICAS Open Seminar. 18 Sept, 2019

Leland Gaskins. Step Up: Overcoming Cross-Cultural Differences in Japan. YCAPS-JUMP-ICAS Open Seminar. 29 Aug 2019

Young Mariner Leadership Training in Nanao, Ishikawa. Yokosuka Mariners x Young Yokosuka. 5-9 Aug 2019

Russell Hsiao. Under Pressure: Taiwan and the PRC's Coercion Campaign. YCAPS-JUMP-ICAS Open Seminar. 17 July 2019.

Tokyo International Students visit Yokosuka to Tour Mikasa and engage in seminars. Young Yokosuka event. 3 July 2019.

Dr. Rahul Choudaha. The 3rd Wave of International Student Mobility & Competitive Asian Universities. YCAPS-ICAS Open Seminar. 7 June 2019.

CAPT Tuan N. Pham. Space, The Next Domain (Star Trek or Star Wars?). YCAPS-JUMP-ICAS Open Seminar. 5 June 2019.

Yokosuka U.S.-Japan Young Leaders Assembly. Intercultural Networking Opportunity by YCAPS & JUMP. Yokosuka Navy Base Bowling Alley. 31 May 2019.

Social mixer with delegation from National Defense University. New Sanno Hotel, Tokyo. 25 Apr 2019.

The Future of Japan's Security Relationships: Insight from the NDPG and MTDP. YCAPS-ACCJ-JUMP Panel Seminar. American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) boardroom. 23 Apr 2019.

Jay Tariela, Rise of the White Hulls! The Growing Prominence of Coast Guards in Southeast Asian Security. YCAPS@Yokota! YCAPS-JUMP Open Seminar. 18 Apr 2019.

Michael Johnson, Cybersecurity and Concerns Related to Tokyo 2020. YCAPS-ICAS Seminar. 4 Apr 2019.

YCAPS Afloat USS BLUE RIDGE Chapter, Dinner Conversation featuring Jay Batongbacal, Richard Heydarian, Jose Custodio, and Deo Onda. Jade Garden Makati, Manila, Philippines, 15 Mar 2019. Co-sponsored by JUMP.

Toshi Yoshihara, Red Star over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy. YCAPS-JUMP Seminar. 4 Mar 2019.

Fukushima Dai-ichi Site Visit. Professional development experience. 12 Jan 2018.

Paul Midford, Overcoming Security Isolationism: Japan’s Promotion of East Asian Security Multilateralism Since 1991. YCAPS-JUMP Seminar. 11 Jan 2019

Tuan Pham and Grant Newsham, Bringing RIMPAC to the South China Sea. YCAPS-ICAS Seminar. 6 Dec 2018

Expert Panel, Cyber Security: Alliance Concerns for the Asia-Pacific Region. YCAPS-JUMP ICAS Seminar. 28 Nov 2018.

VIP Access to National Defense Academy Festival & Bo-Taoshi. YCAPS-JUMP professional development & Young Yokosuka event at NDA in Yokosuka. 11 Nov 2018.

Expert Panel, NATO States' & Asian Security: From Interests to Action. YCAPS-JUMP YCAPS@YOKOTA! Seminar. 10 Oct 2018.

John Bradford, Understanding 50 Years of Japanese Maritime Security Capacity Building in Southeast Asia. YCAPS-ICAS Seminar. 27 Sept 2018.

Discussion with Young Yokosuka Business Leaders. Community Building event. 25 Sept 2018.

Kawasaki Night Industrial Harbor Cruise. YCAPS-JUMP Professional Development Experience. 22 Sept 2018.

Professional Rugby in Tokyo. Social excursion. 14 Sept 2018.

Dr. Yoichiro Sato, "The U.S., Freedom of Navigation, and Indo-Pacific Maritime Security," YCAPS-JUMP Seminar. 4 Sept 2018.

Dr. Guilio Pugliese, "Between Grand Strategy and Grandstanding: The International & Domestic Politics of Foreign Policy in 21st Century Japan," YCAPS-JUMP Seminar. 9 Aug 2018.

Vice Admiral Yoji Koda, "The Battle of Midway: Primary Causes of Japanese Failure," YCAPS-JUMP Seminar. 4 Jun 2018

Tour of Japanese Diet and Closed Door Discussion with Representative Ishiba Shigeru, YCAPS-JUMP Tour. 28 May 2018

Shimoda Black Ships Festival with Cadets and Staff from Japan's National Defense Academy. 18 May 2018

Tuan Pham, "China's Drive For Global Power: Year in Review and Look Ahead," YCAPS-JUMP Seminar/Young Yokosuka Event, 16 May 2018

Walter Lohman, "Washington's New Approach to Asia," YCAPS-JUMP Seminar in Yokosuka. 8 March 2018

Ambassador Ichiro Fujisiaki. "North Korea, China, Russia & the US - A Japanese View." YCAPS-JUMP Seminar in Fussa City. 28 Feb 2018.

Prof Narushige Michishita, CDR John Bradford & Micheal Bosack, The Japan-US Alliance and the North Korean threat. YCAPS Seminar in Tokyo. 30 Jan 2018.

VADM Fumio Ota. "How Japan Should Answer the DPRK Threat: An Admiral's Assessment." YCAPS-JUMP Seminar. 17 Jan 2018.

Ryan Schultz. "Mutual Defense”: Japanese Officers, Colonial Soldiers, and the Ideology of Empire in the Manchukuo Army.  YCAPS-JUMP Seminar. 30 Nov 2017.

Gregg Rubenstein. Arming the Alliance: US-Japan Cooperation in Defense Acquisition​​. ICAS-YCAPS Seminar. 14 Nov 2017.

Tour of Tokyo's Admiral Togo Shrine and lunch discussion at the Suikokai Club. 4 Nov 2017

Tour of Yokosuka's Historic Tadodai House

Tomohiko Taniguchi. Japan's Diplomacy under Shinzo Abe: Time for Stocktaking. YCAPS-JUMP Seminar Series.

Nancy Snow. Japan’s Info War: Competitive Nation Branding in East Asia. Sept, 26, 2017.

Kerry Nankivell. Chinese-Japanese Competition in the East Asian Security Complex. YCAPS-JUMP Seminar Series. Sep 20, 2017.

Carl Gabrielson. Not-so-soft Power? Pop Culture and Security in Japan. YCAPS-JUMP Seminar Series. Aug 2, 2017

Yokohama Maritime Security/North Korea Tour, Lecture & Lunch. July 9, 2017.

Prof Andrew Oros. Japan's Invigorated Security Posture & Implications for the U.S. YCAPS-JUMP Seminar Series. June 22, 2017.

Colonel Grant Newsham. Checkmating China in the South and East China Seas? YCAPS-JUMP Seminar Series. April 19 , 2017.

Panel Discussion.  Women and the Japanese Workforce.  YCAPS-JUMP Seminar Series.  March 15, 2017.

Prof Kyle Cleveland. Radiation Rashomon: Assessment Politics in the Fukushima Crisis. YCAPS-JUMP Seminar Series. March 9, 2017.

Orientation briefing on the U.S. Navy's Role in the Asia-Pacific and Tour of USS Ronald Reagan. Feb 12, 2017.

VADM Umio Otsuka. The Japan-U.S. Alliance: Cultural Foundations and Enduring Values. YCAPS-JUMP Seminar Series. Jan 19, 2017.

Film Screening. Fall Seven Times, Get up Eight: The Japanese War Brides. YCAPS-JUMP Seminar Series Film Screening. Jan 10, 2017.

Imperial Japanese Navy History Tour: Museum Ship Mikasa and Navy Curry Lunch. Tour. Dec 3, 2016.

Europe's Role in Asia's Maritime Security. Seminar. Nov 16, 2016.

Torkel Patterson: US-Japan Alliance. Why It Matters to America and America's future. Seminar. Nov 1, 2016.

Healthy Asian Economies? - Jodi Schneider Reports. Seminar. Aug 16, 2016.

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