Enhancing Cybersecurity, Information Security, and Industrial Security as the Foundation for Japan’s Defense Transformation

January 2023

Past Event

Enhancing Cybersecurity, Information Security, and Industrial Security as the Foundation for Japan’s Defense Transformation

Past Event

Online Only

January 18, 2023

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 5 : (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY â MANDATORY CREDIT - REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON/POOL - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Japan's naval ship âMogamiâ, featuring stealth capability, is seen next to Japanâs national flag at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan September 5, 2022. (Photo by REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/POOL/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel next to a Japanese flag in Yokosuka, Japan, on September 5, 2022. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

January 2023

Past Event

Speakers:

Mihoko Matsubara

Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, NTT Corporation

Lindy Kyzer

Director of Content, ClearanceJobs.com

Announced to great fanfare in mid-December, Japan’s three new strategic documents—the National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy, and Defense Buildup Program—mark a turning point in post-war Japanese history. To face Japan’s greatest strategic challenge—the cross-domain threat posed by the People’s Republic of China—the documents recognize that Japan needs to double defense spending and augment military capabilities significantly. In addition, these documents highlight the need to take additional measures, such as bolstering cybersecurity, information security, and industrial security as the foundation for security transformation.

To examine how Japan can enhance its cybersecurity, information security, and industrial security, please join Hudson Institute for a conversation with three noted experts: Mihoko Matsubara, chief cybersecurity strategist at NTT Corporation; Lindy Kyzer, director of content at ClearanceJobs.com; and Arthur Herman, senior fellow at Hudson Institute. Walter P. Stern Distinguished Fellow Ken Weinstein will host the event.

June 2026

Virtual Event | Hudson Institute

Authoritarian Persistence in Latin America: What Should the US Do?

Featured Speakers:

Elliot Abrams

Daniel Batlle

June 2026

Virtual Event | Hudson Institute

Authoritarian Persistence in Latin America: What Should the US Do?

Please join Adjunct Fellow Daniel Batlle for a conversation with Elliott Abrams, whose leadership on Latin America policy stretches from his service as assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs under President Ronald Reagan to his role as special representative for Venezuela in the first Trump administration.

Featured Speakers:

Elliot Abrams

Daniel Batlle

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In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

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Featured Speakers:

Julio Crespo MacLennan

Daniel Batlle

June 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Spain’s Latin American Reckoning

Join Hudson as Adjunct Fellow Daniel Batlle sits down with Julio Crespo MacLennan, a historian and one of the leading scholars on Spain’s democratic transition and on Europe’s relationship with the wider world.

Featured Speakers:

Julio Crespo MacLennan

Daniel Batlle

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June 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Growing the DIB: A Conversation with Deputy Assistant Secretary of War James Mismash

Featured Speakers:

Nadia Schadlow

James Mismash

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In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Growing the DIB: A Conversation with Deputy Assistant Secretary of War James Mismash

Please join Hudson Institute for a fireside chat between Hudson Senior Fellow Nadia Schadlow and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Industrial Base Growth and Director of the Office of Small Business Programs James Mismash.

Featured Speakers:

Nadia Schadlow

James Mismash

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In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Winning the Innovation Competition

Featured Speakers:

Bryan Clark

Dan Patt

Emil Michael

June 2026

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Winning the Innovation Competition

Please join Hudson Institute Senior Fellows Bryan Clark and Dan Patt for a conversation with Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering Emil Michael about the Department of War’s efforts to bring AI to the battlefield and implement an innovation strategy that makes the most of America’s commercial and government research sectors.