The
Joint Conference on Comprehensive Security in the Indo-Pacific, will take place on 14 and 17 November 2025 in Tokyo and Kyoto, as a collaboration between
Kyoto University and
Security & Defence PLuS. This two-city conference is organised by the
Kajima Institute of International Peace (KIIP).
"Comprehensive Security" is an approach to protecting citizens from various threats, including not only military threats, but also energy crises, food shortages, natural disasters, and other challenges. This concept, proposed by Masataka Kousaka, a professor at Kyoto University and others at a study group established by Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira in the 1970s amid the international turmoil caused by the Nixon Shock and the Oil Crisis, has regained importance as the world faces renewed turmoil due to changes in U.S. policy and increasingly complex international issues such as climate change.
How should we address the various issues encompassed by comprehensive security? What impact will the second Trump administration have on comprehensive security in the Indo-Pacific region? How can AUKUS and the Quad cooperate in the context of comprehensive security?
Experts from Japan, India, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—the countries comprising AUKUS and the Quad—will join government officials and other key stakeholders to discuss these issues and exchange policy-oriented solutions.
Schedule:
Friday 14 November – The International House of Japan, Tokyo
- 10:00-12:00 - Closed Dialogue on Cyber Security (invite only)
- 13:00-15:30 - Closed Dialogue on Stable Supply and Safe Sea Lanes for Energy, Rare Metals, and Food (invite only)
- 16:00-18:00 - Public Seminar on Cooperation for Comprehensive Security in the Indo-Pacific Region: Regional Leadership and Burden Sharing
Monday 17 November – Kyoto University Yoshida Campus, Kyoto
- 13:30-16:00 - Closed Dialogue with Researchers at Kyoto University on Global Health, Food Security, Cyber Security, and Environmental Security. (invite only)
- 16:30-18:00 Public Seminar on Cooperation for Comprehensive Security in the Indo-Pacific Region: Regional Leadership and Burden Sharing
Featured speakers include:
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Nobushige Takamizawa (Former Director of National Center for Cybersecurity)
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Hideshi Tokuchi (Former Vice-Minister of Defense for International Affairs)
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Kunihiko Shinoda (Former Deputy Director-General for Trade Policy, METI)
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Taguchi Seiichiro (Deputy Director-General / Deputy Assistant Minister (Ambassador), European Affairs Bureau, MOFA)
- Emil Levendoğlu (Minister and Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Tokyo)
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Mihoko Matsubara (Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, NTT, Inc., Tokyo)
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Hirohito Ogi (Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Geoeconomics)
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Michito Tsuruoka (Professor, Keio University)
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Hiroshi Nakanishi (Professor in International Politics, Kyoto University)
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Takashi Sekiyama (Professor in International Political Economy, Kyoto University)
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Takeshi Sakade (Professor in Economic History, Kyoto University)
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Nobuyuki Hiraizumi (President of the Kajima Institute of International Peace)
- Ian Langford (Executive Director of Security & Defence PLuS)
- Debi Ashenden (Director of UNSW Institute for Cyber Security)
- Alessio Patalano (Professor of War & Strategy in East Asia, King’s College London)
- Alicia Ellis (Director, MA in Global Security, Arizona State University)
- Manolis Priniotakis (Professor of Practice, Arizona State University)
- Sally Burt (Senior Lecturer in Cyber Strategy and Diplomacy, UNSW Canberra)
You are welcome to register for the public seminars in Tokyo and Kyoto, if you would like to attend any of the closed dialogues, please get in touch via email: [email protected]. 