SSJ Forum Members,
It is my pleasure to invite you to this Yokosuka Asia-Pacific Studies
Group event.

Best regards,
John Bradford
President, Yokosuka Asia-Pacific Studies Group

*A 2nd Carrier for Yokosuka? Lessons of 1973 Applied to Today*

*Date:*

Tuesay, July 26, 2016

*Time:*

6:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:00 p.m.)

*Venue:*

Yokosuka Honcho Community Center 〒238-0041 2-1, Honcho, Yokosuka-shi

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*Speaker:*

Tetsuo Kotani, Senior Research Fellow at The Japan Institute of
International Affairs

*Admission:*

Free. Open to public

*Language:*

English

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*Overview*

Mr. Tetsuo Kotani will discuss the historic process that brought USS
*Midway* to join the U.S. Fleet Forward Deployed to Japan in 1973. This
case study offers interesting insights into some of the many issues that
would be in play if a second U.S. aircraft carrier were brought to the
Yokosuka waterfront, an idea that is being discussed in research and policy
circles, most notably as a key recommendation from the influential report,
"Asia-Pacific Rebalance 2025" from the Centre for Strategic and
International Studies.

*Speaker *

Tetsuo Kotani is a senior fellow at the Japan Institute of International
Affairs (JIIA) and also a lecturer at Hosei University. He was a visiting
scholar at Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies in Washington D.C. Mr. Kotani’s research focus is the US-Japan
alliance and maritime security, and he won the 2003 Japanese Defense
Minister Prize. Mr. Kotani is also the author of "Presence and Credibility:
Homeporting USS MIDWAY at Yokosuka," *The Journal of American-East Asian
Relations*, Vol. 15 (2008).