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We are a non-profit organization building connections and developing people. Dedicated to advancing community-based knowledge of the Asia-Pacific Region.
📢 POLICY DIALOGUE:

#Japan’s Security & Foreign Policy

A panel of leading international journalists will examine how Japan’s 2025 security and foreign-policy choices are interpreted abroad

More Info Below👇
www.ycaps.org/ycaps-kreab-...
#Tokyo #IndoPacific #Security #ForeignPolicy
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
📢 COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: Join us in Fussa TOMORROW!

Sean Nottoli will discuss MAGA and Japan — examining how shifting US politics shape alliances and Japan’s strategic environment

More Info Below👇
www.ycaps.org/cc-fussa-nov...

#Fussa #Japan #IndoPacific #Security #USPolitics
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
📢 YCAPS COMMUNITY EVENT:

YCAPS Executive Director @marsecbradford.bsky.social will lead a Walking Tour through #Yokosuka — exploring Navy sites, #Verny Park, #Dobuita St. & more

More info below 👇
www.ycaps.org/yokosuka-wal...

#Japan #IndoPacific #Event
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📢 GETTING TO KNOW JAPAN WEBINAR

Evangelism, Persecution, and Hiding: The History of Christianity in Pre-Modern Japan

Join Professor James Morris for a fascinating look into Japan’s first Christian missions

Register below👇
www.ycaps.org/gtkj-christi...
#Japan #History #Christianity
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
📢 COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: Join us in Yokosuka!

Dr. Shawn D. Harding will lead a discussion on The Relocation of the Navy Carrier Air Wing from #Atsugi to #Iwakuni

More Info Below 👇
www.ycaps.org/cc-yokosuka-...

#Yokosuka #IndoPacific #Japan
October 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
📜 EVENT: YCAPS Historic Yokohama Walking Tour

Join local historian Glenn Scoggins for a guided exploration of Yokohama’s past — from the Treaty of Kanagawa to postwar reconstruction.

See below for more info 👇
www.ycaps.org/yokohama-wal...

#Japan #History #Yokohama
October 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
📢WEBINAR: Join us for our next Getting to Know Japan session!

Prof. James Farrer will explore how Tokyo’s small eateries build community and the challenges they face amid redevelopment & aging owners

More Information Below 👇
www.ycaps.org/gtkj-small-e...

#Japan #FoodCulture #Tokyo
October 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
📢COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: Join us in Iwakuni!

Emma Chanlett-Avery will lead a discussion on “The U.S.–Japan Alliance in 2025: Flourishing or Floundering?”

More Information Below👇
www.ycaps.org/iwakuni-oct-...

#USJapan #Alliance #IndoPacific
October 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
📢WEBINAR: Join us for our next Indo-Pacific Maritime Hour!

Dr. Bich Tran will explore insights from the 2024 Manila Dialogue on the #SouthChinaSea & prospects for the 2025 #ASEAN Maritime Security Dialogue

More Information Below 👇
www.ycaps.org/maritime-hou...

#Marsec #IndoPacific
September 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📢WEBINAR: Join us for our next Getting to Know Japan session!

Prof. M.G. Sheftall will share insights from a decade of research on the oral histories of Hiroshima & Nagasaki survivors

More Information Below 👇
www.ycaps.org/gtkj-last-wi...

#Japan #History #Peace
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
⚾️What a swing! Our YCAPS community came together for a thrilling game in Yokosuka.

A day of firsts for some, camaraderie for all—it was certainly a home-run experience!

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ycaps.org/blog/ycaps-m...

#Baseball #Yokosuka
@rawmih.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
⚾️ YCAPS Professional Baseball Experience!

Join us in Yokosuka for an afternoon of baseball & fun:
Yokohama Baystars vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

📅 Sat, Sept 6 | ⏰ 13:30 JST
📍 Yokosuka Stadium (near Oppama Station)

www.ycaps.org/yokosuka-bas...
#Baseball #Yokosuka

@rawmih.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
📢 Don’t miss the YCAPS–JAGG International Symposium!

@rorymedcalf.bsky.social & Dr. Jagannath Panda will discuss how #China’s rise is reshaping #IndoPacific security, governance & strategies

Register👇
www.ycaps.org/ycaps-jagg-s...

#Geopolitics @nscanu.bsky.social @isdp-sweden.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
📢 Don’t miss our next YCAPS Getting to Know Japan Webinar!

Prof. Michael Cucek will unpack the rise of the #Sanseito party & what it means for #Japan’s populist politics

Moderated by
Amani Kidd & Jeffery Mazziotta

Register👇
www.ycaps.org/gtkj-sanseito

#Populism #Politics #Japan
August 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
⚾ Join YCAPS for a Professional Baseball Experience!

Yokohama Baystars 🆚 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Yokosuka 🏟️

📅 Sat 6 Sept | ⏰ 13:30 JST | 📍 Yokosuka Stadium

🍻 First round on YCAPS post-game!

More info below👇
www.ycaps.org/yokosuka-bas...

#Japan #Baseball #Yokosuka

@rawmih.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
📢 REMINDER: Don’t miss our next YCAPS Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue!

Dr Sándor Seremet will unpack #Ukraine–#Russia relations & their impact on #Europe & the #IndoPacific

Moderated by Stephen Nagy

Register👇
www.ycaps.org/ippd-august

#Geopolitics
August 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
📢 Don’t miss our next YCAPS Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue!

Dr Sándor Seremet will unpack #Ukraine–#Russia relations & what they mean for #Europe and the #IndoPacific

Register👇
ycaps.org/ippd-august

#Geopolitics
August 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚢 Comparing Shipbuilding: Japan vs South Korea 🇯🇵🇰🇷

What can their different approaches teach us about maritime strategy & industrial investment?

Join us for YCAPS’ Indo-Pacific Maritime Hours w/ Dongkeun Lee

🔗 Event info: ycaps.org/maritime-hou...

#IndoPacific #Shipbuilding
August 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
YCAPS Executive Director @marsecbradford.bsky.social & Aristyo Darmawan examine why Indonesia’s parliament has stalled ratification of the 2023 EEZ agreement with Vietnam

Read below👇
www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publica...

#Indonesia #Vietnam #SouthChinaSea #Marsec #ASEAN #IndoPacific
July 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
📢 Event Reminder!

Join YCAPS for our next Getting to Know Japan event🎎

Paul Martin, trustee of the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Sword Culture, will explore Japanese swords as a form of art

Details👇
www.ycaps.org/gtkj-japanes...

#Japan #katana #JapaneseCulture #history
July 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
📢Don’t miss our next YCAPS Fussa event!

Air Commodore Yasir Shafiq Malik (Embassy of Pakistan, Tokyo) will unpack how the attack in Kashmir in April 2025 triggered a strategic crisis

Register below👇
ycaps.org/cc-fussa-jul...

#Kashmir #SouthAsia #IndoPacific
July 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
📢 Don’t miss our next YCAPS Yokosuka event!

Dr. Hilary Holbrow will explore how Japan’s “traditional” gender roles only took shape in the 1950s—and have been evolving ever since

Register below 👇
www.ycaps.org/cc-yokosuka-...

#Yokosuka #Japan #genderroles #ジェンダー
July 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
📢 Join us for our next Community Conversation!

YCAPS welcomes Dr. Hilary J. Holbrow to explore Gender Roles in Japan

Register below👇
www.ycaps.org/cc-yokosuka-...

#GenderRoles #Japan #Sociology #IndoPacific
July 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
📢 Join us for our next Community Conversation!

YCAPS welcomes Mr. Matthew Poggi to explore the Modern Japanese Economy—from the post-bubble “lost decades” to Abenomics and beyond

Register below👇
ycaps.org/cc-okinawa-j...

#Economy #IndoPacific #Okinawa #Japan
July 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
🌊 GRIPS Lunchtime Seminar 🌊

Join us for a special seminar on “Indonesia’s Maritime Policy” featuring Dr. Indra Alverdian, with @marsecbradford.bsky.social as discussant

📍GRIPS Tokyo / 💻 Zoom
🔗 Register: www.ycaps.org/ycaps-grips-...

#Marsec #IndoPacific
July 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM