{"id":13146,"date":"2026-08-10T05:45:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T05:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isic-japan.org\/?page_id=13146"},"modified":"2026-08-10T09:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T09:08:28","slug":"first-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isic-japan.org\/jp\/first-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"First Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First Breakfast Japan
\nThe Silent Battlefield: Critical Infrastructure at Risk<\/small>
\nSeptember 3, 2026<\/strong><\/small><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Welcome to meet a national security discussion with the Honorable Yasuhide Nakayama, Diet Member and former State Minister, moderated by Dr. Robert Eldridge, author, scholar, commentator, and former public official.<\/p>

Critical infrastructure faces increasingly complex threats, from natural disasters and cyberattacks to geopolitical tensions. Resilience has become a cornerstone of national security. Japan has lessons to learn and lessons to teach.<\/p>

Please register your interest to attend. Due to limited seating, terms and conditions apply. Contact email address is: forum@isic-japan.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Honorable Yasuhide Nakayama
<\/strong>Member of the Diet, Former State Minister of Defense<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Moderated by Dr. Robert Eldridge
<\/strong>Author, scholar, commentator, and former public official<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Redundancy (j\u014dch\u014dsei) is a foundational principle of Japan\u2019s national resilience strategy (Kokudo Ky\u014djinka), designed to maintain essential functions during severe natural disasters and security threats. Driven by frequent earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, and cyber risks, policy mandates that critical systems eliminate single points of failure.<\/span><\/p>

Across civilian operations, power utilities, telecommunications, transit networks, and water infrastructure integrate multi-route backups, microgrids, parallel routes, and redundant systems. Furthermore, critical government and financial data are geographically replicated between eastern and western Japan with automated failover capabilities to prevent regional single points of failure.<\/span><\/p>

In national defense, the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) emphasize redundancy to counter both physical and electronic warfare threats. Hardened command posts, backup sensor networks, and redundant logistics hubs allow military assets to maintain operational continuity under hostile conditions. Modern planning prioritizes distributed operations over centralized bases, enabling forces to maneuver and execute missions despite jammed spectrums or denied GPS environments.<\/span><\/p>

Combined with Zero Trust cyber architecture and multi-site Security Operations Centers, these measures ensure that operational command endures both digital incursions and physical destruction, offering key scenario themes for defense training and operational simulation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First Breakfast Japan The Silent Battlefield: Critical Infrastructure at Risk September 3, 2026 Welcome to meet a national security discussion with the Honorable Yasuhide Nakayama, Diet Member and former State Minister, moderated by Dr. Robert Eldridge, author, scholar, commentator, and former public official. Critical infrastructure faces increasingly complex threats, from natural disasters and cyberattacks to geopolitical tensions. Resilience has become a cornerstone of national security. Japan has lessons to learn and lessons to teach. Please register your interest to attend. Due to limited seating, terms and conditions apply. Contact email address is: forum@isic-japan.org Keynote Speakers The Honorable Yasuhide NakayamaMember of the Diet, Former State Minister of Defense Moderated by Dr. […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nFirst Breakfast - ISIC Japan - International Security Industry Council<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/isic-japan.org\/jp\/first-breakfast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ja_JP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First Breakfast - ISIC Japan - International Security Industry Council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"First Breakfast Japan The Silent Battlefield: Critical Infrastructure at Risk September 3, 2026 Welcome to meet a national security discussion with the Honorable Yasuhide Nakayama, Diet Member and former State Minister, moderated by Dr. Robert Eldridge, author, scholar, commentator, and former public official. 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