CPAC Japan is the Japanese affiliate of Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), one of the largest conferences of American conservatives held annually by American Conservative Union (ACU). Jikido Aeba, formerly the head of Happiness Realization Party, launched Japanese Conservative Union (JCU) and put on the first J-CPAC in partnership with the ACU in 2017, which was renamed CPAC Japan since 2020.
In 2019, Andy Chan Ho-tin of the Hong Kong National Party, the group being outlawed by the Chinese government for its advocacy of independence of Hong Kong, was arrested at the airport as he was about to travel to Japan to speak at J-CPAC 2019.
Speakers for the inaugural 2017 J-CPAC include:
- Steve Bannon, former White House Chief Strategist and Breitbart executive
- Matt Schlapp, President, American Conservative Union
- Robert Eldridge, retired Marin Corps civilian staff
- Genki Fujii (藤井厳喜)
- Kohyu Nishimura (西村幸祐)
- Masahisa Sato (佐藤正久), LDP member of the House of Councilors
- Eitaro Ogawa (小川榮太郎), author and commentator
- Toshio Tamogami (田母神俊雄), Chief of Staff, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ret.)
- Naoki Hyakuta (百田尚樹), author
- Takashi Arimoto (有元隆志), Sankei Shimbun
Speakers for the 2018 J-CPAC include:
- Mick Mulvaney, Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget
- Tomomi Inada (稲田朋美), LDP member of the House of Representatives
- Akira Amari (甘利明), LDP member of the House of Representatives
- Shigeharu Aoyama (青山繁晴)
- Takashi Arimoto (有元隆志)
- Eitaro Ogawa (小川榮太郎)
- Genki Fujii (藤井厳喜)
- Tsutomu Nishioka (西岡力)
- Matt Schlapp
Speakers for the 2019 J-CPAC include:
- Takashi Arimoto (有元隆志), Sankei Shimbun
- Eitaro Ogawa (小川榮太郎)
- Genki Fujii (藤井厳喜)
- Sara A. Carter, FOX News contributor
- Matt Schlapp
Speakers for CPAC Japan 2020 include:
- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz
- U.S. Senator Mike Lee
- Dan Brouillette, U.S. Secretary of Energy
- K.T. McFarland, U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor
- Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Gen Nakatani (中谷元), LDP member of the House of Representatives and former Minister of Defense
- Takashi Nagao (長尾敬), LDP member of the House of Representatives
- Matt Schlapp
- Eitaro Ogawa (小川榮太郎)
- Hiroaki Aeba (あえば浩明)
- Shigeharu Aoyama (青山繁晴)