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Can Japan Stand Up to America?

  • Conrad Hotel Minato City, Tokyo, 105-7337 Japan (map)

Delphi is all about blending human connections and information (a combination which one member stated was a good definition of “wisdom,” interestingly enough).

Our upcoming Delphi salon will be especially reflective of those issues, as we will be looking at the Japan–US relationship, which in many ways comes down to the “animal heat” of the Trump–Ishiba relationship.

Like many Japanese politicians, Ishiba does not ooze charisma in the Western sense. But is he even likeable?

This is of crucial importance to Japan, because President Trump is imposing mind-boggling tariffs on Japan — not least the 25% on aluminium, and any product containing aluminium (i.e. cars), an area where Japan is still world champion.

Event Details

Schedule:

08:00 - Event begins

08:15 - Breakfast is served

08:30 - Speech begins

09:15 - Speech ends, Q&A begins

09:45 - Q&A ends, networking begins

10:00 - Event ends

Speaker

Vivian Tokai

Director of Government Affairs, Intel Corp.

We know that Trump has strong personal likes and dislikes, and if he ends up disliking Ishiba simply because Ishiba lacks charm, persuasiveness, warmth, English skills, and a well-rounded education, then it will be a blow to the current arrangement, which benefits Japan enormously. 

Our guide for this crucial moment in Japanese business history will be the fabulous Vivian Tokai, who (by popular consensus) gave the best politics lecture/discussion in living memory last year.
Frankly, she is far superior to any Western commentator I have come across — many of whom have been pumping out the same mediocre stuff for years, or indeed decades.

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