RIETI Open BBL Webinar

Japan and the Second Trump Administration

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What should Tokyo expect from President-elect Donald Trump, who has hinted at trade and security policies that could dramatically alter the terms of the bilateral US-Japan relationship? This talk will look at what we know about a second Trump administration, what the sources of risk and uncertainty are, and what the Japanese government could do to manage these challenges.

Information

  • Time and Date: 12:15-13:15, Wednesday, November 20, 2024 (JST)
  • Venue: Online
  • Language: English
  • Admission: Free
  • Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
  • Contact: Ms. UENO, Conference Section
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Speakers

Speaker:
  • Tobias S. HARRIS (Founder and Principal, Japan Foresight LLC)
    Tobias S. Harris is a leading expert of Japanese politics, widely quoted in leading world publications and a regular guest on television and radio programs. He is the founder and principal of Japan Foresight LLC, a Japan-focused political risk advisory firm. He is also the author of The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan, published by Hurst Publishers in August 2020. An updated paperback edition was published in October 2022.
    After working on the staff of a Japanese legislator in 2006-2007, he ran the popular blog “Observing Japan” and conducted graduate research at MIT and the University of Tokyo. From 2013 to 2021, he was the Japan analyst at Teneo Intelligence, the political risk division of Teneo, a leading CEO advisory firm. He was also Economy, Trade, and Business Fellow at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, a Washington, DC-based think tank focused on U.S.-Japan relations, from 2014 to 2020, senior fellow for Asia at the Center for American Progress from 2021 to 2022, and deputy director of the Indo-Pacific program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States from 2022-2024.
    He was born in Chicago, and currently lives in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife, their two sons, and their two cats. He has an M.Phil in International Relations from the University of Cambridge and a BA in Politics and History from Brandeis University.
Commentator:
  • YAMAGUCHI Jin (Senior Director, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)
Moderator:
  • SABURI Masataka (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Special Advisor to the Minister, METI)