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Fighting China and making Japan great again
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Fighting China and making Japan great again

Tomohiko Taniguchi served as a Special Adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet and his principal foreign policy speechwriter. He has also been a Councillor in the Cabinet Secretariat under Prime Minister Abe. He is now a professor at the University of Tsukuba and Special Adviser at the Fujitsu Future Studies Centre. He talks to Hindol Sengupta about Japan's desire to break away from old paradigms and create a militarily powerful, high-growth economy again. But what are the challenges on the road to making Japan great again? Taniguchi talks to Hindol Sengupta about, •⁠ ⁠the remilitarisation of Japan, •⁠ ⁠how Japan faces ever increasing threats from China, •⁠ ⁠the need for Japan to maintain its distinct identity, •⁠ ⁠how the conversation about nuclear weapons is changing in Japan, and how it is connected to its 2,000-year history of the royal family, •⁠ ⁠could there be a JAGA - Japan Strikes Back as a Local (Global) Leader - like MAGA? •⁠ ⁠the impact of immigration in Japan, •⁠ ⁠why Japan is struggling with innovation, •⁠ ⁠concerns about the rise of Islam in Japan, •⁠ ⁠why Japan wants much higher migrants from India, •⁠ ⁠and how Japanese society is changing from within, and from the outside. Chapters - 0:00- 0:41 Introduction 1:13 - 4:29 How to make Japan rise again 5:35-8:02 Can Japan be a military force? 8:51-10:57 China’s expanding navy and threats for Japan 11:47-14:56 Is America giving up on the QUAD? 15:50- 16:51 Japan after Shinzo Abe 17:44-23:45 Can Japan reimagine the nuclear question? 25:18- 27:31 Japan as a civilisational state 28:49-32:55 Japan’s stalled economy and the need for immigration 34:11-37:11 Japanese innovation: from the 80s to AI 38:06-39:56 Why Japan missed the EV revolution 40:35-42:09 How Japanese society is changing 42:49-45:29 Concerns about the rise of Islam in Japan 46:24- 47:54 The need for JAGA like MAGA 47:56-48:26 Conclusion #japan #china #quad #america #modi nuclear #military #defence #nuclearweapons #islam #india #usa #trump #news #interview #economy #tokyo #modernjapan #innovation #EVs #AI #foreignaffairs
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