Japan's PM Ishiba wanted to visit Pres. Trump soon after Nov. 5. But President-elect Trump didn't grant him an audience until last week. Back in 2016, Japan PM Abe visited President-elect Trump at the Trump Tower.

But why have Japanese leaders rushed to meet with Mr. Trump?

Because America is important to Japan's economy and security. And vice versa. .

In this interview, we discuss the following:

►The "most important bilateral relationship in the world, bar none."►Japan's longest running political party and its loss of power

►How Japan's government structure compares to America's

►How protectionism and restrictive business practices helped Japan's economy

►1980s' anti-Japanese sentiments in America

►Populism in Japan (and perhaps its lessons for America)

►Japan's formidable bureaucracy and how it shaped Japan's economic planning (and at times political landscape)

►Japan's constitution and America's role in writing it

►Japan's challenge with its constitutional limits on increasing its military power

►Japan military: from pacificism to realism

►An Asian NATO?

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🚩About My Guest:

Dr. Steven Vogel is the Director of the Political Economy Program at UC Berkeley, where he is a Professor of Asian Studies, and a Professor of Political Science and Political Economy. He specializes in the political economy of the advanced industrialized nations, especially Japan.

Dr. Vogel was awarded a Commendation from the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs for his contribution to Japanese studies. He has published extensively about Japan, including the following two books that we discuss in this interview:

1. Japan Remodeled: How Government and Industry Are Reforming Japanese Capitalism, and
2. U.S.-Japan Relations in a Changing World

🚩About image:

Japan's flag, cropped to fit thumbnail. Image by Chickenonline from Pixabay

🚩Other Mention Interviews:Here are my two interviews with Dr. Feng Wang:

• Debunking China's Modern Economic History & Industrial Rise | S4E20, listen here: https://bit.ly/HbN-S4E20-China
• China's Brutal One-Child Policy | S4E11, listen here: https://bit.ly/HbN-S4E11-China

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