Tobias Harris spoke with Nikkei Asia‘s Ken Moriyasu for an account of Rahm Emanuel’s time as ambassador in Tokyo:
Emanuel has also leaned on traditional Japan experts to deepen his understanding of the Japanese political system. Tobias Harris, deputy director of the Indo-Pacific program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, briefed Emanuel on the importance of the ruling LDP’s traditionally pacifist coalition partner, Komeito.
“The LDP is in a coalition, and you cannot overlook that when discussing national security,” Harris explained ahead of Emanuel’s posting. Harris is a fellow Chicagoan whose childhood doctor was Emanuel’s father, Benjamin Emanuel.
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