
294 Fear In The Workplace In Japan
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<p class="MsoNormal">The world's third largest economy and one of the most sophisticated and advancedcountries is a notorious underperformer on the international stage. <span lang="EN-AU" xml:lang="EN-AU">I was</span> reminded <span lang="EN-AU" xml:lang= "EN-AU">of that by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike.</span> She was a guest speaker at a foreign chamber event,drawing a capacity crowd. She is whip smart, charismatic, and knows how to charm thecrowd. She speaks Arabic fluently and her English is simply excellent. Yet, She chose toaddress the assembled chamber members in Japanese, not in English. What anopportunity missed to show Tokyo and Japan's internationalism.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> Having been a diplomat, I know how these events are totally scripted beforehand, sonothing can possibly go wrong. The event featured a series of questions from the directorof the chamber to Koike. These questions were all vetted prior to the events. So Koike hadcomplete knowledge of what she was going to be asked.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> They are all softball questions anyway, which made them easy to handle. The foreignchamber is never going to get aggressive with the governor of Tokyo. So Koike wasamongst firm friends. Yet, she switched to Japanese after making some flawless off thecuff comments in English at the beginning. This included cracking a joke about channelthree on the headsets were receiving the translation in Arabic. That was witty and said toeveryone, she was a very confident person in dealing with foreign languages. At the end,she switched back to perfect English again. More witticisms followed and then sheelegantly glided out the door.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> Why didn't she do the whole piece in English? She obviously had the ability.Yes, it was onthe record, and there were members of the Japanese media there recording hercomments. So by speaking in Japanese, she could play to the broader populace of Tokyo.Here is our governor, effortlessly dealing with foreigners, type of thing.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> You
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294 Fear In The Workplace In Japan
Amzy♥️🥺