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A successful entrepreneur can't be afraid of failures or setbacks. An initial setback can be a great opportunity to take a new and more promising approach to any problem, to come back stronger than ever.

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My career was always about working with people, and understanding issues and problems and helping them to solve those issues and problems. How you deal with people - that's what diplomacy is all about. So while I'm not a career diplomat, many of the skills I had seemed to directly translate into the diplomatic arena.

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Diplomacy is fundamentally working with people, bringing people together to deal with difficult issues.

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I'd not underestimate the competitive powers of the Japanese people.

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For the sake of future generations, we must continue to work together to realise a world without nuclear weapons.

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Japan is a well-educated, technological society. It is a free society, protects intellectual property.

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What people often ask me is, 'What are the ingredients of Silicon Valley?' While the answer to that is complex, some of the ingredients I talk about are celebrating entrepreneurship, accepting failure, and embracing a mobile and diverse workforce.

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People talk about Japanese kids as being inward-looking. But my experience is that if you offer them an opportunity, they'll take it.

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As the U.S. ambassador to Japan, I see this challenge of our younger generations not knowing each other as well as the prior generations.

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Growing up in California, I obviously knew about our deep connections with the Japanese.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Diplomat

Born: February 14th, 1955

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