InterviewHitachi chairman to Trump: Leave manufacturing to us
AI needs to be integrated with real-world infrastructure, Toshiaki Higashihara says
"Trump is a businessman, so I think he'll steer his policies with an eye on reality," Hitachi Executive Chairman Toshiaki Higashihara says. (Photo by Yutaka Miyaguchi)
ATSUSHI NAKAYAMA, Nikkei commentator
January 5, 2025 17:40 JST
TOKYO -- Less than a month before Donald Trump returns as U.S. president, and with the prospect of big changes to American economic and trade policy, Hitachi Executive Chairman Toshiaki Higashihara said the Japanese industrial group can play a role in building U.S. infrastructure that tech companies can't.