-japan alliance to the people of japan and the world. lastly, once again, i would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to donald and madame melania for honoring us as the first state guests of the new era reiwa. president trump of the united states, the floor is yours. >> prime minister abe, the first lady and i are profoundly honored to return to this very beautiful nation as japan's first state get following the enthrownment of his majesty, the emperor. on behalf of the united states, we want to thank the imperial family for this gracious invitation and warm welcome. it was really wonderful. melania and i are thrilled to be back in the land of the rising sun. it is a true privilege to take part in the splendor of this historic moment and witness an ancient japanese tradition as you begin the new imperial era. we look forward to seeing the new imper ror continue his father's extraordinary legacy. yesterday, melania and i were delighted to join you, prime minister, in attending a sumo tournament. i've always wanted to see a sumo tourna

and japan alliance of japan and the world. lastly, once again, i would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to donald and madame melania for honoring us with your visit to japan as the first state guests of the new era. thank you. trump of thet united states, the floor is yours. pres. trump: prime minister abe, the first lady and i are profoundly honored to turn to this very beautiful nation as japan's first state guests following the enthronement of his majesty, the emperor. on behalf of the united states, we want to think the imperial family for this gracious invitation and warm welcome. it was really wonderful. melania and i are thrilled to be back in the land of the rising sun. it is a true privilege to take part in the splendor of this historic moment and to witness an ancient japanese tradition as you begin the new imperial era. we look forward to seeing the new emperor continue his father's extraordinary legacy. yesterday, malala you and i were delighted to join you -- melania and i were delighted to join you at a sum

japan, if you go back a year, didn't want a bilateral trade agreement. japan wanted the u.s. to stay with the transpacific partnership. this much larger multilateral trade deal that would have involved the u.s., japan and a number of asian and pacific rim economies. it would have become, if it had gone through a kind of japanese/u.s.-led trading bloc. president trump has made clear that he prefers bilateral trade deals. as opposed to multilateral trade deals but that hasn't quite come through between the u.s. and japan. meanwhile, the u.s. and chinese trade negotiations have fallen apart right now. we know that the u.s. wants japanese markets opened up more, in agriculture, for example. and he mentioned that u.s. beef was getting a foot in the japanese market just recently for the first time since 2000, according to president trump. the military, the military cooperation, that is working well, trade, there still seems to be some bumps between these two countries despite the warm relations between the two leaders. natalie and george. >> not too much more official business whil

-japan alliance to the people of japan in the world. lastly, once again, i would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to donald and madame melania as the first state guests of the new era. thank you. then president trump of the united states, the floor is yours. pres. trump: prime minister abe, the first lady and i are honored to return to this very beautiful nation. as japan's first state guests following the enthronement of his majesty the emperor. we want to thank the imperial family for this gracious invitation and warm welcome. it was really wonderful. melania and i are thrilled to be back in the land of the rising sun. it is a troop leverage -- privilege to take part in this moment and witness an ancient japanese tradition as you begin the new imperial era. theook forward to seeing new emperor continue his father's extraordinary legacy. yesterday melania and i were delighted to join you in attending a sumo tournament. i have always wanted to see a sumo tournament and they are bigger and stronger than i even thought. arenar very

>> i don't think japan -- i don't think this japan runs the same risk. and i think that is because abe is much closer to donald trump in terms of some of the things that he would like to accomplish. i think that he is pretty shrewd and he realizes that japan could be a real saving grace for donald trump right now based on the trade and security issues that are going on in the region. and south korea, north korea and china are all a little bit at odds with donald trump in different ways about security and trade. and this is a chance for japan to step back in to the position that it enjoyed in the '90s and '80s at a really strong and the strongest partner of the u.s. in the region. and it has been -- japanese leadership has been concerned that they are stepping down a little bit and playing second fiddle to china. so this is a chance for them to come back and it is very important for them to get this right. >> and you mentioned security as well. certainly at the top of that list would be north korea. where would japan like the united states to be as far as

the demographic issue within japan japan and slower burning issues. the demographic issue withinjapan and also concerns about the economy. it's difficult to predict what the new irritable hold. you didn't mention president trump. he is going to be here to this month and he will become the first foreign lever directly to —— leader to meet the emperor. the japanese government decide on these meetings. 0n the premises parity has been to remain very close to the united states. japan sees itself as having a difficult situation insecurity, within that scenario it is the support of the us. the approach has been to hold the us president close and that includes giving him the privilege of being the first foreign leader to officially meet the new emperor. of course, president trump said if it's 100 emperor. of course, president trump said if it's100 times more important than the super bowl, then he will come and meet him. james brown, thank you so much for staying with us. for this special coverage from the bbc of the imperial succession of japan's imperial

is now in the age of now the one hundred twenty sixth emperor of japan. tokyo. government to help parts of syria. russia which is seeking to step in and fill the gap. syria used to meet its fuel needs but facilities have been damaged in the war and the main oil and gas fields are still outside government control and has been importing eighty percent of its consumption mainly from iran until shipment stopped in october because of tighter u.s. sanctions on tehran government controlled areas are suffering from a fuel shortage damascus has another oil rich ally russia but politics seem to be at play. that the member. is not assisting the syrian government with fuel oil i think russia is using this to put pressure on the syrian government and it's. russia wants the writings and so the political military and security decisions in syria come from the kremlin. syria has just granted russia control of the main strategic commercial port and on the mediterranean for the next forty nine years it appears russia is replacing iran as syria's main oil supplier but it's n

in japan. right? part of this is their faith in american power, part of this is their faith and the ability of democracy, but they do believe that some kind of change is possible. they think it will take a long time. there are documents from the end of the occupation where they are saying the occupation is ending, the japanese are not there yet, we will need to stay around longer, we will need to keep a heavy american presence to make sure they get there eventually but they do believe the japanese are changed. this is also very gendered. the npr is a male institution. as i mentioned, a lot of these ideas are also being expressed about the possibility of universal military training within the united states which is also a very male institution. there is definitely this idea that responsible citizenship that is a male area, and that is what men are going to do. the whole thing is premised on almost the total issue of women or their belief that women do not have a strong role to play this in the public s

healed japan's wartime image. when it comes to his son, it is hoped that he will continue in that legacy with a more international feel. japan faces a number of challenges. it has not returned to the economic power that it was before the crash in the 19905. it it was before the crash in the 1990s. it has a demographic challenge with a rising elderly population and a gender issue challenge. today, for instance within the imperial palace, no women are allowed although one female cabinet member will be allowed. it faces many challenges. and although the emperor is not a political figure, some wonder exactly what he will do and say and what signals he will do and say and what signals he will give us to the kind of challenges he is prepared to face. and this abdication has reignited debate about the issue of succession, why only a man can be an emperor here in japan. succession, why only a man can be an emperor here injapan. but for now, laura, thank you. back to you, mike. protesters in sudan have accused the military

that japan and the u.s. can also collaborate on the abduction issue because that will serve as major pressure on kim jong-un. you must leave no stone unturned. we must, as prime minister abe has said, deal directly with the leader of north korea, and we hope to cooperate with the u.s. so that we can have a summit between japan and north korea so that we can resolve the abduction issue. our caucus plans on using any means at its disposal to make it happen. with that, i would like to conclude my comments. thank you very much. [applause] scooter: our next speaker, senior democratic staffer on the prestigious foreign relations committee and a former deputy director of defense for east asia, a position close to my heart. >> thank you very much. it's nice to hear the senate foreign relations committee referred to as prestigious still these days. if i can ask from our friends , the press in the room, as a staff member, if you can consider my remarks to be on background as i would like to continue to be a staff memb

japan is one of america's biggest trading partners. us exports to japan were $75 billion last year. but japanese exports to the us were nearly double that — over $142 billion. that means japan's trade surplus with the us hit over $67 billion in 2018. president trump wants to rebalance that, and the two sides have begun talks on a new trade agreement. japan's car makers are particularly nervous — they sold $51 billion worth of vehicles to the us last year. president trump has threatened to hit imported vehicles and parts with steep taxes, although he has postponed the move for six months. japan is already feeling the effects of the us trade war with china, its biggest customer. it's hitting the chinese economy, which in turn is taking its toll on japanese export figures, which have been falling all this year. ahead of president trump's visit, japan has relaxed restrictions on imports of us beef which have been in place since the mad cow disease crisis in 2005. a gift for the president, who on thursday was announcing billions of dollars of aid forfarmers struggling with the trade

and japan to people in japan and the world. again, i would like to express my heartfelt gratitude and madam melania for honoring us with your visit to as the first state guest era.he new thank you. then president trump of the the floor is yours. trump: prime minister abe, the first lady and i are honored to return to this beautiful nation as japan's first state guest following then emperor.t of the we want to thank the imperial -- ly for there gracious invitation.us we are happy to be back in the tfrlt is e rising sun pleasure to take part and witness an ancient japanese radition as you begin the new imperial era. we look forward to seeing the continue his father's extraordinary legacy. and i were lania delighted to join you in tournament.sumo i have always wanted to see a sumo tournament. bigger and stronger than i thought and your national and new arena where i presented the cup ever u.s. president's to the assume blow -- assume champion. we participated in a welcome majesty with her emperor and empress at the grand immateri

i came from japan. my mother was abducted by north korean agents 41 years ago when i was 1 years old. and she has never been come home to japan since. as a result of that, i have no memory of my mother. i don't remember ever having spoken with her or ever having touched my mother. my mother's name was taguchi. when she was 22 years old, she was raising me and my sister who was 3 years old. at that time, she was suddenly abducted by a north korean agent. and she remains held by them. in september 2002, there was a summit between japan and north korea and north korea acknowledged for the first time that they had abducted my mother and said that she had died in a car accident. when i heard that, i thought that i would never be able to meet my mother and got very depressed. i cannot put how i felt at that moment into words but i do remember i could not stop crying. however, that was not true. the information that she was deceased was baseless. at the time north korea shared a death certificate that was clea

japan and wearily. lastly once again i would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to donald and the madame melania for honoring us with your visit to japan as the 1st state guest of the new era of. thank you. then. president trunk of the united states floor as yours. prime minister the 1st lady and i are profoundly honored to return to this very beautiful nation as your parents' 1st state guest following in throne meant of his majesty the emperor on behalf of the united states we want to thank the imperial family for this gracious invitation and warm welcome it was really wonderful maloney and i are thrilled to be back in the land of the rising sun. is a true privilege to take part in the splendor of this historic moment and to witness and ancient japanese tradition as you begin the new imperial era. we look forward to seeing the new emperor continue his father's extraordinary legacy. yesterday maloney and i would delighted to join you prime minister in attending a sumo tournament i've always wanted t

japan is in some ways between is living through a transition of geopolitics. the u.s. whatever degree you want to talk about it is in some ways shifting whether it's declining or not we don't know but it's shifting and china is definitely rising surge apparent is between these two world powers and it has to carve out a place for itself i want doesn't just seriously mean national i what it needs some reckoning about and i want to introduce into our conversation show how kogo tell us she's a senior at northeast asia associate at the wilson center she's been thinking about this change of era in japan have a listen to. the japanese monarchy actually represents a sense of unity in the country it is a continuum of japanese history not over a millennium but actually two millennia it's really important ice's pounds and tradition. having a figurehead and. really representing the people and the values that it is found says the challenge with this new her and his wife is whether they can actually needs some new challenges and the changing realities of japanese society and i belie

president donald trump arrives in japan for a special state visit as the new emperor is 1st foreign guest. and celebrities gather on the red carpet one last time as the cannes film festival proles to its climax our film critic scott ross broke the final downfall and gives us his prediction for who will take home the competition pompadour. thanks. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program cyril ram opposed has been sworn in as president of south africa after being returned to office in elections earlier this month has promised a new dawn for the country which suffers from high crime slumping economic growth and high unemployment from opposes presidency follows a corruption scandal that brought down his predecessor inauguration took place in a stadium in pretoria with regional leaders in attendance. rather pose a risk the issues around corruption that the country and his party have been facing . i want people to have launched a some of those in whom they had invested the cost has not been not to the temptation of hard won and greater. challenges not on what country they are huge. but they

in japan and the world . lastly once again i would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to donald and madame melania for honoring us with your visit to japan as the 1st state guest of the new era of reva. thank you. then president trump of the united states floor as yours. prime minister the 1st lady and i are profoundly honored to return to this very beautiful nation as your band's 1st state guest following in throne meant of his majesty the emperor on behalf of the united states we want to thank the family for this gracious invitation and warm welcome it was really wonderful maloney and i are thrilled to be back in the land of the rising sun. is a true privilege to take.

and japan? >> i think the u.s. will find support in japan for getting china more towards the international norms, in terms of trading economy. there will be cooperation. is a long, hasp endured through ups and downs. even if there are discussions, conflict friction on one side, there are so many areas of agreement and cooperation that there can be heated discussions on japan's last u.s. trade, and cooperation on what they are expecting from china. kathleen: thank you so much, bloomberg asia government editor john herskovitz. more on the trade wars later on. we talk with china's ambassador to the u.s.. that's at 7:30 tonight hong kong time. this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. india's group is quitting asset management by selling shares in its joint venture on life insurance. it is valued about $615 million and takes their holdings through 75%. reliance capital will offer the rest of its stakes to other investors to make sure the minimum free flow requirement of 25%. kat

japan's prime minister, speaking there. let's bring in our correspondence laura bicker who is outside the imperial palace. sally was saying how there are 26 monarchies around the world but we saw hundreds of people gathering here, hoping to get a glimpse of that new imperial couple. it really goes to show how the imperial family is viewed here injapan. goes to show how the imperial family is viewed here in japan. they've been given a 10— day holiday here in japan, something unheard of for many people so they are taking advantage of the fact that they have this time to enjoy and some people have decided to come down here with the hope of getting a glimpse. they were awarded as the car moved its way from the imperial palace back to the residence. those who were lucky enough at the front managed to even see into the car and waved to the emperor and empress themselves. this is what people are coming. there is a glimpse of the imperial palace behind me. people wanting their picture taken on the day that is ushering in this new

forces, japan. thank you, kevin. cheers and applause] president trump: vice demirl sawyer, commander of the u.s. seventh fleet. [cheers and applause] president trump: some of them will be picked for hollywood, and they won't do it. and they like it better. rear admiral, gregory fenton, commander of the naval forces of japan. thank you, general. rear admiral james pitts commander of the submarine group 7. [cheers and applause] and you know we are doing a lot of big submarines. we are building a lot of them. i tell you, the best in the world. not even a contest. really something. i just saw plans for one, no longer the little submarines, these are incredible macheens. brigadier general todd dozier, deputy commander of the 5th air tors. todd, thank you. rear admiral fred kacha commander of task force 76. thank you very much. great leaders. captain jim mcgovern, commander of the amphibious squad ron 11 and fleet activities right here. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] president trump: thank you. great. together

i came from japan. my mother was abducted by north korean agents 41 years ago when i was 1 years old. and she has never been come home to japan since. as a result of that, i have no memory of my mother. i don't remember ever having spoken with her or ever having touched my mother. my mother's name was taguchi. when she was 22 years old, she was raising me and my sister who was 3 years old. at that time, she was suddenly abducted by a north korean agent. and she remains held by them. in september 2002, there was a summit between japan and north korea. north korea acknowledged for the first time that they had abducted my mother and said that she had died in a car accident. when i heard that, i thought that i would never be able to meet my mother and got very depressed. i cannot put how i felt at that moment into words but i do remember i could not stop crying. however, that was not true. the information that she was deceased was baseless. time, north korea shared a death certificate that was clearly fabri

that statement directly at oddsed with japan's view of north korea's actions, bus the remarks upset japan's prime minister he didn't show the it. . abe was all smiles as he and olympian trump played golf. the foreign minister said the two leaders is deepened their friendship amid a cozy atmosphere on the golf course. ivan watson following the story live for news tokyo this day. the summit seems to be off to i guess an awkward start with the president seeming to place his trust with the dictator of north korea which is japan's most direct threat. >> reporter: yeah, i mean this is one of the big issues for japan is north korea's nuclear weapons, its ballistic missiles, and president trump in his tweet directly contradicted not only japan but also his own national security adviser john bolton who told journalists here in tokyo on saturday that the short-range missiles that north korea fired earlier this month were definitely a contradiction of u.p. u.n. security council resolutions. in his tweet, president trump said hey, those where is small weapons that didn't really bother him though they b

-japan trade talks. japan tobacco could move on and nhk report that there was a bill in the upper house that calls for the government to sell its interior stake in -- entire stake in the company. in seoul we are watching amiri assets on a report it will invest in 1.3 trillion one in a resort complex in the southern part of south korea asterism is a new source to make up for software manufacturing. samsung is under review after it another $700invest billion in china. day w00t shipbuilding could move on a report that the company is one of two that pulled out of the race to build three new support vessels for the british royal navy. the opec plus group generally supports rolling over the production cuts after june if global uncertainty persists. we spoke to -- >> we will look at the numbers in june. [indiscernible] support of rollover. reporter: was it unanimous? >> no one spoke against it. reporter: what about that the russians have recommended to reduce the cap at the moment? >> it wasn't up for discussio

here as president donald trump arrives in japan for a special state visit as the new emperor is 1st foreign guest. and then suck up by in munich battle it out we'd like to shoot in the german cup final it will also be this one song for to it by an international superstar was. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program cyril ram opposes been sworn in as the president of south africa after being returned to office in elections earlier this month has promised a new dawn for the country which suffers from high crime slumping economic growth and high unemployment and opposes presidency follows a corruption scandal that brought down his predecessor you know gratian took place in a stadium in pretoria with regional leaders in attendance. from opposed to address the issues around corruption that the country and his party have been facing our people have a lot. some of those in whom they had invested the cost has not been not to the temptation of hard won and reaching. the challenge is not knowing what country they are huge down to you. but they are not in some mountable. correspondent to increase she

and china affects japan because japan has a good economic relationship with china and part of the regional supply chain. there is a risk that if the president does not reach a deal with china, that there could be even more pressure coming japan's way in the lead up to his re-election campaign, it's likely that the president is going to want to deliver concrete results on trade. i think the japanese government is negotiating in good faith but also somewhat concerned about the pressure that might come if the president does not succeed in negotiating with his counterparts in china. >> i want to play what donald trump said about a deal with china during his visit to japan. let's listen. >> as far as china is concerned, they want to make a deal. i think they probably wish they made the deal that they had on the table before they tried to renegotiate it. they would like to make a deal. we're not ready to make a deal and we're taking in tens of millions of dollars of tariffs and that number could go up very substantially very easily. but i think sometime in the future, china and the united states

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basically softened his tough stance on japan? i think that's definitely the hope of the prime minister, shinzo abe. whether or not he succeeded we will remain to see, but of course it all started when president trump withdrew from that transpacific partnership, president trump withdrew from that tra nspacific partnership, that massive free trade deal involving back than a dozen countries, which was agreed under the previous administration, the obama administration, the obama administration, of the united states. but when president trump withdrew from that, that's when the trade, bilateral trade talks started. president trump again surprised reporters when he talked about the tpp during a press conference, which also made a news headline this morning. he said he had nothing to do with it, he is not bound by it, but he also emphasised how trade until now has been very unfair towards the united states, and that he wants that to be balanced. as you said, two main sticking points, agriculture, which injapan has sticking points, agricu

japan relationship. well i think that you mentioned in in your your reporter mentioned that some of the differences between japan and the united states in terms of dealing with north korea japan is on the front line of most of north korea's short range and mid range weapon systems. we should keep in mind that north korea's actually tested missiles in the sea of japan they've launched i think the m's all over the japanese territory so japan is very concerned about what are the potential of north korea's military capabilities and how they would impact japan and the united states on the other hand is mostly concerned about capabilities and the potential to hit the home went as well as weapons proliferation so there is a bit of difference of use on north korea but i think that's superficial and i think both japan and the united states at the institutional level has strengthened the cooperation in the efforts to denuclearize the north for at least contain its more belligerent and visions stephen you spoke abo

he says he will rule in accordance with the constitution and work towards peace in japan and in the world formally became japan's one hundred twenty six emperor at midnight on to say those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera the street. you're just back from yemen what was the glimpse of the country to go listen to the children are deeply affected because of war we meet with global news makers and the stories that matter. high for me ok japan's chrysanthemum throne sits empty for in the application of emperor akihito today we take a look at the impact of the imperial family on japanese society and share your thoughts tweet us at eight a stream if your comments and i live you to chat you to be in the stream. much. northeastern the storm will. stop. for the first time in more than two hundred years a japanese emperor has abdicated emperor akihito will be replaced by some crown prince not a hito in a ceremony on wednesday now he tows accession to the throne is raising questions about the importance of the imperial family and what it means to be empress joining us to discuss

what differentiates japan from the case of china — us relationships is that japan japan from the case of china — us relationships is thatjapan has been the second—largest job relationships is thatjapan has been the second—largestjob creator from among the foreign nations, second only to the united kingdom, actually. japanese companies such as toyota a re actually. japanese companies such as toyota are also investing in the united states, further creating jobs. i think they differentiates japan pretty much from sino us trade conflicts. the special advisor to the cabinet of shinzo abe. thank you so much for your time. thank you. i'll be back with the headlines in a few minutes. but first it is the weather. hello. for some, it's been a sunny start to the bank holiday weekend. we saw a high of 25 celsius in london on saturday afternoon. this is herne bay, in kent, around about the same time. for others, a very different story. cloudy, outbreaks of rain across parts of northern ireland, northern england and scotland, and many of us will see some rain over the next few days. it will b

japan says officially that 17 of its citizens were abducte. a lot of this was taking place in the 60s and 70s and the 80s and that only 5 were returned. we heard from some of those people. president trump heard from some of the people and the fact that the white house is taking the time to listen to them also indicates that the white house is listening to what are the domestic political priorities of shinzo abe, the japanese prime minister and if at any point president trump is able to reach some kind of diplomatic solution with pyeongyang, tokyo is making it clear that it wants the abductee issue to be somewhere in that potential scenario. >> let's bring in pamela brown. pam, i would imagine that this particular issue is something that would resinate with donald trump given that he has advocated and secured the release of the remains of u.s. soldiers that died in korea. this is something that he can relate to. >> that's absolutely right and he said that not long agatha this issue has bp very much on his mind he actually promised to bring home

president on the trump arrives in japan for a special statement as the new emperor's 1st foreign guests to. thank you for joining us. cyril ramaphosa has been sworn in as president of south africa after being returned to office in elections earlier this month from a post as promised a new dawn for south africa the country suffers from high crime slumping economic growth and high unemployment his presidency follows a corruption scandal that brought down his predecessor you know curation took place in a stadium in pretoria with regional leaders in attendance. for more on this let's now bring in our correspondent the encrease who joins us from cape town ali and after being sworn in ramaphosa had a message for the people in south africa what did he say. well we call you mainly try to spread optimism and hope for the audience where in this stage you remember more than 6000000 of young voters did not even registered although they were eligible to vote in this election so there's a lot of frustrations especially amongst young people and i'm opposed to try to address them try to tell them well

it is important to put out that gun crime in japan is extremely rare, and that is because japan and forces very strict gun control laws. i think according to the national police agency, only three people died in shooting incident i in japan in 2017, ani think there have been fewer than 50 deaths from gun crime in japan in the last eight years. dose indiscriminate attacks occasionally happen, and when they happen, they invariably willll be through the use of knives or swords. one of the worst postwar stabbings in japan occurred a couple of years ago in tokyo when a man broke into a residential facility for people with mental disabilities and stabbebed 19 of them to death. there have been similar incidents,s, including at a schl in 2001 and 2008. there is widespread shock over what has happened, particularly because many of the victims, most of the injured victims are children. and the fact t that the suspects now dead and will never be brought to justice. but japan does deserve its reputation as one of the safest societies in the world. genie: justin mccurry reporting from tokyo. now to leg

president donald trump arrives in japan for a special state visit as the new emperor is 1st foreign guest. and the screenings are down the jury has deliberated and is about to announce the winner of the palme d'or any time now fresh from cannes our film critic scott roxboro will be here to look at who might take home the coveted palme d'or. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program cyril ramaphosa has been sworn in as president of south africa after being returned to office in elections earlier this month he's promised a new dawn for the country which suffers from high crime slumping economic growth and high unemployment from opposes presidency follows a corruption scandal that brought down his predecessor inauguration took place in a stadium in pretoria with regional leaders in attendance. from the pose address the issues around corruption that his country and his party have been facing i want people to have launched some of those in whom they had invested they are crossed that's not man not to the temptation of hard won and reaching. the challenge is not on what country they are huge. b

and japan signed before trump came out to tokyo. now he is pushing that back, a concession, if you will, to prime minister shinzo abe's own political cycle. and president trump signaling that he is hoping for some breakthrough for u.s. agricultural products to come to japanese markets. this as the trade war rages between the u.s. and china and the u.s. has lost access to very lucrative markets for its agricultural exports in china. >> this is also a cultural visit as well for president trump. and we know that he is attending a sumo wrestling match. the question is, will he bow to tradition and sit on the floor. much to say about how japan loves its sumo wrestling. >> reporter: that's right. i mean this has been a day of athletics for the two leaders. first they choppered out from tokyo and back to play rounds of golf. they had lunch evidently it was double cheeseburgers with u.s. beef. and then they went to the stadium here in tokyo for the finals of this sumo tournament. and the first of this new imperial era, you have to recall th

will be the first to japan in the era. in the two leaders will be meeting in june at the g i believe that will curve as a based on the report, what that means, is that the domestic environment and north korea must be severe at the moment. i heard this from someone who visited in north korea recently but apparently, there is not even enough bread app on young's hud luxury hotel for foreigners. what it means and north korea, is being so critical at the moment is that i want to aid from japan. meaning he plans on making small concession in order to get as much as they can. that is a methodology is clear both in the context of the nuclear in the missile issues. and the discussions at the u.s., as well. there is already been resolution of the past in both the u.s. and house and senate regarding the potential objection of david which you heard about from his brother michael earlier. our caucus in japan also proactively worked for the passage of those resolutions. we believe that justice with the nuclear missile issues that japan

we have japan, australia, the cosby index. globally this week, and we will be registering the first global drop for equities in 2019. have a look at where we are in china. don'tals have warned, short the currency and let you are in favor of pain. you can see, some strength coming through here in the chinese currency, although we are down on the equity market, the lowest level since january. rishaad: we can get over to tokyo and stephen engle is standing by. what is expected, what has been said, and is there any optimism? stephen: they have the pomp and circumstance of donald trump and the first lady meeting the new emperor in the last hour or two, and now donald trump is inside the palace behind me, known as the state guesthouse, where he is hosting formalities and meeting with shinzo abe. they will have a working lunch, and we have heard the donald trump will be meeting with families of detainees in north korea. that is a key issue for shinzo abe in his attempt to appease the wartime history between japan and north korea. thi

see japan exports 1.7 million units of japanese cars to the united states market where japan produces, thefactures, manufactured autos in the united states the 3.8 million units. enormous investment going from japan to the united states and that will certainly increase job opportunities for u.s. workers. that is an important factor we should not ignore. if the united states imposed any sort of upward limit in terms of exports of japanese cars, that will go against japan's obligation under wto, namely the the restrictions of autos. that is very important. stephen: who do you think has the upper hand? donald trump will use this as access to the market. he wants more concessions for u.s. beef which some of those restrictions go back to the 20 -- 2003 mad cow scare. japan has been reducing that but need to open up the beef market. who has the upper hand? yorizumi: as long as the united states can offer what they have previously agreed -- the duty-free entry of japanese car parts into a united states, that will be kind of precondition for japan to make any concession in agriculture includi

and japan's interest in particular. on russia, i would say simply that we see what we see is characteristic opportunism. and certainly, the russians perceive an opportunity to get back in the game so to speak. and as a special side benefit, to make some mischief for the united states. in the past, russia took a pretty firm view on traditional nonproliferation issues and pushed hard for denuclearization consistent with its global equities and policies . that seems to have really dissipated over the last several years. and right now, although russia may harbor hopes of economic benefit in the future along the lines of what the president has been proposing, first and foremost i think that there is a technical opening that the russians see. mike let me just add an additional point to danny's very good points. the end result of denuclearization, we cannot just stop there. the goal of both cynical reservation and if ever we can consider korean unification is to create a more stable situation in northeast asia. to get into a m

and japan are both global financial giants are like neighboring china japan isn't keen to engage in a tussle over tariffs there's no talk of an outright trade war for now for the 2 allies another day of diplomatic posturing lies ahead. you know use your dog joins us now in the studio for more on this story good morning joe. as we've been hearing there the president has been warning of what he's calling an unfair trade balance between the u.s. and japan that really pushing this meeting what are the tensions between the 2 countries on this front right now well the main problem is that the u.s. is buying move goods from japan then the other way around that's a trade imbalance and trump doesn't like that and a lot. of discussion really cars and car parts so trump has been threatening for the past month to actually impose a 25 percent tariff on cars from foreign cars and that would be devastating for the japanese economy because as everybody knows japan like 6 polkas especially also to the u.s. and the 2nd thing is agricultural products because japan has traditionally been always been very

japan's prime minister mediates talks between the us and iran. the next guest says it is a sign the president's tough action is working. >> they have fifth amendment rights, freedom of speech, you're not allowed to take that from other people. heather: that doesn't stop one school from trying, the m aga had students who got blurred in their yearbook. ♪ >> iran when i first came into office was a terror. now they are pulling back because they have serious economic problems. we are not looking at regime change. we are looking for no nuclear weapons. heather: the week surprising tension in the middle east donald trump welcoming japan's prime minister's offer to broker talks with iran. could a third-party ally be the key to the breakthrough with iran. research fellow for demands of democracy joins us now with more. thank you for joining us, appreciate it. is this a good idea? shinzo abe negotiating with president rouhani? >> donald trump is playing it right here. he was cautiously optimistic, very cautiously welcoming the idea of prime minister abe

is also hoping that its agricultural products will enter japan at a lower tariff but with japan's upcoming elections it's difficult for it to make such concessions if they can't resolve the trade issues though at least the 2 go for years can enjoy some time together formula one racing now where lewis hamilton of assaidi is defended his pole position to win the monaco grand prix is when further increased his lead in the championship reigning world champion bate out sebastian vettel of ferrari who came in 2nd 3rd place was hamilton's team mate terry but us finishing in 4th was max fish definition of red bull and was hamilton's 77th one pray when. a german professional baseball player is having the season of his life in the us max kepler originally from here in berlin plays for the minnesota twins where this season he has a batting average of 270 and 11 home runs and his team's not only top in its vision but it's also the highest winning percentage overall they've got an exclusive interview with the 26 year old when the canned. max kepler is currently one of the top players in major league ba

this is news asia coming up on the program it's a new dawn in japan as the country wakes up to a new empire we ask whether the change at the imperial palace has consequences for the nation last. minute memoriam relatives of afghans killed in conflict now have a place to honor their friends and families and preserve some of their belongings and more than just food singapore says it's cohen mary tradition deserves u.n. status we take you to a traditional hawker stall you can decide yourself if the claim holds up. i'm melissa chan and welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us japan has a new emperor the oxford educated not a hito now sits on the chrysanthemum throne the fifty nine year old was presented with imperial recall year at a mourning ceremony a sword and jewel in boxes as proof of his ascendance to the throne the new emperor then delivered his first official speech in which he vowed to remain close to the people and carry on his father's legacy of peace. i swear that i will act according to the constitution and fulfill my responsibility as the symbol of the state and o

some breaking news from japan. a knife man has stabbed at least 15 children in a park nearjapan‘s focal tokyo. it is not clear what was behind the attack. —— capital. at least two children and one adult are unconscious. a suspect has been arrested. it occurred in kawasaki city on the southern edges of tokyo. the public broadcaster has been reporting that. police recovered two knives. the suspect stabbed himself in the shoulder before he was detained, according to nhk, the broadcaster in japan. some of the clearest moving footage ever taken of britain's long—serving 19th century monarch queen victoria has been discovered in a film archive in a new york museum. for decades the images had been overlooked, forgotten, until a curator from the british film institute saw them earlier this year and helped bring them to light. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell has this exclusive report. queen victoria in a sharper focus than ever seen before. this was her last trip to ireland in 1900 and is believed to be the l

donald trump talks about beef exports to japan. that is about beef exports to japan. that is a lot of sukiyaki to try and narrow the $60 billion trade deficit. in april alone, it was a lot. they are going to be buying big—ticket military hardware systems for the defence of japan and that will probably mitigate the situation. donald trump needs to be seen to have a win so he will play hardball but also for shinzo abe abe, he is worried about the escalating trade war with china because the collateral damage for japan will war with china because the collateral damage forjapan will be substantial. good to get your analysis. taking more of those live pictures from the naval base, from where prime minister shinzo abe concluded that summit with donald trump. mountaineers in nepal have described the year's deadly climbing season on mount everest, the world's highest mountain, as a "death race." 11 mountaineers have died in a matter of days — nine on the nepalese side of the mountain, two in neighbouring tibet. on monday, an american climber died as he descended from the s

japan's constitution doesn't allow the country to have an army, so japan somewhat america's protection when it comes to threats like north korea. so he will be visiting the us base later today. it has been a very busy visit for president trump. it has been very interesting to see the japanese public‘s reaction to this rather lavish state visit. some of very critical of the japanese government for spending so much money by bringing him to the sumo tournament, making an exception for him to sit on a chair, and president trump became the first foreign leader to meet the new emperor, naruhito, and the empress. it was very remarkable to see the empress speaking to president trump without an interpreter, but others have been arguing that president trump, for example, tweeting a video of the sumo tournament has given the country great publicity, and given how tight tensions are because of trade, maybe prime minister abe is trying to soften president trump's stance. a busy four day visit for president trump. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: the austrian parliament has force

the social relationship with japan is good but i think we're japan is really worried is that will make a deal with north korea that excludes short range missiles that could hit japan that's the worry of abbaye and i'm not sure he's reassured with all these president comments about kim jong un meaning somebody you can deal with bill thank you so much for your time today thank you and thank you for joining me on this edition of politicking and also thanks to larry king for letting me sit in this chair today remember we love hearing from you join the conversation on larry's facebook page and as always you can share your thoughts on twitter by tweeting at kings things and using the politicking hash tag i also invite you to join me on my facebook page matthew cook official and that's all for this edition of politicking. some in media and even some politicians are giving julian a solid new look and it's no wonder a case can be made the u.s. crusade against assad is a blueprint for criminalizing journalism when fate is in store for a songe all journalism suffer the same. thing about capitalis

forces, japan. thank you, kevin. [cheers and applause] vice admiral phil sawyer, commander of the u.s. seventh fleet. [cheers and applause] some of them will be picked for hollywood, and they won't do it. and they like it better. rear admiral, gregory fenton, commander of the naval forces of japan. thank you, general. rear admiral james pitts, commander of the submarine group 7. [cheers and applause] and you know we are doing a lot of big submarines. we are building a lot of them. i tell you, the best in the world. not even a contest. really something. i just saw plans for one, no longer the little submarines, these are incredible machines. brigadier general todd dozier, deputy commander of the 5th air . todd, thank you. rear admiral fred kacha commander of task force 76. thank you very much. great leaders. captain jim mcgovern, commander of the amphibious squadron 11 and fleet activities right here. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] thank you. great. together these officers are leading the fearsome group of

donald trump heads back to japan for the g 20 summit. shannon: the president just wrecked up his remarks heading home, 1000 service men and women aboard the uss wasp. let's bring in former cia station chief dana hoffman and marine corps bomb technician julie jones for reaction. we talked about how the president address the relationship between japan and the us. he said it's fantastic, he talked about size we have there at all of this comes after the remarks regarding north korea. japan is there in the region and have been expressing concern with regard to missile launches by north korea. i want to put something up that john bolton said in tokyo last week, un security council resolutions north korea from firing any ballistic missiles in terms of violating un security council resolutions, there is no doubt about that but here is what the president said with prime minister abe when they talked about it in a joint press conference. >> i am personally not. my people think it could have been a violation is you know. i view it differently. i vi