they controlled japan's industry and pretty much japan's economy. macarthur and eisenhower are talking about the military industrial complex, and this is that to the nth degree. initial occupation policy is to turn japan into an agrarian powerhouse and to break up the giant corporations that help lead japan to war. in the summer of 1945, macarthur is moving forward very quickly with this, seizing the holdings of these companies, breaking up monopolies, stuff like that. and then, suddenly, revoter course comes into play -- reverse course comes into play. cold war tensions are rising. the cost of the occupations in europe and japan are enormous, and this is leading to a reassessment of occupation policies. and the u.s. government comes to an idea that japan can be a better bulwark to communism in asia if it's not some, you know, agrarian back water, but is instead an economic powerhouse, if it's kind of a great capitalist country. and so macarthur will be told it's time for you to switch course. you've been kind of breaking up these monopolies. okay,

the united states is japan's best friend. japan and the u.s. are allies that share universal values such as freedom, democracy and human rights. our alliance has served its role as the foundation of peace and stability for the indo-pacific region and the world. in light of the current regional situation and the severe security environment, the importance of our alliance has reached new heights. based on such common recognition at today's senate, we engaged in far-reach and candid exchange of views on each other's political principles, challenges faced in each of our nations, our common vision and other matters. president biden and i reaffirmed the recognitions confirmed at the japan-u.s. two-plus-two held last month and agreed to engage in initiatives for the region based upon such recognitions. we also discussed the free and open indo-pacific. we agreed that while japan and the u.s. will take the lead to promotion the vision through concrete efforts -- to promote the vision through concrete effort, we'll also cooperate with other countries and

of that in japan. macarthur is referred to as the american caesar. this is why, julius caesar, nono one will argue with you about them. he could be a great battlefield commander in times of war. the nickname dugout dog is fake news. like caesar he was a master propagandist and it's easy to despise the drama and ego that he brings with them but at some point in his career and made him look very foolish but other times his mastery of information operation and propaganda play huge dividends for the united states and for the mission and finally like caesar that's a legacy of japan and u.s. relations today. the occupation of japan wins the piece and it's a piece the honors the sacrifice of the service members who gave their lives in the pacific theater. i would argue that japan u.s. relationships today continue to honor the sacrifices. thank you very much that was an interesting overview of the work. if there's any questions, get to go. >> thinking amanda that was an incredible presentation. for our audienc

word japan. and this been demik is a once in a 100 years kind of been demick. this is, this is an extraordinary situation. and if japan was to take a decision in the interest of a citizen, which is to cancel the games, there are ways that it could be argued should at the moment the japanese government so far, i've been clear that i didn't have the line and it said that we will all the games well, and we will be a see if games and they were the only thing in the piece of public opinion. and i think the fact that the leading japanese is people and a couple of responses have also come with, remember the, the out of the budget for what is happening and don't you, although you will be games. most of it comes from different public agencies of the government. there about several companies joined war, but the debt proportion of the ship is very small as part of the overall money that comes in. so this is a southern division that japan will eventually make along with the i o. c. no horse there is. there's

world. japan. and this ben demik is a once in a 100, you're kind of brand demick. this is, this is an extraordinary situation. and if japan was to take a decision in the interest of a citizen, which is to cancel the games, there are ways that it could be argued should at the moment the japanese government so far, i've been clear that i didn't have the line and it said that we will all the games well, and we will be a see if games and they were the only thing in the face of public opinion. and i think the fact that the leading japanese people and a couple of responses have also come with, remember the, the, out of the budget for what is happening until q or the other 2 q will be games. most of it comes from different public agencies of the government there about of the several companies joined war. but the depth of portion of the ship is very small as part of the overall money that comes in. so this is a solvent decision that japan will eventually make along with the i o c. no horse there is, there'

the united states is japan's best friend. japan and the u.s. are allies that share universal values such as freedom, democracy, and human rights. our alliance has served its role as the foundation of peace and stability for the indo-pacific region and the world. in light of the current regional situation and the severe security environment, the importance of our alliance has reached new heights. based on such common recognition at today's summit, we engaged in far-reach and candid exchange of views on each other's political principles, challenges faced in each of our nations, our common vision and other matters. president biden and i reaffirmed the recognitions confirmed at the japan-u.s. two-plus-two held last month and agreed to engage in initiatives for the region based upon such recognitions. we also discussed the free and open indo-pacific. we agreed that while japan and the u.s. will take the lead to promote the vision through concrete effort, we'll also cooperate with other countries and regions, including the asian, australian and india

heightening over in japan. now lean a few months back, fans from abroad were ruled out from attending the games due to the risk that it posed. now it seems to be looking more and more like even local fans may be barred from venues. do you think that that is a possibility? i think as far as my understanding goes, the decision on local funds being allowed into the games has been different. did you find your right it is actually find where bod, already at the moment. at least can come in, but that's part of the precautions i think we are seeing this was why you didn't international events that are going forward. where events continue for the sake of the event. because there's so much, there's so much more writing on it on the broadcast event. and it takes away the expected thing because i think that's sensible to i don't think it be a good idea to back stadiums with a whole bunch with thousands of people. then they will become super special events, but if we, but if you put in place reasonable restrictions of the

the united states is japan's best friend. japan and the u.s. are allies that share universal values such as freedom, democracy and human rights. our alliance has served its role as the foundation of peace and stability for the indo-pacific region and the world. in light of the current regional situation and the severe security environment, the importance of our alliance has reached new heights. based on such common recognition at today's senate, we engaged in far-reaching and candid exchange of views on each other's political principles, challenges faced in each of our nations, our common vision and other matters. president biden and i reaffirmed the recognitions confirmed at the japan-u.s. two-plus-two held last month and agreed to engage in initiatives for the region based upon such recognitions. we also discussed the free and open indo-pacific. we agreed that while japan and the u.s. will take the lead to promote the vision through concrete effort, we'll also cooperate with other countries and regions, including the asian, australian and ind

paul: let's stay on japan. a long-standing and sometimes violent position with second and third generation koreans that have been thrust into the spotlight. the fuji employee sued when a homebuilder did not put an end to the distribution of leaflets that had racist content. for more on this, let's bring in hwaji shin, an associate professor at the university of san francisco. one of -- he said he was the lead so relentlessly that he contemplated taking his own life. is this a typical experience for the children of immigrant families that have sometimes been in japan for two or three generations? hwaji shin: i think so. i have also experienced bullying at school because of being a korean minority in japan. but i think that experience has shifted as more of japanese society becomes more accepting but the recent incidents have been increasing in japan. shery: are we seeing any government or corporate action against that? hwaji shin: yes. in 2016, they passed the anti-hate speech act which was a right step forward.

and recent union in japan is no different. it's highlighted the prussia in pia women face after years of media scrutiny and public criticism. princess marco married her college sweetheart, k camaro, who is not a royal, but michael had to give up her royal title to do so. the former princess was never a line to the throne because japanese law does not give women that right. many japanese people say the things the laws should be amanda, to allow female members of the way of family to be in the line of succession. we'll discuss that with our gas shortly. but 1st, priyanka gupta reports as a royal japan's princess marco didn't bow to criticism or intense public scrutiny about her marrying the man she loves. instead, with a sambal fairville at the doors of the imperial residence, the empress niece said good bye to her family and her royal title. it wasn't a typical fairy tale japanese roy reading marco camaro as she is now known, and her husband keiko morrow skipped the wedding ceremony and rituals. instead filing marriage papers b

the emperor of japan announced that japan would surrender on august the 15th. just six days after the dropping of the bomb. and as you know, mark, they are never ending arguments about whether we should have dropped the bomb on japan or not, was it necessary. and why do we drop the bomb and so forth? that is going to be argued forever actually. we drop those two bombs but the truman's basic purpose of course was to end the war. that was the number one reason why the bombs were dropped. the photographs chronicled the aftermath of those bombs i think you're going to share some of these photographs before we talk further about the book. not going to take them off also some photographs that are in the book. let me see if i can do this without injuring you and me both. [laughter] let's see here, so far so good i think. wait a minute. okay, are we on? select the cover of the book/white wall of fire. student that is correct we divided the book equally to two sections one on hiroshima and one on nagasaki. and this first photograph i will talk about a little bit later o

but in japan they go this way so little difference in america we go come here this way and japan they go come here this way. so this cat is telling you to come in here and you see at the base right here a gold piece. so the cat is telling you come into our shop and make money for us. i'm not sure why he had eight ball eyes. that's it. and japanese community has many superstitious thing sometime. they said the right hand means something the left hand means something else whether it's so white cat a gold cat or black cat and means various things, but i'm not sure i can't keep up with all the myth that goes with the monarchy cat. you look at the rooftop. at the building behind me. what do you see there? he's seen gold fish like this is to ward off evil spirit the fish in order to spit water. so that's for fire protection. so if you go to nagoya japan at the castle, you see a similar fish there. that's the ward off evil spirit or for fire protection. right here is one of three remaining grocery stores in the little tokyo area and the peak population in the 1930s and 40s. we had dozens of

a recent union in japan is no different. it's highlighted the prussia in peer women phase. after years of media scrutiny and public criticism, princess marker married her college sweetheart k camaro, who is not a royal, but michael had to give up her royal title to do so. the former princess was never a line to the throne because japanese law does not give women that right manager pennies. people say the thing the laws should be amanda, to allow female members of the way of family to be in the line of succession. we'll discuss that with our gas shortly. but 1st, priyanka gupta reports as a royal japan's princess marco didn't bow to criticism or intense public scrutiny about her marrying the man she loves. instead, with a sambal fairville at the doors of the imperial residence, the empress niece said good bye to her family and her royal title. it wasn't a typical fairy tale japanese roy reading marco camaro as she is now known, and her husband k camaro. skip the wedding ceremony and rituals. instead filing marriage papers before making a media statement. what action you thou

the hawaii of japan. things are a bit quiet to him. in the hook who isa ton thermal spar, there are even hot sand, about sand is heated up by hot springs. if you can get up again after about 10 to 15 minutes, or whenever you want me, japan has always had 2 sides to it. on the one hand, there is the contemplative quiet side that is also revealed in its many baths. and on the other hand, the hustle and bustle of its fine prince big cities. the journey through southern japan is like looking through a kaleidoscope with constantly changing impressions. and it ends at the see where our yawning gaze finally comes to rest. the me me ah, to the point of strong, clear positions, international perspectives. up to 80 percent of people in japan say that are opposed to the upcoming tokyo olympics. among other problems, the health risk i say is far too great. so our joint events like the picks a thing of the past, it will go, i guess, to stay on to the point to the point dw, ah me, oh, oh, i cannot, because you isn't oh

japan/u.s. relationship requires that an ambassador go to japan and the japanese understand this is somebody who is very close to the president. they really want to see an ambassador who has a direct line to the president, and you do. and i believe that's the reason you have been chosen. i appreciate you sharing at length about mr. mcdonald, because what a tragedy. i was a mayor, and every day in the cities, beautiful things happen and tragic things happen. and that's the case in any city, and you can't be a mayor, especially of a city like chicago, without picking up some scar tissue on the way. but your description of what you learned along the way, the levels of distrust that some in communities feel toward people in power, toward politicians, toward police, i had to learn and then relearn those lessons often in my time as the mayor of a majority african-american city. and i'm sure since chicago is a much bigger city that richmond, virginia, that those lessons were challenging and painful for

and japan over taiwan. yes and so taiwan is an old issue in the sheep han china relationship in the u.s. china relationship as you know it goes all the way back to the 1970 s. and both countries normalize their diplomatic relations so taiwan has a relationship with japan but not a military relationship surely there is no taiwan relations act which is what we have here in the united states that allows tokyo to be a partner it's high winds in the security however if you look at a map taiwan is very very close to the southwestern islands of japan proximity makes taiwan a real consideration when japanese defense planners if china were to up the pressure or continued the pressure on taiwan and there was some sort of military confrontation then japan would be immediately affected because it would be in its in its maritime borders not very far away from territory and margaret talk about dropping his concern there is another japanese concern is there not just to balance its trade relationship with china is the bigg

the protectionism has been a major factor in us-japan relations. are there some dangers of a broken dialogue researching or do you really i know we would all like to hope that that is the case but maybe put it let me put it differently. what do you think the potential dangers to us-japan relations are against which we should be working. class i'm sorry if that's a difficult question. >> i think my job is to prevent that from happening so but i think our alliance has changed very substantially from the time of ambassador reischauer. and i can describe this change in many ways the biggest thing is the alliance is gaining increasingly broader regional and global outlook. so this is an opportunity and also a danger. because now we have a situation where not just for each other but also for the global good. so i think the our alliance as this opportunity to contribute to the greater progress in the international society but at the same time because we have a scope of an alliance has expanded so much, this there is a greater need for us to align our poli

/japan relations. ambassador served as an envoy to japan the presidency kennedy and johnson and devoted his academic career to deepening our understanding of japan and its relationship with the united states. ambassador mentored our own professor can't who carries on the great tradition established. it is a distinct honor to introduce the honoree, his excellency who also carried on this great tradition from the japanese side. ambassador has served as japan's ambassador to the united states february 2021. he's career in the japanese ministry of foreign affairs spans over 40 years. before coming to the u.s., ambassador served as japan's ambassador to korea, personal representative for the g summit and i was soccer and ambassador to israel. his early overseas postings have included washington, london and paris. ambassador i think i have known ambassador since 2000 -- 2000 bowman's director of the foreign ministries national securities division and i was a political minister in her embassy in tokyo. i'm de

how does japan walk this line. well that's should everything for every country of the region and even for the united states the economic engine dependence of china is part of our strategic challenge at the moment i think japan has felt the brunt of beijing's ability to use that trade interdependence turn to its advantage and that was back in 2012 when the 2 countries had a dispute over the islands in the east china sea. islands and that point the chinese halted supplies rare earth materials which as you know are very important for manufacturing in japan but you see the increasing use by china of this economic engine dependence than other relationships as well so tokyo and washington in addition to camera and new delhi have been talking a little bit about how to build resilience how to be a rising risk standard pressure may emanate from asia. a lot of talk poverty have to be bitter over the time being should us move from the council on foreign permission thank you so much for a time thinking rational recovery. but j

. >>> we begin with an announcement from japan's imperial household agency. princess mako will marry her boyfriend komuro kei on october 26th. it comes after years of delay and intense public scrutiny. the couple will not hold a traditional wedding ceremony reserved for imperial family members. the 29-year-old princess mako is the eldest daughter ofrown prince and princess akishino. her boyfriend komuro returned to japan after living in new york to study law. once he finishes a self-isolation period as a precaution for the coronavirus virus the couple will see each other for the first time in lee years. their planned engagement was first announced in 2017, but it was postponed after media reported on a financial dispute between komuro's mother and her former fiance. princess mako declined to receive a lump sum of about $1.4 million, which she's eligible for upon her marriage. agency officials say behind that decision was the significant stress she had faced. they say it was caused by what appeared to be defamatory information about their families as well as p

the united states is japan's best friend. japan and the u.s. are allies that share universal values such as freedom, democracy, and human rights. our alliance has grown as the foundation of these instability for the indo pacific region and the world. in light of the current regional situation and the severe security environment, the importance of our alliance has reached new heights. based on such common recognition at today's summit, we are engaged in strong reaching and candid views on each other's political principles, challenges faced in each of our nations, our common vision, and other matters. president biden and i reaffirmed the recognitions confirmed at the japan-u.s. two plus two held last month and agreed to engage in initiatives for the region based on such recognition. we also discussed the free and open indo pacific. we agreed that while japan and the u.s. will take the lead to promote the vision through concrete efforts, it will cooperate with other regions including australia and india. we also had serious talks over china's infl

protect japan to keep control over japan. and so it's remarkable what ends up happening. let me then get to this is one of under the umbrella of the incredible ramifications the korean war ends up having far, far beyond the millions of dead it would leave on the korean peninsula. the fact it would divide as many as 10 million families. these families essentially were divided because the closure of that border. children and parents ripped from each other. justin millions of families and you see this now you often see pictures from the south to hold these family reunions. i mean these pictures of these peoples in their 80s and 90s had not seen each other in 70 years but they did not know if they're dead or alive. you can imagine what is like being reunited with them. in any case, what is the real impact of the korean war though? for everyone in the world aside from the koreans is that actually it completely turns of what u.s. policies were going to be like. both foreign and domestic after world war ii. by 1950 the united states

word japan. and this ben demik is a once in a 100, you're kind of been demick. this is, this is an extraordinary situation. and if japan was to take a decision in the interest of a citizen, which is to cancel the games, there are ways that it could be argued should at the moment the japanese government so far, i've been clear that i didn't have the line and it said that we will all the games well, and we will be a see if games and they were the only thing in the face of public opinion. and i think the fact that the leading japanese people and a couple of responses have also come with, remember the, the, out of the budget for what is happening until q or the other 2 q will be games. most of it comes from different public agencies of the government there about of the several companies joined war, but the depth of portion of the ship is very small as part of the overall money that comes in. so this is a solvent decision that japan will eventually make along with the i o c. no horse there is, there's

will that rescue japan from the stagnation from the challenges which japan didn't overcome even under the rule of sions? i'll be, what do you think? said era, now unfortunately it will not. the fact of the matter is, is that, well, you know, i've been on the 1st era was flying the weekend has basically surge the income of the japanese exporters, which was expected to basically increase the income of the japanese people that didn't happen. so obviously mister, she's the end mister corner. both are basically indirectly making sure that you know, they would certainly push for the increase of wages to take place so that you know, private spending will basically flourish. but in japan, one of the characteristics of japanese consumer spending is that you have to have a secure conditions of the corporations still live on employment. it's energy system, although it is basically crumbling, is still is very intact particular. so larger companies, meaning that the stable condition of these companies are, must project spending. so obviously it will be very difficult, you know, even if you make th

nancy: japan really has no choice. the demographics are against the country in terms of the low fertility and the shrinking size of the imperial family. they are going to have to change. now, the rate at which they change may be more modest here. it is not usually a radical change. but you have a japanese people, a public, if they were listened to, there would already be a change in place. it is just that the imperial family cannot make that change. it would have to come from the government, and the government skews to the far right, or at lease plays to that constituency, many of whom are traditionalists and don't want any change, don't want women to take over the throne, even though that is in their history going back centuries. so, it's inevitable, but a public very often is ignored. hashem: speaking of that, princess mako's father was reportedly have said three years ago i will only give my consent of the people of japan give consent to this marriage. who should change their mind first, the royal family or the japa

babs to japan. it's a position i hold very dear to my heart having served as our most recent ambassador. and representing one own's country is one of the greatest honors in the world. it really brings home the importance of the exceptional nation the united states is and it's an exceptional honor being bestowed on those of you that will serve as ambassador and an incredible honor that my family and i cherish. today i'm here as a member of the committee that over saw my nomination. i'm over here in a different seat to introduced the nominee to be our next ambassador to japan. while our political backgrounds couldn't be more different, i'm sure there are many issues upon which we strongly disagree. but through recent discussions, it's become clear that mayor emmanuel showed my unwavering conviction that it's the corner stone of the peace and prosperity of the entire indo-pacific region and it's become more dangerous day by day and that makes the appointment all the more important for the united states

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i think japan is now sort of thinking, well, where exactly do we sit? he's another layer that we, that we have to contemplate. and i think just as japan was anticipating or expecting, and i think some of the elite we've talked about during the 5 eyes and so on with some of the other countries here. i think it's maybe a momentary setback at least, but, but as, as foreign minister and he's fiction is somewhat more of the dervish. so he's from that, well, his area is hiroshima and he has made some strong statements as far as that heritage of his go is. and so i see that he should have, will have to be making some fragmatic choices between what he might want himself as in terms of security and when he will have to go as, as prime minister on this day. you really interesting point, let me take it said 0. the pragmatism may be coming through. does i explain why, for example, we've heard, we've seen signals from, from china, the chinese state broadcaster, and the very least describing cause she'd as victory as the best option for badging despite you know, the

but in japan, one of the characteristically japan -- japanese consumer spending is that you have to have secure conditions of the corporations. still, even though the system is crumbling, the stable condition of these companies are a must for the japanese to start spending. so obviously it will be very difficult, even if you make these policies and he is able to implement them. this is an important thing about japan, you have to have a good price to implement the policies they come up with. so he will have a pretty good pipeline there. but will his new policies have the effect to basically turn japan around? that remains a very big question. >> i'm glad you touched upon exports and trade, it gives us an opportunity to pivot toward foreign policy. do you expect him to take a hawk's policy toward china, one of its biggest trading partners? >> he's going to have to strike a balance. it's interesting, he did make some more hawkish gestures, he said is going to appoint a special advisor to look at the human rights situation in china, treatment of the uighurs and he's looking at increasing the

i already let's bring in our guests in tokyo dan or the wit sports writer a japan times in manchester the talent i met as british taekwondo olympic medalist and in shizuoka seijiro takeshita dean of the school of management at the university walker welcome to the program. latoya let me start with you what kind of an impact is this having on you and what kind of an impact you think this is going to have on the rest of the olympic and paralympic athletes. i mean less is we'll have a lot of this is going to be a very different olympics to what we're used to as a veteran of the last 2 games in london in rio one of the best things about it was that that support overwhelming home support even in rio the amount of brits that came out to support the athletes that made you feel at home it was absolutely incredible so it would be very strange going into libya games without them. however you have to accept it's going to be a strange games but it's also been a very strange year so with that being said we just have to get on with it and be grateful that the games are still happening in a boat so w

i all right let's bring in our guests in tokyo dan or the wit sports writer a japan times in manchester the teller won it as british taekwondo olympic medalist and in shizuoka seijiro takeshita dean of the school of management at the university walker welcome to the program. latoya let me start with you what kind of an impact is this having on you and what kind of an impact you think this is going to have on the rest of the olympic and paralympic athletes. i mean less is we'll have a lot of this is going to be a very different a little pigs from what we're used to as a veteran of the last 2 games london in rio one of the best things about it was that that support overwhelming home support even in rio the amount of brits that came out to support the athletes that made him feel at home it was absolutely incredible so it would be very strange going into an olympic games without there. however you have to accept it's going to be a strange games but it's also been a very strange year so with that being said we just have to get on with it and be grateful that the games are still happening in

i don't think japan is there yet, but japan has the potential to be in that position. i am not as optimistic about seeing a man's between the -- seeing amends between the two countries in the near future. the two countries made progress when the political parties in power were on the same page. in the 1990's, we had a left-leading political party in japan in power and a center-left political party in south korea in power. we were able to see bilateral relations. similarly, we saw when their were center-right parties both in japan and south korea, we were able to see advances and agreements related to historical disputes that allowed for security cooperation to happen eventually. but again, these agreements were problematic because they did not address some underlying historical issues, and now we are seeing these agreements start to fray a bit. that is the reason for some of my pessimism. i just wanted to point out that it can be problematic when we try to sweep some of the historical issues under the rug. abigail: thank you, frank. jessica, do you have anything to add

will that rescue japan from the stagnation from the challenges which japan didn't overcome even under the rule of sions. so i'll be, what do you think, se, jira now, unfortunately, it will not. the fact of the matter is, is that, well, you know, i've been on the 1st era was flying the weekend has basically surged the income of the japanese exporters, which was expected to basically increase the income of the japanese people that didn't happen. so obviously, mister and mr. cohen are both are basically indirectly making sure that, you know, they would certainly push for the increase of wages to take place so that, you know, private spending will basically flourish. but in japan, one of the characteristics of japanese consumer spending is that you have to have a secure conditions of the corporations still live on employment. it's energy system, although it is basically crumbling, is still is very intact particular on so larger companies, meaning that the stable condition of these companies are, must project spending. so obviously it will be very difficult, you know, even if you make thes

was not a royal to be her husband creates all this drama in japan. and what, why does she have to go through all the ordeal? it, it really wasn't that dramatic at the start. i mean, these were 2 who fell in love early on when they were undergraduates international christian university. and they were scheduled to have a very royal wedding in 2018, i believe 3 years ago. but unfortunately, there was tabloid media that dug up some dirt on the family background of her fiance and in japan you have to acknowledge that you're not just even, i mean she's a member of the royal family, but also he is somebody who has a background as a commoner that's going to come under scrutiny and also he, his mother had some money that she had to pay back and it just began to unravel so that they had to not only postpone the marriage, but ultimately have a very quiet wedding ceremony behind the scenes today and then have a prepared statement before the press and now they're going to move on to the biggest media market in the world, new york city. and they've asked a lead of

japan's problem all along was it was not able to end the war with china that japan started in 1937. and it was prolonging and then the ally -- sorry, british and americans started to support them, and so japan wanted to stop that military supply route known as burma road, on the map, i think. yeah. and that was one of the main reasons japan wanted air bases in northern frenchindo china, besides natural resources. now, diplomatic negotiations -- okay. i am running out of time. so diplomatic relations between the united states and japan of course it was embargo and of course fatal problem was japan's decision to move to southern french indochina, and that triggered fdr's decision to freeze japanese assets in the united states, and that led to the virtual oil embargo. one of the myths is that oil embargo was not ordered by president roosevelt. rather the freezing of japanese assets led to a defacto embargo of petroleum products and oil from the united states, and that was all done by state department and the department of treasury and so forth. so by the time fdr realized that oil emba

wooded the country of japan decide -- wouldn't the country of japan decide? >> each time and makes olympic host city gets ready to start the games, they need to cite a host city contract with the international olympic committee. those contracts are extremely lopsided in favor of the international olympic committee and gives them and only them the power to cancel the olympics in a case like this. so when the prime minister of japan states in public under pressure from people in japan and around the world to cancel the olympics, when he states in public he does not have the power to cancel the olympics, he is absolutely correct. that is part of the larger state of exception that comes into the ympic city when they arrive on your doorstep. all sorts of special laws put into place. all sorts of special rules are put into place. new technologies are secured for the olympics. for example in tokyo, easy facial recognition systems put in place. security forces use the olympics to get all of the special weapons and funding they normally would be able to get in normal

wooded the country of japan decide -- wouldn't the country of japan decide? >> each time and makes olympic host city gets ready to start the games, they need to cite a host city contract with the international olympic committee. those contracts are extremely lopsided in favor of the international olympic committee and gives them and only them the power to cancel the olympics in a case like this. so when the prime minister of japan states in public under pressure from people in japan and around the world to cancel the olympics, when he states in public he does not have the power to cancel the olympics, he is absolutely correct. that is part of th larger state of exception that comes into the ympic city when they arrive on your doorstep. all sorts of special laws put into place. all sorts of special rules are put into place. new technologies are secured for the olympics. for example in tokyo, easy facial recognition systems put in place. security forces use the olympics to get all of the special weapons and funding they normally would be able to get in normal p

japan commits to double _ leaders summit. japan commits to double its— leaders summit. japan commits to double its assistance for adaptation from previous levels. japan will deliver— from previous levels. japan will deliver its — from previous levels. japan will deliver its commitment. with these, we can— deliver its commitment. with these, we can make a brave new start and -et we can make a brave new start and get our— we can make a brave new start and get our long—standing homework done. this is— get our long—standing homework done. this is a _ get our long—standing homework done. this is a time _ get our long—standing homework done. this is a time to unite together by adopting — this is a time to unite together by adopting the text. thank you very much _ much. applause. thank you,japan, thank you, japan, for your intervention. i now give the floor to iceland. iceland, you have the floor. . ~' , ., ~ , floor. thank you, mr president. while i might— floor. thank you, mr president. while i might be _ floor. thank you, mr president. while i might be

the japan/u.s. relationship requires that an ambassador go to japan and the japanese understand this is somebody who is very close to the president, that they really want to see an ambassador who has a direct line to the president. and you do, and i believe that's the reason you've been chosen. i appreciate you sharing at length about mr. mcdonald, because what a tragedy. i was a mayor, and every day in a city, beautiful things happen and tragic things happen. that's the case in any city. you can't be a mayor, especially of a city like chicago, without picking up some scar tissue on the way. but your description of what you learned along the way is the levels of distrust that some in communities feel toward people in power, toward politicians, toward police, i had to learn and then relearn those lessons often in my time as the mayor of a majority african-american city. and i'm sure that chicago is a much bigger city than richmond, virginia, that those lessons were challenging and painful for your en

at recent union in japan is no different. it's highlighted the prussia in peer women phase after years of media scrutiny and public criticism . princess marco married her college sweetheart k camaro, who is not royal, but marco had to give up her royal title to do so. the former princess was never a line to the throne because japanese law does not give women that right manager pennies. people say the thing the laws should be amanda, to allow female members of the way of family to be in the line of succession. we'll discuss that with our gas shortly. but 1st, priyanka gupta reports as a royal japan's princess marco didn't bow to criticism or intense public scrutiny about her marrying the man she loves. instead, with a sambal farrell at the doors of the imperial residence, the emperor's niece said good bye to her family and her royal title. it wasn't a typical fairy tale japanese roy reading marco camaro as she's now known and her husband keiko morrow. skip the wedding ceremony and rituals. instead filing marriage papers before

to america to get rich and go back to japan. but that didn't happen. but it was basically a male population of, about 20 to one japanese men versus a female, so there's no social life. so some of them wanted to settle down so they started the picture bride system. the picture right system probably predecessor to eharmony. a person here would take sent a picture of themselves back to japan, usually a family or friend, and then a family or friend would solicit a bright for them. theat that time, every family hd a family registry. all they had to do was register the female famous name into males family might register, and they'll officially mary. now, with picture in hand, it comes to the eu to america. usually, the point of entry was san francisco. and now, they say wow, that's handsome young man of 20 years old, and they find out that the groom looks like 30 years old. so they are misled. the picture was about ten years old. but then it really got out of hand some. people start sending a handsome dude's picture back to japan, and