no but i was i was on your home yeah groucho. trigger d.w. dot com the german. business daily news live from berlin tough talk from u.s. president donald trump after he touches down in japan on the first leg of a major tour of asia pacific countries no one no dictator no regime and no nation. he would undo us and. american resolve. we'll

speak to our correspondent in tokyo about how trump plans to bolster support from allies to face up to north korea's nuclear ambitions also coming up trump is due to meet with the japanese families of people abducted by north korean agents decades ago we have a report on one woman's story of her kidnapped sister. and thousands of people in western germany protest the use of coal and other fossil fuels ahead of a major conference on climate change. thanks for joining us i'm marion evans dean u.s. president donald trump has sought to reassure asian allies of america's resolve in defending them against dictatorial regimes kicking off his marathon tour of asia and. japan trump said the united states had the military might to stand good on

that promise the president's twelve day tour of five asian nations comes amid heightened tensions over north korea's nuclear and missile programs just after arriving trump addressed u.s. troops stationed in japan here's a little of what he had to say we will never yield never waver and never falter in defense of our people our freedom and our great american flag. we will seek new opportunities for cooperation and carmen's and we will partner with friends and allies to pursue a free and open in do this if they reach we will see free fair and reciprocal trade. well for more we're joined now by our correspondent bustin heartache who's in tokyo first in japan is one of the united

states' closest allies what do you think both sides are hoping to get out of trump's visit. well i think prime minister. of japan is looking for reassurance from the united states that they stand firmly behind their commitment to japan especially of course when it comes to the issue of north korea. prime minister abi himself has been very hawkish and he's been very tough when it comes to this issue so i think he feels very close to trump on this and i think during this visit he will be trying to deepen their relationship also the personal relationship between these two leaders and you can see that they went for a round of golf in this afternoon and tonight they're going to a steak house that the prime minister personally selected for this occasion because he knows that trump likes to eat steak so he really wants him to feel comfortable here and to feel welcome and trump on the other hand has already reiterated that he

that he will be tough when it comes to north korea and that japan is a major ally in this region and so i think they're very very close here when it comes to this issue mariana all right so i am being quite hawkish on north korea trump of course known for his very fiery rhetoric but how do ordinary japanese feel about that. well i think if the recent elections here in japan are any guide has a lot of support for his tough stance on north korea now having said that there are of course also those here who are increasingly worried that this crisis might escalate if you think about the missile tests conducted by north korea two of those missiles flew right over japanese territory and that has people here on edge of course because they're afraid that something might happen and they're also afraid that this kind of strongman rhetoric that's coming out of the white house could set

fire to this tinderbox that this region has become mariana all right by saying well apart from a chance visit you've also been looking into a very painful aspect of japanese north korean history tell us more about it. there are dozens of japanese citizens who've been abducted by north korea since the nine hundred seventy s. and that's something that the japanese government has been trying to draw attention to so trump will meet some of the families of these disappeared and a few days ago i met a lady whose sister was abducted by north korea in one nine hundred seventy three have a look at this report. every day in his tiny tokyo studio that's a little more all puts together a very special radio program aimed at a select audience some one hundred japanese citizens believed to have been kidnapped by north korea since the one nine hundred seventy s. presumably to train spies no one knows how many can hear him but he's convinced

that for those who can a few cars a project offers a lifeline of hope. people who have managed to come back told us they weren't allowed to speak japanese or sing japanese songs in north korea but some were able to listen to our program and there they herod our language and music gave them strength to carry on and hope that someday they would come home. but i was listening to these broadcasts in north korea is strictly prohibited but tomorrow knows some take the risk and tune in anyway in secret and at night. that's why he invites relatives of the disappeared on to the soul to send personal messages to their loved ones one of these is to muddy takeshita her little sister nobody called vanished forty four years ago she was just eighteen at the time.

my mother wanted to meet her at about noon that day to go shopping. but then someone called and said not rico wasn't going to make it. my mother thought she was probably busy with work so she didn't worry that. they haven't seen noriko since the family did all they could to find her but it was years before they heard anything then a crucial tip from a north korean desert or nautical was alive in north korea. that i not going to weeks before she was kidnapped i gave birth to my second child a son we don't even have a photo of the two of them together he was born just when not he could disappeared so every time his birthday comes around it reminds me how long she's been gone for one year than five and now it's been forty four years. like nordic or most of those who were abducted are still missing little is known about their fate but i imagine

hasn't given up hope she's convinced that one day she a norty call will be reunited so she comes here every month to let her sister know she hasn't forgotten. do you know erica this is your sister tamagotchi how are you do you have enough to eat i hope you're not sick. it's impossible to know whether naughty corps has ever heard her but to much to talk you see to will continue to broadcast her dedication she says she can feel that somewhere out there her sister is listening so if you see. a very tragic story indeed mariana and the fate of these families apparently also move president trump which is meeting so which is why he's meeting some of these families on monday mariana indeed a very powerful story bustin heartache of reporting for us from tokyo thank you.

let's turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world and a car bombing in the eastern syrian province of to your l's or has killed dozens of people the area close to the iraq border has been a gathering place for displaced people the attack is thought to be the work of so-called islamic state. saudi arabia has arrested dozens of princes and government ministers in a major high level purge for the first arrest sanctioned by king solomon under a new anti corruption body he's put his son in charge of the move is seen as cementing crown prince mohamed power in the kingdom. some sports news now and in saturday's big buddhist league a clash dortmund to lock horns with byron munich the home team were in second place and trailed biron by just three points but they've been in poor form recently managing to take as one point from their last three games on the other hand byron

had a perfect record since you've just took over as coach last month. dortmund's goal machine emerick obama young hadn't scored in three hundred eighty six minutes and all of dortmund was hoping he would pounce but it was byron who got off to the better start in the seventeenth minute home as fed are you and robin who opened the scoring. dortmund's defense to passive here and remember key powerless and goal still maintain their composure uli inveigle won the ball and it was off to the races gonzalo castro found andreae malenko but the ukrainian couldn't beat spain over i. mean kept pressing for an equaliser but wasting chances has been their problem for weeks now unlike. yahshua commish teed up robert leaven duff ski who made it two nil is eleventh goal of the campaign the back line allowing too much space and vagal with the unlucky deflection. in the second half more of the

same dortmund's attack dangerous but the ball just wouldn't go in. ya malenko coming up short again. in the sixty seventh minute by him but the final nail in the coffin and david all about eleven dusky three nil. but the replay showed the ball never made contact instead it was all of us first goal of the season. mark bartra pulled one back for dortmund in the waning minutes but it was too little too late three one the final score and biron extend their perfect record under your pint just before league games dortmund meanwhile haven't won in four outings. also on saturday third place rb life sick welcome promoted side hanover who had risen to fourth place in the table as fine points of having the majority of chances in the first half it was the visitors who took the lead and yanto has opened the scoring in the fifty six minute life they came back though as

a force there played in a beautiful pass which left use of polson. an open go and we'll force work again acted as provider five minutes from time to set up to move veron or for that two to one winner. turning now to belgium where authorities are still examining a european arrest warrant for ousted catalan leader carlos push them out but is catalans wait to see which direction the bid for independence will go other spanish regions are also watching to see what happens next one of those is the basque country in northern spain the region has seen violent struggle against the central government in madrid over the past and it was the scene of a large demonstration in support of catalan independence. and catalan flags together in show of support for independence the basque county has its own separatist movement and like

a two lonia before much imposed direct route is an autonomous region with its own police force and institutions. separatist leaders said the protest was necessary to oppose moderates have a hands of pressure on cuts alone you got them again not what i want i thought by like you talk to learn you has begun a new era where jailed cattle and political prisoners now exist path of a government is now in jail and their president is subject to european arrest warrant and you know the president calloused bush demand and four of his aides fled to belgium after spanish authorities fights to cut a line government and took control of his institutions the central government in madrid is now trying to get them arrested. there is who stayed behind and appeared in madrid scores last thursday have been jailed pending a potential trial they are facing charges of rebellion sedition and ambassador and for their roles in pushing regional lawmakers to declare catalonia as independence

last month. now these past nationalists are calling spain fascist and imperialist this banner also called for a no to madrid style wrecked roof over catalonia and put stress on democracy and citizens right to decide. spain faces its worst political crisis in forty years more relatives of this kind are expected to come. never mind her now the top story we're following for you u.s. president donald trump has arrived in tokyo on the first leg of his asia tour he's hoping to bolster support from allies in the region to face up to north korea's nuclear missile program. don't forget you can always get d.w. news on the go just download our app from google play or from the apple store it will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the d.w.

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