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past and prison express their grief will have more on the life leadership and legacy of sion. so ave class will also take a look at, ty, one's home growing. if it's to bolster it's defense capabilities. as china holds military combat exercises around the self ruling island. ah, it was published. it was with great dismay that we just found out that japan's former prime minister has died off to being shot. what i'm shock cashed, or my and all our thoughts here or g. 20 meeting are with his family by his friends resigned. and in deep mourning, we send our respects and to the people of japan, albin and baba ya pans. german foreign minister anna lena bear box ear one of a long list of global segers and world leaders expressing their horror and shock at

the killing of shins or our bay. the former japanese prime minister was gone down to day following a campaign event in the west of the country. the 67 year old later died in hospital police, arrested a suspect at the scene. during his time in office. the conservative ave beef dark japan's military and post for ambitious reforms to stabilize the struggling economy . he helped forge key diplomatic relationships abroad, but was a controversial figure, often referred to as a revisionist of history for his views on japan's role in the 2nd world war. after a year plagued by political scandals and election losses through his party, they quit his office in 2020 the cause of ill health. we can go now to tokyo and speak with journalist michael pin there. michael, welcome to d w. news. asia. sions are our bay was japan's longer serving prime minister? how did he shape japan during his time in office?

well, i would say that the 1st thing he certainly did was he provided a long period of stability, precisely because he was an office consecutively for over 8 years. and it's worth remembering that before him, there were actually 6 consecutive years with new prime ministers each year. so, you know, a japan's sort of international profile, it's, it's ability to sort of take leadership in global affairs was i was very weak. and so he came along and he had this long premiership heap, travel very widely. i think that's a certainly among world leaders. and he was the japanese person. they knew the most . they saw the most. so you know, and for them he was essentially the symbol of japan for a long time. you've talked about stability, sions, or obey or city. what we know is, i been know, makes these are his policies to trying to revive japan's economy. could you explain this particular type of fiscal policy on its effects on japan?

well, it was essentially a very strong effort to create growth in the japanese economy. you know, the population of japan's declining the population as aging. and it was a sense, it was an attempt to use sort of fiscal and monetary policy to really pump up japan and to sort of put it back on a growth trajectory. but although very famous looking from the point of view of 2022, it was not that it didn't really succeed in its own goals, except for the fact that it did before the pandemic. a really, really booster tourism to japan. that was one area where i'll be nomics was certainly a success, but in most of its other goals, it fell short of what it had hoped. ok, let's look a little bit more broadly to, to the region. what kind of legacy did he leave for the rest of asia? and particularly looking at china and south korea here. oh ok. oh,

so i think it would be fair to say that our bay was probably a lot more popular outside of the immediate region of japan than he was with the immediate neighbors, like south korea or china. in the case of south korea, i think the, there was a lot of tensions in relationship ave was very dedicated to the idea of sort of playing down and revising japan's pre world war 2 history of, of the conquest of asia. and this did not go down very well with koreans who spent 50 years as a clone equal possession of japan. i with the case of china, is that also was an aggravating factor. but also the fact that jip ave was very dedicated to tour of a re militarize ing and building up japan security policy that was sort of one of those very constant themes. and so obviously from the point of view of beijing, this was not welcome that japan was sort of rising as

a possible military challenge to, to china. so growth in the region. let's go into defense a little bit more. how would you characterize a bit more broadly, his agenda on defense and what he achieved? wiling. office. well certainly are almost every year he was prime minister, the defense and military budget in japan grew and he certainly helped to consolidate the relationship with the, with washington united states. you know, even with president trump, who was very difficult for most rural leaders to deal with ob, a sort of i handled him very, very well. most people would say in the sense that he prays trump all the time and, and kept on his good side. ok, so yeah, but in terms of the sort of the holy grail that all bay was searching for which was to revise the pacifist constitution, he was never able to to achieve his main goal. and we've got about 30 seconds left

. michael, i just want to ask you, particularly about guns, how common are shootings and gone violence in japan. remarkably rare, you know, this is, you know, this is completely different country from, say the united states gun violence here is very rare, even seeing a gun knowing a person who owns a gun. extremely rare. and i think that this is sort of, you know, you remember that the person who did shoot ave, apparently use some sort of homemade device. it wasn't something that was bought at a store. okay. that was journalists, michael pen in tokyo. michael, we really appreciate your time. thank you. thank you. oh, china has been holding military exercises in the sea and a space around tie. one saying they in response to quote collisions and provocations by taiwan and the us. now the statement came just ahead of of a visit from a senior us senator to taipei for talks with the president,

sy in when china claims taiwan as its own cherry tree. he is us senator rick scott speaking to reporters in taipei. i think we've, we all have done, we all realize when we watch what put in did in ukraine, that the world is changed. we all have to put ourselves in position that we can make sure we defend freedom. we all believe in, and i think it's important that while each of taiwan, japan and south korea care about their own security, that the united states and all free freedom loving countries across world do everything we can to help us, senator rick scott de, will taiwan main time has been bolstering its own defense capabilities in light of the ongoing chinese threat. it's armed forces are mostly equipped by the u. s. bond president, sighing when as made. developing an advanced home growing arms industry a priority. the self governing island has just unveiled the newest addition to that

. if it did help like use. joyce lee has more from taiwan ah, brand new military just to cough from t hung air base near the eastern city of ty, tone. they are t 5 grave egos, the fuss at fonts, trainer, jazz, be signed and made in taiwan for aircraft, have entered service and pilots are undergoing training to fly. then he also does she does on vietnam with thanks to this new air craft, our trainee model has become more efficient. we're working closely with the manufacturer to improve the systems vc. this is a milestone and i believe there will be more home grown aircraft in the future. i met growing threats from china, taiwan as more than i think it's military by producing its own weapons. the brave ego is suitable for training air to air and air to ground combat missions. it can also suffer combat row and more time. the teeth are brave ego can carry missiles and bombs more than 60 more death will be produced in the next 4 years. taiwan used

to rely heavily on the us boot f 5 aircraft, but these have h after 3 decades in service. and there have been a series of fatal accidents in recent years. the brave ego is such a fool, they replaced the f 5 as the primary training aircraft in 2 years time parroting a new era of weapons made in taiwan. now loneliness is something most of us experience at some point, but data suggests seats especially widespread in japan. a recent survey, they found that 40 percent of japanese people felt loneliness during the coven 19 pandemic, and feeling a line has become a serious health crisis. the japanese government has even established a cabinet office to tackle the problem, but the search for help is also taking other directions as our next report shows. one holder extra one particularly popular belief in japan is that almost any

problem can be solved using technology. but behind every robot and tokyo's cafe dawn, there is a real human being 25 year old euchre controls the robot from 400 kilometers away. she can't really leave her house without help. oh no to congress. i can meet a lot of people that i normally wouldn't allow. it's great fun for me alone . this is not a business transaction. rather it's all about living with others in society. something many people solely miss, especially since the cobit pandemic. manon. i'm not that good at making contact with other people, but here there's absolutely no pressure at all because of the robots and i, i can strike up a conversation with others more easily and exchange ideas played on a couple ha, loneliness is rampant, and this the world's largest metropolitan area of some 40000000 people. and it's

not just since covered 19 khaki or thought i felt isolated as a child. that was until he finally felt ready to confide in some on since then, or sorta has been fighting unwanted solitude with his own voluntary organization that takes calls for help via a messaging service. these days they receive about a 1000 a day. and a flashing light means there's a risk of suicide. martinez, loneliness is often dismissed. as the private problem, people are expected to solve it on their own without help. if it's even considered a voucher. this pushes those affected into a corner. in japan, loneliness is managed since last year. there's even been an extra government ministry, which is supposed to coordinate all offers of help and support. this is because loneliness is now considered one of the nation's biggest health issues. so that if we want to society where it's possible to talk openly about loneliness, to do that,

we need a support network. the ministry says everyone can manage law newness as long as they not themselves caught in a vicious cycle of despair and shame and a robot cafe could be the perfect place to come into contact with people again nazi for to ne on t w. news, asia, there's more from the region and the killing of shins. obey on d, w dot com, forward slash asia, and on social media at t w news. i'm jared read way back on monday. have a good weekend of i look secrets my behind these was discover new adventures in 360 degrees and explore fascinating world heritage sites

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a rudder and facing rough waters. ahead. we'll look at the challenges facing london and soaring food prices are leading to pressure on biofuel producers to put their crop lands to different use. hello, welcome to the show. i'm see from beardsley in berlin. foreign ministers from some of the world's top economies are meeting today in indonesia, under the g 20 format. russia's war and ukraine is a central focus of discussions. chinese trade relations are also on the agenda. countries. foreign minister was scheduled to meet his counterpart from australia for the 1st time in 3 years. the 2 are expected to discuss b genes, unofficial trait, embargoes on australian, coal and wine among other products. china took those steps and reaction to australian politics that were deemed critical of beijing. here's also a foreign minister on how she planned to approach that meeting. that we all know we have our differences or challenges in relationship.