subscribe now with what our sports all about in winning fighting scoring. when we say they were about never giving up the most exciting sport. stories about people passion and their dr. sports life every weekend on d w. who this is it, i've been years, asia coming up to date asia giants on opposite sides of a wall. japanese prime minister from york issued her visits. keith, at the same time, the chinese president, she jin being visits moscow. what does that say about divisions in asia? to the war in ukraine and a sticky situation, cinemas in hong kong and macau,

abruptly canceled showings of a new horror. flick, starring, we need the pool. is it a case of self censorship? ah irish manage. you're welcome to dw news asia. glad you could join us the past few days, have seen the articulation of 2 very different visions of international governance . one based on might the other based on rules and to leaders from asia have symbolically represented these visions, chinese presidents should you being met his counterpart vladimir putin in moscow on the same day, japanese prime minister for me. okay. she, there wasn't keith meeting president of holiday me. it is a landscape. japan has already sanctioned russia taken in ukrainians and provided more than $7000000000.00 in assistance to cave. but because she does visit took

everyone by surprise, including japanese citizens, all homeless. i'm well done to japan, foreign ministry. i'm usually frustrated that diplomacy, but this time i think it didn't very well. my only concern is how we can come up with the money to fund a to you as a japanese person. i wonder about that. but the pledge because she made was a good thing for the people in ukraine. women, i hope to pans action will lead to peace. i want to criticize or deny the importance of what he did is reach out that will have a positive outcome. i think he should have made the visit the same intention. joining me for more now is japan foreign policy specialists. dr. lee katherine up all kemp. she's a visiting fellow in the isha program at the think tank. the european council on foreign relations are to pull up. why is japan supporting ukraine? japan has strongly condemned the kremlin invasion and unilateral changes to the status quo by force and about to defend the international order based on the rule

of law. and tim, rush of war against ukraine and the stronger type between moscow and baiting the perceptions of security have drastically changed around the world. and the power has tracked that the ration aggression is a direct threat to, to cure a t p, asked ability not only for europe, but for the into the big and the young. the well. and here by having concerns around the situation in the east and south tennessee and in the taiwan trade in mine. and i was concerned the role that china would be encouraged to take similar actions possibly invade taiwan. japan, curiously, alarm that as prime minister kisha had said, europe today can be up tomorrow. japan has provided aid and sanctioned russia prime minister. you should, i could've easily left it at that. why the need to make a personal visit to cave it is actually,

she should have referred posts for prime minister to visit an active warrant on this. so once provide the kitchen, the opportunity as the chair of the g 7, to reaffirm the 7th values and emphasize respectful sovereignty and territorial integrity. and these are principles that any country i can ramp behind, but that is very important. that the calm as the sole age and member of the 7 am continues to write the flag. but also whether intended or not. the business may has the strong symbolism, especially because it was taking place at the same time while president she was visiting president. and it's so the way slid of what the 2 countries stand or i'm not takes an impartial position of the conflict and ukraine and the pan clearly does not. and of course, it was taking notes account of china, media,

and diplomacy, and present a symbolic and stark contrast to china. but also it was a huge recreation for europe and european allies that the palm clearly european security and stability of what the future being and from your case she does visit, say about divisions in asia to the war in ukraine as well. as i said before, it clearly shows what each country is standing for and what country, what country of defense, what kind of values. and of course, it shows a clear contrast of these 2 countries. and clearly what kind of positions they take that is what these 2 countries are. what about the other countries in asia? do these 2 ways that you have talked about represent in any way what the rest of the countries in the region are following, or is that

a 3rd and perhaps 4th way as well? well, as i said, department 10 for the grantee and for the integrity and a territorial integrity. and japan clearly has that. these are values that not all solely democracies have stand behind. so what japan clearly tries to do is to rabby allies. i'm that to underline the new strong and stronger political role. japan wants to play and to defend the value of time offending for by showing strong leadership in the defense of european and international security. and for this, he's trying to build a broader coalition and a rally behind like minded partners for him. and this includes also countries like south asian countries or countries from the global style where she

tried to emphasize get them to dialogue and, and clearly communicate with countries. and given the where the japan has been taking the lead when it comes to sanctions against russia, support for ukraine, a 1st visit to keep it quite apparent that talk years potentially the foremost partner for the west in the asian region. yes, i was strong. you and i and as a strong us ally and as a member of the g 7. and presently the chair of a japan is clearly one of the key allies and partners for the west in be in the pacific and the, and in asia. and the a very important one, and especially since the palm have the, as shown, commitment to, to be up. it's the president on the international stage and to defense,

the national democratic values and the rule of law. clearly, corporate alliances have been improving and have been enhanced. believe that thank you so much for speaking to us today. dr. l e caterina full. com . thank you so much so much. ah, cinemas in hong kong and macau has got plans to show a horror film featuring a twisted version of we need to pull the films distributor, announced it's great regret over the cancellation on facebook, but gave no other explanation. yes, a quick look at what audiences will be missing. ah, you know, you're the 1st person i've shown this question. why my so special consume will be christopher moore. you should be close now. we're not going to find then we will

pu piggly e or we were friends for many years. no out with critics of largely band winnie the pooh blood and honey as heavier goal and jump scares. but lacking in plot and humor. many in hong kong suspect the reviews have little to do with the decision to pull it from theaters. let's get more from correspondent phoebe gong. phoebe doesn't come to the surprise that cinemas won't show this film in hong kong. while it sounds 5050 for many people in hong kong, ellen and also those in the theme industry that according to what i learned from

the theme distribute and also the authorities, it seems that it was the decision of the cinemas to can. so the screenings at the very last minute, that the theme distribute a told dw, that they really wanted to be least a theme, but were only informed of the cancellation on this monday. so that was our only 3 days ahead of the public screening. and they were given no reasons by the cinemas. so regionally, there are 30 cinemas are which are like, or lodge, and mainstream cinemas and hong kong that who agree to of, to play a 2 showed a theme, but like what they, they pulled out one by one. let's just say say i, i had off there for these. so, and none of them have given any explanation and the authorities actually, they attribute a cancellation to what a quote as are purely commercial decisions. so we must say lay one on one hand is not unusual for such thing to happen because this is not the 1st theme on to be

poor to buy cinemas after the national security law was imposed in hong kong. but on the previous band fans who are mostly about protests and politics, so on the other, hey, that he's also surprising that this is a very fast went into poor theme to banton hong kong. by might the character winnie the pooh? reeves alarm bells for cinemas in hong kong. well, many matches since and oh, so that the members from the general public, cory lays the, the bear to on chinese leaders shooting pings. and it began back in 2013 when the chinese leader shooting being here visited di, not to stay to mit his counter park, the u. s. president barack obama at that time. and some nathan's and also like all . * commentators made means about to 2 of them walk in side by side and to compare the 2 i went to pool and ticker in the cartoon. so like since that in the we see i

like many symbols i like about like when at a pool which represents judging p online on dissenting auth, worse and even as many protest among chinese and hong kong citizens. so like the chinese authorities actually sensor wanted to pull from chinese social media, but that has never happened before in hong kong. china's boss of the measure since the 2020 national security law. that gives a thought of these groups of muscle to sensor entertainment. what cases are you soon while it seems to national situational was imposed to government also produce a new of theme censorship. low in hong kong in 2021. so it gives grace great a power for the official censor took bar and it seems that they think may endanger national security in broader sentence. so since and we've seen early more and more independent themes and movies to be a band from cinema because they refuse to amend the scenes in the artwork lay

according to the what passed off the authorities and a many of them they just chose to. i released a theme overseas, so upset in the past many of the themes they, those bands famous for about a politics or protest or social issues. and i just ready, i read to see like a commercial fame to be banned in hong kong. relieve a bill. thank you so much for joining us today at phoebe kong. and that does it for today. there's a fost mall on our website. we're back here tomorrow. you can imagine how many pushes lunch turn out in the world. climate change very hot. the story. this is my plan, the way from just one week. how much was can really get we still have time to out. i'm going with

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of crisis. i'm steven beardsley in berlin. welcome to our show. here if largest economy should just skirt recession this year, that's according to a new expert assessment. the government's council of economic experts now saying the economy will grow 2 tenths of a percent this year due to a more stable energy supply. from an efforts to replace russian energy exports have gone better than expected. with market prices falling from last summer's highs. and the ongoing global banking crisis is not a threat to germany's economy. that's according to the forecast monica nestor is chair of the german council of economic experts which released that forecast and she joins me now. miss nestor, welcome to the show. we released a if i'm right, i think 40 page report this update to an assessment that you gave last fall. can you summarize for us as, as briefly as possible? how would you describe the state of europe's largest economy? right.