asia connects, iran connects. pakistan already has tremendously benefited from the economic boom in afghanistan in the past ten years. it's just a matter of policies. and one last point. pakistan also has to do maybe painful but really necessary reforms, which will greatly affect the situation of afghanistan and fatah is on the top of those reforms. we know that pakistan has introduced some reforms but those are not enough. pakistan needs to fully integrate into its mainstream. thank you. >> thank you. thanks a lot, abubakar, also for sticking to the time. you set a good precedent here. may i now turn to ms. tadjbakhsh. >> thank you very much, mr. yusuf, and good morning to everybody. i was just telling mr. yusuf that they all have one country, i have five, so i need five minutes more. i have five countries that i cannot lump into one. it's a pleasure to be at usip. the first time i am speaking here although i am familiar to washington. i went to georgetown so it's nice to be here and see a lot of familiar faces.

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this heart of asia. there is the problem of the kashmir, the rushal central asia problem, the iran saudi arabia problem, do we solve everything before we solve afghanistan or do we have a process going at the same time? we have a principle of nonintervention, neutrality, sovereignty for afghanistan and confidence building for the region. second problem about this kind of regional push is so big we actually think we actually have a region that can come around afghanistan. now, there is a liberal view and a realist view. the. the liberal promoted in the u.s. and the international community because the countries of the region including central issuia, pakistan, japan have common interests in defeating nonstate actors, drug traffickers and terrorists and extremists and, et cetera that they are going to come around and cooperate. hence, or because they have interest in trade promotion, therefore they will come together. that is the kind of liberal approach that we'll have trade as the thing that will bring ev

. >>> the asia development bank released its economic outlook for the asia pacific region on wednesday. the forecast, strong growth in 2012 at a slightly slower pace. nhk world's yuko funasaki reports from hong kong. >> according to the economic outlook for 2012, despite a weak global economy, developing asia will continue to have steady growth. it covers economies in 44 countries and territories in the asia pacific region, excluding japan, other advanced countries. it says growth will average 6.9% in 2012, slightly slower than last year's 7.2%, but the bank expects the region to bounce back again in 2013 with the growth of 7.3%. the chief economist at adb says exporters to u.s. and europe may suffer a sharp decline in business, but he believes this should be offset by the spending power of middle class. he says europe's debt problems remain the biggest external risk. >> if the -- that will mean that this crisis will not be contained in the eurozone alone. it will spread to the u.s., japan and then it will spread out to asia. the asian economy heavily depends on export and really rely

. >>> the asia development released its economic outlook for the asia pacific region on wednesday. the forecast, strong growth in 2012, at a slightly slower pace. nhk world reports from hong kong. >> reporter: according to the outlook for 2012, despite the weak economy, developing asia will continue to have steady growth. it covers the economies in 44 countries and territories in the asia-pacific region, excluding japan other advanced countries. it says growth will average 6.9% in 2012. slightly slower than last year's 7.2%. but it expects the region to bounce back again in 2013, with growth of 7.3%. a chief economist said exporters to u.s. and europe may suffer a charp decline. it should be offset by the spending power of the middle class. he said europe's debt problems remain the external risk. >> it will mean this crisis will not be contained for long. it is spread throughout the u.s., japan, and then spread out to asia. the asian economy heavily depends on exports. and we rely on the international currency to clear this export. >> reporter: and there is a threat in the gap betw

talks about reasserting its strength in asia this is where the u.s. wage this war in vietnam for ten years and was responsible for the deaths of two to three million people the war in korea the us was responsible the cia was complicit in the best of five hundred thousand people in indonesia in one nine hundred sixty five so when the u.s. talks about you know reasserting or rebalancing there really weren't aimed towards asia you know there is a proven record there that is one of oppression and horror and china in turn is as i said as a capitalist power in transition to an imperial power he's engaged in a process of expansion as i said it and i'm likely and militarily china is stepping up and ramping up its military spending the budget in two thousand and twelve and china will now be over at one hundred billion dollars which makes trying to the second largest military spender in the world of course this is only one seventh of u.s. military expenditure are we have get the very little upon a time lapse that we are seeing these tensions rising where could

minister follows in washington's footsteps seeking to increase his country's military presence in asia through a weapons deal with japan and a possible deployment of a royal submarine. the accused in a case seen by many as a flagrant a miscarriage of us justice talks exclusively to r.t. . jamal gives his first t.v. interview after being taken off death row. and two years after the polish president's fatal plane crash in russia which impacted the turbulent relations between both countries commemorations are held at the site of the tragedy as well as in warsaw. it's good to have you with us here on our team today i'm wrong re sushi i live in moscow so he says it's considering a tough response following skirmishes between syrian forces and rebels across its border peace envoy kofi annan now in turkey visiting refugee camps and refugee camps are full of victims there and syria's foreign minister has just been visiting moscow to discuss the realities of implementing a un peace plan as the deadline passes with this report is r.t. is pretty hot. well the two foreign ministers meeting here jus

a move many see as a mirroring of washington's recent drive to boost its military presence in the asia pacific region. also russia and poland remember the victims of the tragic plane crash near smally and killed the polish president and of most of the country's political elite. two years ago. and a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime many believe he did not commit america's most famous prisoner jamal talks exclusively to r.t. his first t.v. interview since his sentence was commuted to life behind bars. worldwide news live from moscow this is artsy with me rule recent show russia's foreign minister says international monitors will be key to implementing the cease fire in syria's civil conflict sort of syrian counterpart ahead of thursday's peace deadline in the arab country. turkey rushed to declare the cease fire agreement void and promised a tough first sponsor after syrian guns fired into hits territory. for exhaust artiste. well the two foreign ministers meeting here just behind me at the before ministry headquarters here in central moscow so if you love rope the rus

so it can have many forms, for example, the whole silk road thing or like south asia, central asia, iran connect. pakistan already has tremendously benefited from the economic boom in afghanistan in the past ten years. it's just a matter of policies. and one last point, pakistan also has to do maybe painful but really necessary reforms, internal reforms which will greatly affect the situation in afghanistan. and fatah is on the top of those reforms. we know that pakistan has introduced some reforms but those are not enough. pakistan need to fully integrate fatah into its mainstream. thank you. >> thank you, thanks a lot. also for stick together time. so you set a good precedent here. may i now turn to miss patu. >> thank you very much, mr. yousef and good morning to everybody. i was telling mr. yousef that they all have one country, i have five. we have five central asian countries that i cannot lump into one. the it's a pleasure to be at usip. first time i'm speaking here although i'm familiar to washington. i went to georgetown here so it's very nice to be back and see a lot of familia

asia. it has helped produce in latin america a turn away from military coups toward free, stable, democratic states like brazil or chile or colombia, a state that we, the united states of america, over two administrations of two different parties, helped to pull back from the brink of state failure. and even in africa, where sometimes people are so patronizing as to say, well, africa is too tribal for democracy, we have seen the rise of a norm for democratic governance. we've seen in places like ghana and tanzania and botswana a commitment to free elections so that those who wold govern have to ask for their people's consent. oh, yes, there have been decades -- over these decades there have been setbacks, but it's been a remarkable stream in favor of those who believe that free markets and free peoples will ultimately triumph and that, indeed, the value of freedom is a universal one, not an american one, not a western one, a universal one. now, there are many challenges ahead. yes, there is

are you excited by the opportunity in asia? >> it is amazing. am stunned by how beautiful singapore is. a year ago i flew in on my way to australia. this time i am here to stay for a week. i am amazed, driving down the streets and seeing all of the trees, the buildings. i went to breakfast to a food hall. i was mesmerized by it. it had stools and a hexagonal shape davie. >> you are mesmerized by singapore. a lot of people saying there are not in the chefs and asia. the think this will change? >> -- not enough chefs in asia. do you think this will change? >> there are going to be hundreds of them. the restaurants we want to dine in our restaurants that serve good food. the place i went to today, we'll come authentic food. >> what was the best food you have tasted here in asia? >> what i had this morning. i had these pancakes with eggs inside. i thought it was delicious. >> we will leave it there. thank you for joining us. >> half a century ago the sea was known as the french riviera of california. it is drying up. formed accidentally, the area be

in '67 he wrote in foreign affairs an article called "asia after vietnam" where he talked about china can't be left in angry isolation and we have to take steps to bring china into the family of nations. and i think that his passion for foreign affairs and the fact that this wilderness you refer to is when i was in high school. and my father was constantly traveling. sometimes we would go with him. meeting with as many world leaders as would see him. and calling on all of the relationships he developed when eisenhower sent him to 53 countries as vice president on the goodwill trips. that was his passion. he felt he could serve the country. but it's interesting to watch the primary. it was very uncertain that he could win the nomination. he did. but in '68 the first primary was in new hampshire. he won 70%. these are huge numbers when you think of what romney and gingrich and others are pulling in. then he went onto nebraska and we were there. the whole step of the way. nebraska, california. oregon. anyway. so it was an uphill battle. but the way he did it we just to go out and campaig

has expanded its long term presence military presence in asia of for the first time since the end of the war in vietnam that is setting up this base in australia the u.s. is seeking to strengthen its partnerships and alliances in east asia and it is what we did with the wall street journal called a few months ago a full court press against china that is it's trying to encircle china and tighten that and circumvent economically militarily and diplomatically it's insinuating itself into territorial disputes in the south china seas and it is as i said you know trying to reassert its head ramona condition in asia and china in turn is responding to that but both of these powers are actually seeking to expand their their presence and their influence the u.s. is reasserting its dominant presence and china is as a capitalist power in transition to an imperialist power is expanding its commercial influence is breaking out into africa into central asia and its relative demand for raw materials is greater now than ever. war and this is again part of this backdrop and that rivalry is not in the

marines reach the strayer as america's military moves in on the asia pacific region to challenge china's growing influence. russia was against arming the syrian rebels with peace efforts underway saying they can topple president assad little only to lead to carnage. and deadly deathbird pension to shoot self in front of parliament in athens the biggest soaring suicide rate and growing financial desperation across you. now laura lister in washington with tonight's capital account. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren mr here in washington d.c. easier headlines for april third two thousand and twelve u.s. president barack obama gave a speech accusing republicans of social darwinism with the budget in its cars that they passed in the u.s. house of representatives lot. of political tour turned history as a land of opportunity and upward mobility for everybody was going to work for but how much opportunity is there really left exactly in the u.s. we speak to dr marc father a publisher of the gloom boom and doom report who says well destruction and social unrest may be on t

third, our joint vision lays out the future we seek in the asia pacific. region where international rules and norms are upheld. where nations contribute to regional security. where commerce and freedom of navigation is not impeded and where disputes are resolved peacefully. as such, we continue our close consulations on the provocative actions of north korea which are a sign of weakness and be strength and only serve to deepen pyongyang's isolation. we discuss the changes underway in burma and how our two nations can encourage more reforms that improve the lives of the burmese people. fourth, we are committed to international peace, security, and human rights. for example, our nations are the largest donors in afghanistan. as we plan for the nato summit in chicago and the next phase of the transition in afghanistan, japan is planning for a donor conference to sustain development there. i also want to take this community to commend the prime and japan for showing such strong leadership with regard to iran's nuclear program. the regime is now feeling the eco

and he, in '67 he wrote in "foreign affairs" an article called asia after vietnam. he said china can't be left in angry isolation and we have to take steps to bring family, china into the family of nations and i think that, his passion for foreign affairs and the fact that all -- that this wilderness period you refer to was when i was in high school and my father was constantly traveling and sometimes we would go with him meeting with as many world leaders who would see him and calling on all the relationships that he had developed when eisenhower sent him to 53 countries around the world as vice president on these good will trips. and that was his passion. he felt he could serve the country and that's why he wanted to run. but it's interesting to watch this primary because it was a very uncertain my father could win the nomination in '68, so he had to develop a strategy and his strategy was to enter every primary and win it and he did. but it was in '68, the first primary was new hampshire. he won 70%. so, i mean, these are huge numbers when you think of what romne

marines reach the strayer as america's military moves in on the asia pacific region to challenge china's growing influence. deadly debt burden the greek pensioner shoots him selfe in front of parliament in athens amid a soaring suicide rate and growing financial desperation across the e.u. . and russia was against arming the syrian rebels with peace efforts underway saying they can't topple president assad and it will only lead to carnage. welcome it's eight pm wednesday evening here in moscow this is a scene my name's kevin know it all top story than the first u.s. marines have arrived in australia as america boosts its military presence in asia pacific region more than two thousand personnel are said to be deployed there over the next few years and it adds to the america's military footprint in such countries as the philippines and singapore all in china's backyard let's get across this moving story tonight our team. has got the details in new york hi there how far are these american military deployments going to go what do we know. well they are just beginning now but it seems to be g

the reason he was waging the vietnam war was to demonstrate america's commitment and interest to asia. it was that interest and commitment demonstrated by two presidents that opened china. there's no way in the world that china facing 45 rocket divisions deployed in manchuria by the soviets is going to take a chance on relations with a nation that does not value asia. so persisting. as difficult as though types war, he did bequeath a chance for the united states to achieve larger aims. and one was persuading the asian governments that the united states cared about the and it's a building block to our relationship with china. as a teenager and somebody just turning 20 the only thing i knew were people waving red books and so forth. remember in record breaking time and so forth. and he came back from several trips. this was very early in the courtship. and he would regale us at night with his stories in hong kong as an attorney and his consultations with people in the far east about what an extraordinary area of the world this is and what he expected these nations become. he made that v

in a move many see as a mirroring washington's recent drive to boost its military presence in the asia pacific region. also russia and poland of remembered the victims of the tragic plane crash. that killed the polish president and most of the country's political elite two years ago. and the man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime many believe he did not commit america's most famous a prisoner. talks exclusively to r.t. in his first t.v. interview since his sentence was commuted to life behind bars. it's good to have you with us here today on r.t. . live in moscow international envoy on syria kofi annan says it's too early to bury the u.n. peace plan in syria his comments came amid loud skepticism in the western and arab states over thursday's deadline for a complete sea. fire in the syrian civil conflict. closely developing us me following the developments for us here on r.t. peter so what exactly did kofi annan have to say. well he was kofi annan said there was still time for his six point peace plan to be put in place he said that beat the deadline of six am on the twelf

has been boosting its presence in the asia pacific region a strategy seen as an attempt to challenge china's growing influence in the area asia times roving correspondent pepe escobar is in the studio with me papa thanks for being with us today so a mock assault to retake an island in disputed waters surely the u.s. and the philippines must see how that will irritate china what's going on well it's true and that's the strategy of divide and rule the southeast asian countries they have a mechanism called plus three includes china japan and south korea so they can this disputes that trade commerce and even military disputes they can settle in the stable you do need to show we'll put the naval exercise in they try to do both the . diplomacy which is the case so it is a provoke action obviously and last week china warned that the drills will raise the risk of a military confrontation how likely is that you know the norse's last year when even before obama launched the. strategic pivoting from the middle east to. asia which is not a pivoting anymore because the us will never relinquish th

either central asia doesn't matter at all. it's a periphery of the periphery, or it is actually the core. there's been both russia, china, and the very different ambiguous role. so as long as there is this kind of ak big ut, they play up that ambiguity and try to get as much as possible from the powers, foreign powers, et cetera, et cetera. in this scenario where there are all these uncertainties, the approach to afghanistan is cautious. is much more insulation if there are guarantees to get some gains, we will. otherwise we will insulate ourselves. there's quite a lot of skepticism in terms of what would be the future of all of these things that i talked about. let let me just end -- and i'm sorry. there is really no time to go through the policies of each of these five republics. it is in the paper. each of these countries have given some indication of their interest in the political settlement, playing a role in that and in economic. so it's all in the paper and you will see that they are quite divergent because in each rol

asia-pacific region. there is also a possibility that the pyongyang missile technology could be provided to the middle eastern nation, where several countries have close relations with north korea. it means, in other words, missile technologies developed by north korea is becoming a global threat. >>> north koreans put their lives on the line when they try to flee their country, and its oppressive regime. some head to china, hoping to go will will from there to south korea. the chinese government usually doesn't help out because of its will ties with the north. but in a rare move, it's giving five asylum-seekers a break after they spent nearly three years in diplomatic limbo. nhk world's fumitaka sato reports. >> reporter: the south korean government says the group entered the third country earlier this week. the officers say one of the asylum-seekers is the daughter of a south korean soldier taken prisoner during the korean war. the others include her two children. the defector sought asylum at the south

fighting force in the asia-pacific region. it means thousands of troops will leave the southern island of okinawa. the announcement comes days before prime minister yoshihiko noda visits washington to meet president barack obama. the bilateral agreement calls for the transfer of 9,000 marines to guam and other regions in the asia pacific. around 10,000 troops will stay in okinawa. >> we think it breaks a very long stalemate on okinawa that has plagued our politics. >> the transfer of u.s. marines to guam is expected to cost $8.6 billion. japan will pay about a third of the tab. the united states will return 13 military facilities in okinawa to japan. both sides are presenting the effort as a way to quickly alleviate the burden of the american military presence on the southern island chain. >> translator: the deal achieves positive and concrete results, reducing okinawa's burden comes first. >> the agreement doesn't cover the relocation of the u.s. futenma air station within okina okinawa's main island. a number of locals are o

from india all the way to north asia and japan, as well.a ultimate position tomorrow from the boj but it looks like the street view is that maybe they'll keep their fire you powder dry and to something at the end of the month as they meet on april 27th. the big driver in the markets today was really the chinese inflation prints. a lot floor data tomorrow and friday. that will be critical aside from some of the headwinds from your way. and take a look at how the japanese markets was down for five sessions in a row. the strength in the japanese yen that you just talked about was another headwind, but it's the interesting to note how sony bucked the trend and closed up. nikkei business daily said season any osony may cut 10,000 jobs by the end of the year. if this does happen, it would certainly represent the biggest restructuring drive since the gfc when they asked about 16,000 jobs and shut down a lot of factories worldwide. a lot, about half of the job cuts will probably come from already restructuring moves affecting the chemicals division

asia's experts say the tremor will be stronger if the two faults shift simultaneously. the utilities agreed to reexamine the plants. the results could force a revision of quake resistant standards. it will likely affect how soon the idled plants can restart. >>> on a lighter note, we now bring you scenes of spring arriving in fukushima prefecture. this one-thousand-year-old cherry tree is coming into bloom in mihara town, 50 miles west of the crippled fukushima daiichi plant. the weeping branches lead to its nickname, the waterfall cherry tree. it's designated a natural national treasure. >> translator: i want all the people of fukushima to see the blossoms and feel cheered. >> town officials say the tree began blooming ten days later than usual due to cold weather, but it will be in full bloom soon. >>> the 2012 beijing international automotive exhibition is under way, showcasing eco-friendly and energy efficient models. the trade show is one of three major auto exhibitions in china as well as those in shanghai and guan joe. carmakers from around the world are displayi

all southeast asia and asia there are a lot of similarities. >> he is a male entity. he is not -- are you referring to the story? >> it's interesting you should say that. a unique indian concept is one of half male, half female. and that is -- unlike some dances the solo dancer portrays all of the parts in the story. you can portray a feminine aspect and then masculine aspect with the bow and arrow. the male has to portray feminine and the female has to portray masculine. there is a very fierce dance and a soft sort of dance and every dancer has to learn all those aspects. it's very, you know, my teacher i call him a guru in this art form you have to study very, very hard. you have to learn about all the cultural aspects. he says it's liberating because he enjoys and has to learn to bring up the feminine aspect. he's a strong character it's a challenge for him and he likes it. the stories are metaphor cal. i don't look at this that this is a man or woman. there are qualities we all have that some of us are in touch with and are not. in our culture we think people shou

national interests in a key ally in northeast asia. since the united states and the republic of korea forged and alliance in battle over 60 years ago, the republic of korea has become a vibrant democracy, economic success and global security partner. currently serving beside us in afghanistan and off the horn of africa. in stark contrast, one of the world's poorest, most closed and most militarized countries, north korea lies less than 20 miles from the northern districts of seoul, a city of over 24 million people. the change in north korean leadership has led to a period of increased uncertainty on the korean peninsula. the new leader appears to be following the same pattern of his late father and grandfather. examples of this are north korea's recent announcement of their intention to launch a satellite with a ballistic missile and their continued rhetoric denouncing both the nuclear security summit and alliance military exercises. these actions are increasing tensions on the peninsula. additionally, north korea continues to adhere t

why the asia pacific nations a siding with the u.s. and not with china. it's a case of realpolitik and i think that there are certain governments that believe that they can they can benefit from this and they're likely to side with whoever is going to be. seems to be is going to be eventual winner in this type of confrontation so obviously at this stage america has a clear superiority when it comes to conventional naval assets for example little on cyber weapons and all of the other tools of warfare that are being deployed an unmanned aerial vehicles so i think the u.s. is going to be obviously dominant player here and that a lot of governments will she cute with the devil as it were even if they don't agree with all of the u.s. policies they'll certainly go along with it in order to get facts on the diplomatic side of. this is our team from moscow coming to you live my name's kevin hague's rejection of palestinian requests to investigate alleged israeli war crimes on their territory sowing doubt over the course impartiality now we've got more on that com

cotrs,il wknegnal adnd veme res mangithviewo building the free trade area of asia pacific.rom this vantage point as well we shall advantage with the view to participating in the transpacific partnership negotiations. the shared vision also calls for the strengthening of energy cooperation as we discussed in e chamg uthhrgh chenavrs a the u.s. initiative. japan/u.s. alliance has reached new heights. together with president obama, i shall firmly advance these steps. m etrblou.co ine disdeed chen guangcheng, would the united states grant him asylum? and prime minister noda, how would japan respond to a nuclear test and what would you like the u.s. to do to respond? >> obviously, i'm aware of the press reports on the situation in china. but i'm s hits meu i o bli tt n oly ttheig thin to do because it comports with our principles and our belief in freedom and human rights. but also because we actually think china will be stronger as it opens up and liberalizes its own system. we want china to be strongtga b retish wl tat mh rongerndhi wl th mu me prosrous and strong. as you see

so for a monday, a little mixed here in asia. what about your heat map? >> we're weighted to the up side, advancers outpacing decliners around about 7:3. follows not a bad q1, of course, for european stocks. ftse 100 today up half a percent. so far this year up 4 nick bogert. just over 3.5 nick bogert ffor s in the first quarter of this year, as well. cac and mib, not quite as about. mib down half a percent today. the cac up just over 8% for the year, up 0.6 of 1% for the year -- not the year, the quarter. pmis were slightly -- headline number was weak, it was matched by the flash new orders index and output slightly weak. euro-dollar, 1.3370. we have seen the dollar just slightly weaker against the yen, although the yen gold sold out after the pmi numbers. aussie dollar had jumped, as well. we had the two month low. well before that, up over a dollar. and you can see sterling manufacturing pm chlt coming out, the flash number in under half an hour. sterling firm against the dollar. keep your eyes on the debt markets. yields are a little high higher. ital

there is a demand in asia for liberal arts majors and education. yale is the only liberal arts academic institution in all of singapore. it will create for well-rounded individuals that will prepare them for job opportunities that now exist for liberty arts majors that is a hole that cannot be filled now. >> ivy league education right here in education. a yale undergraduate, thank you for joining us. other news in egypt, the muslim brotherhood has warned to a return to revolution if the country's former spy chief succeeds in a bid to become president. suleiman was a key leader with mubarak. it was an insult to the egyptian people. the first round of the elections is scheduled for next month. in purru, nine miners have been trapped for five days now inside an illegal copper mine. rescuers are in contact with the workers and the government has appealed to mining companies for experts to help free them. it seems greece has come up with a novel and somewhat controversial way of raising money to battle its massive debts. police officers are available to

that into mars goal you had an interesting recommendation for young people that involved moving to asia starting a business in asia i think it involves the can i give guidance perhaps some other color playing so what recommendations would you give to young people now in their twenty's and thirty's well prepares. for. the rest of the world who turn aeration ip long. post or ninety. forty six. maybe even. everything got better for us you know salaries went up when i left university i could choose many different jobs not not a problem to find a job but which the breakdown of the companies and socialist ideology that three billion people have joined the global economy. because of the. people can be educated quickly. they can learn without having to buy a book because you were born in a small paycheck yet again. you just called the quality. read everything on the computer. among young people much more competition. i think. young people. can. come imagine already. huge competition for people about the hungry people that ever have anything in. the western world they want to achieve and prepare

we're focusing in asia on january piece exports. expensive few imports have knocked the trade balance back into definite sis. >> you can trace the deficit back to the twin disasters a year ago which was more expensive energy sources. march imports were up more than 10% thanks to fuel shipments. in fact for the fiscal year 2011, imports jumped 50% to a record high $66 billion. and while good ports also staged a surprise gain, figures were less glowing for the fiscal year. china's exports to debt trouble to european countries fell. this year the trade deficit is expected to shrink, but the strong yen remain as challenge for exporters. in other news, bank of japan vice president is hinting that the central bank may move toward additional easing at its coming policy meeting next week. says growth stimulus and financial support is needed to defeat deflation. that's all from the nikkei business report. back to you. >> for more on japan's challenges, we're join theed by martin schultz. martin, always good to have you on the show. what do y

the american persons in asia. nhk world, nag saki, japan. >> the highest debt ratings in the euro zone. dutch politicians have shaken that. let's go to the business to tell us what's going on. >> the program and his government can't agree on budget cuts. in fact the entire cabinet of the netherlands is set to resign over a political crisis concerning austerity measures. the dutch prime minister offered his coalition government's resignation to clean up on monday after his political partnership with the ultra right freedom party collapsed over budget cuts. the freedom party led by the anti-eu and anti-immigration politician. it has been supporting the government for the past 18 months. the netherlands has supported fiscal discipline among eu countries. it is fired the country's turmoil will affect the efforts to deal with the debt problems. they are expected to call snap general elections and the vote is expected to be held as soon as late june. share prices plunged across europe on the back of political uncertaint

marines have arrived in australia as america boost its military presence in the asia pacific region more than two thousand personnel are said to be deployed there over the next few years and it adds to america's military footprint in such countries as the philippines and singapore all in china's backyard is one of poor guys got the latest on this from new york. but total of twenty five hundred american troops are expected to arrive. by twenty sixteen this part of a bilateral defense agreement of the two countries and now. part of that agreement also includes an increased presence of u.s. warships and military aircraft including the fifty two bombers to operate from australia's bases but of course this is part of a bigger plan that u.s. president barack obama announced in january in which he said the u.s. has a new strategy of pivoting its defense to the asia pacific mr obama said the plan is aimed at countering china's growing military and economic influence he also said it would also counter potential attempts by beijing to block u.s. capabilities and areas such as the south china china

so we will emphasize asia pacific and the middle east. the strategic guidance made clear that we must protect capabilities needed to project power in asia pacific and the middle east. these are the areas where we obviously, as you know just by picking up the newspaper, these are the places that can represent the greatest threats to our security. for that reason, we maintain the current bomber fleet. we maintain our aircraft carrier fleet at a long-term 11 of 11 ships and 10 air wings. we maintain the big deck amphibious fleet. we enhance our army and marine corps structure presence in the pacific, and we also maintain a strong presence in the middle east. third, for elsewhere in the world, and we have responsibilities elsewhere, we can't ignore europe or latin america or africa. what we have recommended is that we built innovative partnerships and strengthen key alliances and partnerships in those areas. it makes -- the strategy makes clear that even though asia pacific and the middle east represent areas of growing strategic priority, th

asia-pacific region. there is also a possibility that the pyongyang missile technology could be provided to the middle eastern nation, where several countries have close relations with north korea. it means, in other words, missile technologies developed by north korea is becoming a global threat. >> all right, chiaki akimoto from the royal united services institute uk. >>> japan's foreign minister says the country will call on the u.n. security council to take action if north korea goes ahead with its planned rocket launch. koichiro gemba made the comment to reporters in a news conference on wednesday. >> translator: if north korea launches a missile, it would be in clear violation of security council resolutions. in that case, japan will work with the council members to draw up a response. >> gemba also said japan will urge the united states and other council members to take action, including adopting a new resolution. japan is not a council member. >>> spanish authorities are selling government debt bu

starting a business in asia i think it involved in concubines perhaps some other colors or things so what recommendations would you give to young people now in their twenty's and thirty's well i mean. very common. in the rest of the world the generation i belong to. postponing. forty takes and. maybe even. everything got better for us you know salaries went up when i. could choose many different jobs not not the problem to find a job but with the breakdown of the company and socially that idea about three billion people got. the economy and because of the. people can be educated quickly. they can learn without having to buy a book to save you're born in a small bridge and you have to buy. all your just called the forty. she read everything on the computer. you have among young people much more competition. i think. the. world. com i think the majority. of huge competition. never had anything new that. is the rating in the western world they want to achieve that and they're prepared to work every day that week. right before our. hundred sixty five days a year and that is a huge compet

asia-pacific region. there is also a possibility that the pyongyang missile technology could be provided to the middle eastern nation, where several countries have close relations with north korea. it means, in other words, missile technologies developed by north korea is becoming a global threat. >> jackie chiaki akimoto. >>> japan will call on the u.n. security council to take action if north korea goes ahead with its planned rocket launch. koichiro gemba made the announcement in a news conference wednesday. >> translator: if north korea launches a missile, it would be in clear violation of security council resolutions. in that case, japan will work with the council members to draw up a response. >> gemba also said japan will urge the united states and other council members to take action, including adopting a new resolution. japan is not a council member. >>> in other news, myanmar's president has pledged to work with pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi. thein sein's offer of cooperation came to ous

the first us marines reach australia as america's military moves in on the asia pacific region to challenge china's growing influence. russia warns against arming the syrian rebels with peace efforts underway saying they can topple president also and it will only lead to carnage. on the hague's rejection of palestinian requests to investigate alleged israeli war crimes on their territory doubt over the court's impartiality. it's five pm here in moscow this is r t coming to you live from the snow way with our top story and the first u.s. marines have a right in australia as america boost its military presence in the asia pacific region more than two thousand personnel will be deployed here over the next three years and adds to america's military footprint in such countries as the philippines and singapore all in china's backyard well for more on the story i'm joined by james corbett editor of the credit report an independent news website based in japan and james thanks for being with us once again also defense minister insists there are no u.s. military bases in the country and they're not i

this is where christian europe meets islamic asia.stanbul lies on the bosporus, the narrow strait that unofficially separates europe from asia. the city has flourished for many centuries as an economic and political center. as constantinople, it was the center of the christian byzantine empire. as istanbul, it was the seat of the turkish-ottoman sultans. after the first world war, the last remnants of the ottoman empire disappeared. turkey, on the losing side, was reduced to its present size. in the 1920s, the political leader ataturk founded the modern turkish state. ankara, to the east, became its new capital. one of ataturk's major goals was economic modernization. development was focused on the cities. the effort led to mass migration from the countryside to urban areas. many villages were completely abandoned, especially in the 1950s and '60s. ( speaking turkish ) translator: this village of formerly 120 families now only houses 35. these 35 households mainly consist of elderly people-- old-age pensioners. i don't think anyone wi

equipment in a move many see as mirroring washington's recent drive to boost its military presence in the asia pacific region. also russia and poland remember the victims of the tragic plane crash near smolensk that killed the polish president and most of the country's political elite two years ago. a man who's from thirty years on death row for a crime many believe he did not commit america's most famous prisoner a movie aboud ramon talks exclusively to our t.v. and his first t.v. interview since his sentence was commuted to life behind bars. thanks for joining our team with me karen tara and international envoy on syria kofi annan non says it's too early to bury the u.n. peace plan in the country his comments came amid loud criticism in some western and arab states over the syrian government's commitment to the cease fire agreement archies peter all over has been following the developments. kofi annan said that said there was still time for his six point peace plan to be put in place he said that the the deadline of six am on the twelfth of april was still a viable deadline he appealed to tw

here we are in eastern asia. and a beautiful day in much of japan right now. however it is set to change. already a low pressure system heading in towards western japan bringing showers in kyushu. that's going to spread into central japan over the course of the evening. and it will be a bit of a wet day on saturday. not only that, but temperatures will come down as the system allows cooler air from the north to spill in. so a jump of about 10 degrees from 22 in tokyo today down to just 13 for the high on saturday. with that wet weather. so certainly a good day to stay indoors and catch up with any chores you have pending. sunday will be back up into the low 20s and sunshine once again. something to look forward to. heavy showers move away out of southeastern china here. high pressure moves in. however, still a few lingering showers. and we really don't want any more rain here. it has been really coming down. and any additional rainfall is going to be less than welcome. let's head now into north america. we've got quite a lot going on out to the west and centra

the globe turned in the sense that the its center of gravity moved from the mesopotamian valley in asia north and west to europe and north america that pendulum has started to swing again but i don't think it's swinging to china or asia it's not going to be a chinese century i think it's swinging everywhere and therefore nowhere and so for the first time in history we will be living in a world that is interdependent globalized interconnected but no longer dominated by the west and that's why i think it will be no one's world we don't know when that moment will come when there is no longer a material and ideological gemini of the west but we know what's coming we better prepare for it and so are you talking kind of like the near future or decades from now or any idea and i don't know exactly when but any scale of that time for i think we're at the beginning of the end of a two hundred year period of western hegemony that opened in eighteen fifteen the end of the napoleonic wars and will begin to to move to the new era over the next decade or two and after the you look at the numbers chin

but remember that even asia is not immune.ome of he's financial jitters, we might have slightly better sentiment. but the tone is one of trepidation and it has impact on the sentiment in asia. further down the road, inflation is again something we water about a in asia. europe, yes, short term, that's a bit of a risk, but we really worry about inflation coming back at some point in asia in the next 12 months. >> frederick, thank you so much for your insights today. >> so moody's denies it will cut. decision likely to come on may 12 of the after moody's placed france on negative watch back in february. socialist candidate has called it his main foe and has pledged to rein in france's banks. joining us is stefane clearly keeping a tap on all of this. and that sounds pretty aggressive on the part of hole hand o hollande toward the sector. >> and moody's playing down all the speculation. should hollande win the election, butt sentiment is it that france could be the target of speculators in case the social list candidate would win

we look towards asia as we see the global economy shifting.ributions from asia. >> meg mcclellan, jpmorgan bank. thank you. >> that will do it for the first hour on this wednesday. dow trying to muster enough of a

we are looking to bring leaders together from across the asia pacific. and just recently last september, in san francisco, we had a gathering for part of the preparation for the asia pacific economic community meeting in hawaii. we talked about something which i have talked about for a long time, but is really getting traction now and that is improving women's access to capital in markets, building women's capacities and skills, supporting women leaders, it's important not just because christine and jane and i are women with,ing but we know the more women participate in economies, the more successful those economies will be. so, we're working all the time -- [ applause ] we are working all the time on the full range of issues. you've been very patient tonight and very kind. my friends who bought tables to support the wilson center and to come and be here this evening, and i wanted to just give you a short overview of why we believe that this kind of full engagement on all levels in our diplomacy and development work is the only way for us to move forward