abe, do you see any restraints on the japanese side to include any senior japanese military officers in this? >> i don't think the limitation , going formal to plus two japan needse thing serious concerns of japan always. exercise, their , with theirr japan korean contact for reparations. the japanesesons, side of government, skeptical public, we need to do this. i don't see any obstacle. >> thank you very much. the second recommendation in the report is to incorporate japan's capabilities more fully into deterring and defending against north korean provocations. i had torst scenario, remind myself that japan and the rok do not have a security treaty. cooperation appeared to move forward so effectively, but they do not. they have no defense obligations to each other. in that regard i am wondering, in the first scenario, if u.s. forces had not been present in that part of the japan sea where the refugee oh or but there were and japanese forces, would have played out in the same way? >> actually, the serious trouble -- somehow we shared the not that will be a big disaster, to deal with

he's written about previously in the japanese near and behind the mask. tonight we are lucky that he is joined in conversation by the award-winning author of black deutschland. please make the author fare welcomed. [applause] >> i am very pleased to be here for our colleague and i will not be able to do the book justice. the gentleman was generous in his introduction and insult the very thing he was going to say. i cannot add live at all so i will just keep reading to you. as an experimentation, tokyo romance is a rare portrait of the scene in tokyo in the 1970s. the economic boom of the 60s happened after the politics of the time had fallen apart if we were taken immediately into a city where the new age of hedonism is in full swing but in his reflection he meets the artistic circles where he finds a measure of acceptance and gets a strong sense of the devastation a affiliation of thf the occupation that is somehow an expression alongside what we've come to think of as japanese attitudes having to do with the evanescence of things or how deep in meaning

with rather brutal japanese rule. so, when the tokyo trial came around they played a central role in the allied argument against the war crimes suspect. the point being if he stayed on trial he had not been removed to the mental hospital, not either broken down in the middle of court or deceived my grandfather by faking it, he would have received the harsh possible punishment. the best comparison we can make is to the nazi alfred rosenberg after the turn nuremberg trials was hanged. so the book really waves back and forth. talking about the lives of these two men as they advance toward this time actiq historical , encounter. what i liked about this structure, the point of view of an author, was that it reduced the immensity of world war ii down to two individual lives. we often talk about the war and often write about its history through the very broad lenses innage groups. army against army. nation against nation. but in truth, it's the individuals who populated those armies and nations that were doing the fighting o

how to get consensus with the japanese public to support the process and japanese approval. japan and south korea have to have a good relationship. as you know they are disputes of the opinions regarding the past history with japan and south korea. so both countries should not exploit history for their own political gain. it is important for japan to have serious public discussion about the big picture how to face new world order with korea and how we would be able to take advantage of this improvement for stability and prosperity of the region. so we should avoid falling into two narratives, too positive thinking such as denuclearization is not possible or peace will be very easy. so japan must be able to engage constructively not just asked to pay money. if so japan will lose confidence of the spread of dangerous nationalism. that is why i have big expectations of mr. prime minister abe. he is politician with -- based in japan. how to nationalize is important task for leader in japan and other asian countries. >> thank you very much. speaking of the new regional order, we

we don't like japanese. we don't like any english speaking handsome man or woman trained in overseas, and we don't like americans. we like north koreans better because they are my brothers and sisters. out of this to ideological divisions between south and south couplet, the current government is the latter one, the pro-china, north korea, and maybe a don't say much but they are very anti-american and anti-whatever western association and culture. so when they accepted the north korean denuclearization, they never asked what's the meaning of it. so that is basically back in line. north korea kim jong-un, as sue said anybody said, strategic about what to achieve when he meets trump. maybe not on the first meeting but at least his team working as a solidarity for the day and night, and they came up with some itemized points. number one, mr. t and they come to understand the denuclearization? i hope president will answer very prudently and very nicely. and number two, when you get rid of all the nukes, possible

no one ever expected the japanese side to say, he's faking it. of course they would say he's insane. that didn't surprise anyone. they did try at one point this doctor, to get okawa released back home before the trial even ended. saying that okawa would like to live and surrender. he had a very peaceful home. it would be easier for him to kind of recover. he said no, that's not happening. anyone else? >> has writing the book -- obsession? >> yes. there was a long period after finishing it where i tried not to think about this for a long time. i think toward end of the book my grandfather and okawa shuemi only shared the same space for a marry of hours. if you look back on the whole history. i gave years to this little obsessive. i had to back off. >> i feel it's the most embarrassment here. not from you. but the background. all the people involved. this feeling they've been duped. still very mystical. >> that's kind of what i was talking about in the end, people seeing what they need to see in this little mystery. for some people it was very comf

the japanese are actually a minority in this community now. >> anthony: how japanese will it be in thirtyod for anything to just kind of remain frozen in time. thirty years from now japantown is going to look very different and if it looks like it does right now you know then you know, we're talking about a very stagnant community. food that goes beyond assuming ingredients are safe... to knowing they are. going beyond expectations... because our pets deserve it. beyond. natural pet food. say carl, we have a question about your brokerage fees. fees? what did you have in mind? i don't know. $4.95 per trade? uhhh. and i was wondering if your brokerage offers some sort of guarantee? guarantee? where we can get our fees and commissions back if we're not happy. so can you offer me what schwab is offering? what's with all the questions? ask your broker if they're offering $4.95 online equity trades and a satisfaction guarantee. if you don't like their answer, ask again at schwab. the more your wellbeing can get left behind. but there's a place that doesn't come with that compromise. a place des

japan.ally in there was a japanese government forced every korean to change to japanese name. it was not their intention. we had to. >> you had to change. even morede me harder. i was feeling that i was hiding something. i was even tougher. >> you did not grow up in tokyo. a relativelyin small town. is that right? in japan. southern part. >> at one point said, you were very interested in meeting the of mcdonalds. mcdonalds food? what was it? and thatte the book book became the best seller. i was fully impressed. my god. this is great. it, mustho wrote about be great. >> how old were you when you him?dded to meet >> 16. >> you managed to get a meeting with him. called his assistant and distance call. it was so expensive. almost 100 calls. this is my name. could you askand him to share me some time. you ask him. oh, i will try. he's not going to meet with a student. i said, don't decide by yourself. him decide. with the assistant, different assistants so many times. give me the right answer. said okay, this is waste of my telephone bill. flew into tokyo and i said, i phone call

culture, japanese art. there was a model of a japanese temple, for instance, an enormous japanese garden. japan poured a lot of money into the fair, really trying to convey its status as an emerging world power, to visitors. the fair also included what we would call midway, so what came to be called the midway, it was called the zone in 1915. that was their name. after the panama canal zone, and it featured some ethnic villages, so places where, what you might call colonized people, or people who were seen as primitive or less advanced were basically on display for visitors to observe. there was a short-lived village of somali people. another one of maui, and those people were essentially living their daily lives in front of visitors. not uncommon at world fairs at the time. one of the most famous things on the zone was actually a painting called stella, that supposedly breathed, and it was a painting of a nude woman, and it was a very, very famous, i mean, for no good reason because people could go to the

- sure, that's [speaks japanese]. meaning, [speaks japanese]. - no, that's not gonna work.ow about this? - roast beef? - kind of. beef curtains. - beef curtains. - mm-hmm. - [speaks japanese] - let's try that. - we will build the wall and mexico is going to pay for the wall. - [speaking spanish] - okay, that is--no. there is warmness in your eyes, you're smiling. that is not the way he said it. you have to do it like he does it. people at home are gonna think he's joking. - people have a... sensitivity, so you don't want to offend them more than he already has, you know? - no. you gotta give 'em the trump. who's gonna pay for the wall? - not mexico. - yeah, no, i know mexico's not gonna pay. but trump believes that mexico's gonna pay for the wall. so if you're gonna translate him, you have to believe it too. who's gonna pay for the wall? - nobody's gonna pay for that wall in mexico. - i know, i know, i know. what is wrong with these translators? no one is capturing the true trump. it's not just his words, there's something more. - the poor guy, you gotta see this guy. "uhh!

. >> the new japanese ambassador to the u.s. spoke at a conference on security in asia last week, touching on his country's 70-year alliance with the u.s., north korea's nuclear program and president trump's plan to meet with north korean be dictator kim jong un. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. how are you doing? i wanted to -- my name is jim zumwalt, i'm the ceo of saws caw what peace foundation usa, and we're flighted to have you come today to the -- delighted to have you come to the fifth annual conference that we host on u.s./japan security relations. today our theme is deepening ties while confronting new challenges, and we very much hope that today will be a wonderful opportunity to assess the state of u.s./japan security alliance, but also to look at some of the challenges we face in the future and to assess how we might continue to strengthen our security alliance. before we start and before i introduce our key note speaker, i wanted to recognize three special guests. first of all, we have coming fro

the lesson of the japanese experience when the japanese mobile first is that they do -- when the japanese bubble burst is that they did not respond forcefully enough, and executions got anchored to the downside, and it had the difficult bit of pushing inflation back to their objective. morenk we responded aggressively. you mentioned the quantitative easing programs. i think those things were helpful in keeping inflation expectations from falling a lot, and that made it easier to get back close to our 2% objective. i wouldn't quite declare victory at. the inflation data goes up and down month-to-month. but we have made some progress, and i am certainly happy where we are today. >> which is 1.9%. mr. dudley: 1.9%, right. >> quantitative easing, so far so good. it was successful, it became the template for rescuing europe from its owner session. yet the critics, who we referenced earlier, have not really acknowledged any regrets about assailing the fed for pursuing this monetary policy. none of them as far as we know said they were wrong. do you think enough time has passed for history to ju

the japanese would pop up. one particular story about an evening where flare went off and one of the rules are taught is not to move. someone brobe that rule. they were outside of their fox hole and moved. japanese soldier decapitated him with his sword. another soldier who described from the american soldier jumped out and began to fight the japanese soldier with his bare hands. losing several fingers in the process to the samurai sword. eventually he choked the japanese soldier to death. i just recall thinking what that have been like to be there. can you imagine in your sleep someone can jump up and kill you. it made an impression on me. i realized he story, even the death of the man decapitated may have never been written down or recorded. that's what project is about. capturing the stories and memories. but to the families and future generations >> as we show some interviews on american history tv, we thank you for that. how do you go about the process interviewing these veterans and what is their reaction

and eighty's allegedly to be trained as spies in north korea will twelve of those japanese citizens are still in north korea unaccounted for that is just one of the issues that the japanese want resolved and they went on to say that all of these issues have to be resolved if they are to start talking about normalizing relations between japan and north korea so after all the diplomatic activity recently the meeting between the two koreas the two meetings between the chinese president and kim jong un and all the talk around the possible summit between donald trump and kim jong il and you got the feeling that this was about the japanese prime minister laying out japan's wishes what they need to see from this process going forward and in terms of the tripartite relationship when do you get the sense where you are that what donald trump's announce what ten hours ago on the iran nuclear deal colors their relationship and how they look in the on the north korean nuclear issue. well there was certainly no discussion of that or at least not publicly when the three leaders made their statemen

in the middle of the night, the japanese would pop up unexpectedly from various foxholes and positions. he told me a story about an evening where a flare went off, and one of the rules your taught is not to move when a flare goes off, and somebody broke that rule and a japanese soldier decapitated him with his samurai sword. another soldier he described as a polish soldier -- an american soldier of polish heritage -- begin to jump out and fight the japanese soldier with his their inds, losing several fingers the process with his bare hands, but eventually, he choked the japanese soldier to death, and in the dying light from the flare, they saw it. i just thought what would it be like to be there? imagine being asleep and summoned to jump out at any moment and try to kill you. even the death of the man who was decapitated may never have been written down or recorded. even though we never knew his name, to be a witness to the sacrifice. >> as we shows some of these we thank you for that, how do you go about the process of interviewing these veterans, and what is their reaction as they re

pharmaceuticals — could it be the largest ever foreign takeover by a japanese firm?kets in europe are mixed with all eyes on the trump administration as it prepares to announce its stance on the iran nuclear deal.

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it has taken five offers from the japanese company ta keda it has taken five offers from the japanese time shares have taken a hit, investors were worried they could not afford the deal. today was the deadline that was set when the last offer was made in late april, irish company shire has accepted. what is the final deal? they have accepted $30.33 cash for each share and about an eighth ofa for each share and about an eighth of a share of each shareholder, it isa of a share of each shareholder, it is a $62.5 billion agreement and it is a $62.5 billion agreement and it is the largest takeover by a japanese firm. they will own about 55% of the combined group and will be listed injapan and the us. but the deal will until the middle of next year, you have a year to wait before it will be sorted. thank you forjoining us from singapore, katie. this is asia, japan and hong kong. that is the us behind me, the night before. many people considering what the trump administration will say later today. president donald trump has said they will make an announcement at 2pm local time as to their in

. >> the new japanese ambassador to the u.s. made remarks at a yearly security forum in washington, dc. he talk about the u.s.-japan alliance, international trade, north korea's nuclear program, and the proposed meeting between president trump and north korean lead are, kim jong-un. this is half an hour. >> good morning, everyone. how are you doing? i wanted to -- i'm jim, the ceo of the peace foundation u.s.a. and we're delighted to have you come to the fifth annual conference that we host every year in the united states on u.s.-japan security relations. today our theme is deepening ties while confronting new challenges and we very much hope that today will be a wonderful opportunity to assess the state of the u.s.-japan security alliance and also to look at the challenges we face in the future and to assess how we might continue to strengthen our security alliance. before we start, and before i introduce our keynote speaker i want to recognize three special guests. we have coming from tokyo, the peace foundation chairman, nobi

the event included keynote remarks by the new japanese ambassador to the u.s., who discussed the u.s. japan alliance, international trade, north korea's nuclear program, and the proposed meeting between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-il -- kim jong-un. >> good morning, everyone. how are you doing? jim.ted to, my name is asak foundation usa -- peace foundation usa. we talk about u.s. japan security relations. is deepeningam ties, while confronting new challenges. we hope today will be a wonderful opportunity to assess the state of the security alliance, but also look at challenges we face in the future and assess how we might continue to strengthen our security alliance. before i introduce our keynote speaker, i wanted to recognize three special guests. peacee sasakawa foundation chairman. [applause] also from tokyo, sasakawa peace president and executive director. [applause] also, i wanted to recognize former secretary of agriculture, who did a wonderful job promoting congressional exchanges. i believe somewhere in the audience, too finally before we start. [applause

they were outside of their foxhole and moved and a japanese soldier decapitated him with his samurai sword. another soldier, he described a polish soldier -- an american soldier of polish heritage -- jumped out and began to fight the japanese soldier with his bare hands, losing several fingers in the process to the samurai sword, but eventually he choked the japanese soldier to death. in the dying light of the flare, they saw it. i just recall thinking, what would that have been like to be there? can you imagine trying to sleep and someone can jump out at any moment and kill you? it really made an impression on me. his story, even the death of the man he was decapitated, may never have been written down. even though we never knew his name, there was a witness to that sacrifice. that is what our project is about, capturing those stories, both for the families and future generations. steve: as we show some of these interviews on c-span3's american history -- and we thank you for that -- how do you go about the process of interviewing these veterans, and what is their reaction as they r

my great grandfather, comes to surprise to japanese wife in the village. you turn over the rocks an discover these things, what goes in the book. andoo then he comes back and we are learning these things about him and we have the celebratory lunch in the village with some of the important people there, there's one man who is not invited to the lunch. he's actually the closest person to us in the family tree. he's my third cousin and things are happening very quickly and i guess i don't realize he's been excluded from the lunch and before we leave he says, well, next time you come you will come to my house so you can get the real story, the real story early on when my great grandfather was there, everybody's last name is tong in the village, my father is bruising himself and in chinese you say what's your honorable last name and then the first person says and the next person, he's my third cousin and we keep finding the coin kid expenses because, again, our name in chinese is really rare and pretty soon they are looking at us like we are idiots because ever

we learned he married a japanese wife, who is my great-grandmother. marries a japanese wife which is a great surprise to his chinese wife in the village. you turn over rocks and discover these things and then you start bargaining with the parents. what goes in the book? and then he comes back and we're learning these things about him, and we have this celebratory lunch in the village with some of the important cadres and people there. there's one man who is not invited to run, actually the chest eest person to us in the family tree, my third cousin, and things are happening very quickly and don't realize he has been excludessed from the luncheon before we leave and he says next time you come, you at my house so you can get the real story. what the real story is, early on when my great-grandfather was there, our -- everyone's last name is tong in the village. we're going around and my father's introducing himself and in chinese you go up and you say what is your honorable last name and the then says it's tong -- he's my third cousin, and we keep findin

we learned he married a japanese wife. this was my great-grandmother. this comes to a great surprise to us chinese in the village. you discover these things and you start with the parents. he comes back and we are learning things about him and we have this celebratory lunch in the village for but some of the important cadres and the people there. there's one man who was the closest person to us in the family tree. he's my third cousin and things happen very quickly and they don't realize he's been excluded from his lunch. before we leave he says next time you come do it at my house so you can get the real story. when my great-grandfather was there everyone's last name is tong in the village. we are going around and my father is introducing himself. what is your honorable last name and the first person says their name. we keep finding these coincidences. soon they are looking at us like everybody has the same last name and we are the last people to realize that everybody's name is the same here. the smallest and poorest kind of village and his house and

jim: well, i'm second-generation japanese. i'm an issei. and an issei generation listened to their parents, the first generation. even if we didn't agree with what they was sayin', we went along. the third generation, my kids, they would argue, but we was evacuated. we were forced to move on july 9, 1942. and when we reached our destination, which was tule lake wra camp, they told us they processed us and assigned us to block 42. robert: and when you would stand up to the authorities, what was their reaction to you? how did you get treated at that point? jim: we were threatened with a ten-year imprisonment and $10,000 fine if we didn't cooperate with what they was trying to do. robert: but you did. jim: and we says, "you know, we're american citizens. we have american right. we have rights that citizens have, american citizens have. and first of all," we says, "you can't do this to american citizens." they says, "you guys are not american citizens. you're 4c, you're enemy aliens." so we says, "no, we're not enemy aliens. we're american citi

citizens who were taken from japanese territory in the seventy's and eighty's twelve of those people are still unaccounted for presumably still in north korea so that's an issue that is very close to the heart of japanese and he clearly wants that to be on the table when it comes to negotiations with pyongyang are they at odds then within sort of three way relationship when because some people are saying look actually when donald trump meets kim jong il and they want to keep any declarations any bits of paper they sign up to quite vague so that both donald trump and kim jong un can go back to their respective capitals and say look we've got to deal we're making peace we're getting the korean peninsula denuclearized. well i think there's probably a few differences of opinions particularly between china and japan when it comes to this issue on the korean peninsula again we saw it today from the japanese prime minister the u.n. security council resolutions must be implemented he wants to see concrete measures where whereas there is a sense perhaps that china may want to deviate from tha

the only country that has suffered from the use of the nuclear weapons so it is understandable why japanese people are so adamant on abolishing nuclear arms. but you say that those advocating nuclear disarmament are realistic. you really think so i mean how realistic because nuclear states including your biggest partner united states opposed that well i say. realistic because. or argument or. you know the goal for abolishment of nuclear weapons is based on the reality of what happens to beings. it's use when it's actually used so we know the reality of the use of it and sometimes. you know deterrence. strategy they're all discussed on paper you know there's certain assumptions there's certain assumptions. this number if we have this number you know two. actions in sitra. you know other two. but. mostly it's a perception idea based. no standing there are you talking about those who are actually supporters of the terror but i mean we didn't have a war for the last seventy years thanks to terrance you don't think that's reason enough to think that that's a good thing you know well deterrence n

it was japanese director. who was the night's big winner nabbing the main prize. his film shoplifters tells of a makeshift family trying to keep afloat by resorting to petty theft in order to supplement their meagre incomes. the film was a favorite of audiences and critics and it won over the jury to. think or feel when two american director spike lee. his film black klansman is based on the true story of a black police officer from colorado and his white jewish colleagues who together infiltrated a branch of the ku klux klan in the nineteen seventies. for the first time in the history of the festival the jury awarded the special palme d'or it went to cinema legend. for his experimental film essay the image book. i wanted edition the me too movement made an appearance at the award ceremony filmmaker and actress asia genter gave a speech saying there were abuses sitting in the cannes audience who had yet to be outed that way i gently says she was raped at the festival one nine hundred ninety seven by disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein among. us directing legend

at this year's cannes film festival the japanese family drama shoplifted scripts the competition top prize a pound. or so ahead. in the german comp final a shock loss to the football giant spine munich underdogs i'm trying to frankfurt being fined three one we bring you all the highlights from saturday's game. i'm going to humphrey good to have you with us venezuelans all heading to the polls and in the election that is expected to hand president nicolas maduro a second term in office madonna has already cost his vote but opposition party said val to boycott the elections will than twenty million venezuelans are eligible to vote but low turnout is predicted the oil rich country has descended into economic turmoil under my daughter's socialist government. lists year inflation has reached an all time high of more than thirteen thousand percent the rising prices have hit walk as a business owners hard but not everyone blames the government. there isn't much cash flowing in venezuela apart from public transport and street food little is paid for with coins and notes most businesses have

was it glamorous enough we have news from cannes where the winner of this year's palme d'or is a japanese drama shoplifters directed by europe kasi corey it out. because of us and welcome to the program britain's prince harry has married american actress megan markel in a royal wedding watched by millions of people all around the world the bride and groom said i will in front of a star studded crowd and a chapel at windsor castle and there were a few surprises in store for the gas and all of us watching as the newly appointed duke and duchess of sussex broke molds and created new ones. in a gallon by. meghan markle arrives to meet her prince. walking down part of the aisle on the arm of harry's father prince charles. her own father in hospital following heart surgery. but her mother seated right in front of the altar. prince harry the sixth in line to the british throne and markel a u.s. actor and women's rights advocate that just two years ago now the two have exchanged vows. with your take meghan to be your wife when you're not. comfortable on a project and forsaking all of them be fait

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will you speak to the japanese strategy for involvement? thank you. >> anyone? japanese strategy? >> a good question. as you know japan has a direct , interest in the north korea situation. this has been a primary topic. it seems while some would suggest japan has been sidelined by virtue of the u.s. north korea dialogue, i don't believe that is the case. prime minister abe is not a shy person. if anything, he may view the u.s. north korea approach as an opportunity for him, to japan to strike out in terms of what they might be able to come to an agreement on. >> dr. kim? >> i'm sorry. the korean perspective, they are -- the japanese strategy is at a crossroads. they are carefully watching trump's policies toward north korea and whether they will have agreements. it's related to japanese national security. if you look at the japanese history, you can see who, with -- japan is right keen to the change of international order. you can see who, with what --you can see who, with what country japan allied and then it can tell you something in the future longer-term. this is the one thin

at this year's counter film festival the japanese family drama shoplifted scoops the coveted top prize the bundle. hands in the german cup final shock we also call giants going to make underdogs eintracht frankfurt beat brian three want to read bring you all the highlights from saturday's game. five hundred on fri good to have you with us venezuelans are heading to the polls in an election that is expected to hand president nicolas maduro a second term in office now my daughter caused his vote early in the day and he's facing a frag meant it opposition parts of which are boycotting the poll more than twenty million venezuelans are eligible to vote but low turnout is predicted the oil rich country has descended into economic turmoil under a socialist government. and inflation has reached an all time high of more than thirteen thousand percent the rising prices have hit workers and business owners hard but not everyone is blaming the government. there isn't much cash flowing in venezuela apart from public transport and street food little is paid for with coins and notes most businesses h

for a japanese politician, are used to work for the japanese... politician, minister for raid and industry, i've created relationships with all the asean ruling parties. -- minister for the raid and industry. which is no mean feat. it was fun. -- minister for trade and industry. for a western woman to do that is quite something. they didn't see me as a woman, they saw me as an operator. a thing! an operator! to the story, it's interesting, back to the story, it's interesting, back to the story, it's interesting, malaysia has been run by the national front, the national coalition in malaysia, which had malay and chinese in it, so it was equitably done. there were so many corruption allegations, it was becoming so dysfunctional, that the founder, mahathir mohamad, came back with another party. will this see change in malaysia? he came back into the mix because of this bid to try to stop corruption, to try to stop this kind of activity within politics in malaysia. will this see a new beginning, a new era, or not? when he was young he was the guy crea

the japanese president signed it, and then the american president had to sign it. so that was the reason for the delegation. so it was three very high level samurais that came with 74 other japanese and some interpreters. they landed in 1860 in the washington navy yard. we have this wonderful photograph taken by matthew brady of the entire japanese embassy. all these delegates out there, and they were wined and dined and went to the smithsonian and to congress, and had a very elegant dinner in the east room in the white house. but they were not quite all that happy with everything that they ate, because they were served rice with sugar and butter on it, at which they were a little bit horrified about. nowadays, food diplomacy, you have an understanding and you would not offer them that. but it was considered to be a very successful visit. on their last meeting with then-president buchanan, they gave him a gold coin that had been engraved by a gentleman who worked at the mint, who came up with this design. a number of these were struck at the time to commemorate the

and at this year's cannes film festival the japanese family drama shoplifters scooped the coveted top prize the palme d'or. thanks for joining us i'm mary in evanston. byron munich season ended in dramatic and disappointing fashion on saturday the german soccer giants were defeated by and talk frankfurt in the final of the german come the underdogs came out on top in a fast paced all action game that also saw some controversy coach nico much now takes over at byron with his head held high while it was a bitter disappointment for outgoing coach you're behind because. it was almost time for your pint is the hand of it's an eco virtue but before the changing of the guard there was a finals a concession by and white close early on robot leavened of skis freekick hitting the letter for frankfurt and they took advantage and say ray that rob thomas and fired in the opening go. by and struggled to break down frankfurt study defense thomas miller's thirty third minute and that was their first shot on target at half time points hietzing set to go up in smoke but their day improved shortly after

this is the kind of revenue the japanese companies generate for the united states. it is really worth noting this. i believe it is necessary for pay a systemic attention to trade and act within the wto rules, which is something we speak about, as well as call on our american partners. as far as the tpp, the agreement is concerned according to the predilection agreements and commitments. trump withdrew from this treaty, but it is a very significant framework which also includes the intellectual property by the environmental protections and other areas. therefore, such comprehensive rural continue developing fair trade. this is the kind of analysis we need to develop to get. unfortunately they withdrew from this. by now, the 11 nations have an tpp.ment and signed the we would very much like to unfold in other countries so -- possibly united states will change its mind. >> the rest of the newspapers over the past couple of days. with respect to the downing of the malaysian aircraft. when you asked about this yesterday, you said you did not have an explanation. i wonder

this was an opportunity for the japanese prime minister shinzo arbet in particular to lay out what he and his country want to see if there are to be any detailed negotiations with north korea over their nuclear program before this summit throughout this flurry of diplomatic activity over the past few weeks there's been a sense that japan and its prime minister have been a bit on the outside all of that activity even though over the past year japan was very much affected by the threats and the activity coming from north korea after this very brief trilateral summit in tokyo each of the leaders made a statement but it was really only the japanese prime minister that got into specifics about north korea this was his chance to lay out what his country needed he said the u.n. security council resolutions must be implemented they want to see concrete measures from north korea and he also spoke about the abducted the issue these japanese citizens who were abducted by north korea in the seventy's and eighty's allegedly to be trained as north korean spies will twelve of those japanese people a