it's not that common was not that common in japan. my background was from a totally different culture from japan. so i stood up, i felt absolutely lonely because most family it has both parents and they have a happy life there. but for me, i just have my mother and my grandparents and also loved my father so much. so i really missed him. his classmates cool. these guys in the japanese wood for outside to he says he spoke to me as the other a few times on the phone before his mother tobate's the contact. so the last time that my father was when i was 11 or 12 years old, my mother had an explain the doubt much about why i came to japan. and that was a big question for me. and i always wanted to know why i can see my father looking for on says he began to search to find his father. he eventually discovered him on facebook, living in texas in 2023. and so we went back to meet him. well, i think most people imagine like a really emotional meeting by hugging each other, but actually it wasn't felt like that they hadn't spoken for 11 years.

avril: let's start with japan first. i think the expectations coming into today was a coverage hike from the boj, and then ueda would have to sound hawkish tiktok up the japanese currency, so yen bulls seem pleasantly surprised and the immediate support levels on dollar-yen are around the 155 handle. there are those that think they are prime for gains on the japanese currency. we will wait and see what ueda ultimately says but look at how the nikkei and topix have erased gains of 0.6% earlier in the session. as you say, the chinese tariff line from trump moved markets, so we have seen outperformance of the hang seng two plus percent gains today. it played out on the currency. this next page will show you how the offshore yuan today, really steep moves about half a percent climb against the greenback, capping off a week where the tone from trump on china has sounded a lot less antagonistic. than markets had been expecting. and you think about that phone call at the start of the week, that tiktok reprieve, and then also th

chair and focuses on us japan relations. william help us out here because on the face of it, it's a bit confusing. we've got the us secretary state in japan praising strong ties between washington and tokyo. meanwhile, president biden is blocking a friendly takeover of the us deal maker by japanese one calling into national security risk. how does this fit together as well? i think this really highlights the split people within dividing this ration of certainly blinking along with the secretary of defense, austin and the secretary of your treasury. you'll in support of the deal. all 3 understand how important to us repent. relationship is over biting is much more motivated, bike constructing his legacy is the most pro union president after a discipline politically disappointing, 2024, in which he was kicked off the democratic ticket. so the irony to, unfortunately, by blocking the steel, the irony is that his legacy will actually be destroying 11000 union seal, worker jobs and other state their communities. what impact willi

there's agreement on one thing. japan justice system has made a bad situation. the mount fuji is a long way from the frenzy attempt. here it's one of japan's most enduring and powerful for follows of votes buddhism and should to isn't. it's regarded as a sacred, spiritual, and lucky place. in g tries to visit this temple in it shadow once a month all the technical sales that they've got all that stuff on the loading. all right, i will tell you what the final thing for you let us know he's tried everything else. he says. so why not prep. busy so when you post them on the 10th and what's the most and many more excited that you know, if i went to the north and south korea to nations, technically still a tour as relations between the neighbors deteriorates some tiny south korean islands are in the firing line 101 east meets the island. there's costs between 2 koreas on else to 0. the we don't simply focus on the politics of the conflict, is the human suffering is actually the 4th time. we brave bullets and bombs, and we always include the views from all sides or the

it is a slap in the face for japan to be told they are a security risk.retary blink and can do is damage control. saying this is unfortunate and all of that. but i think there is more at stake here because basically the relationship between the two countries are at stake. japan has done its own thing over the last 30 years and build up a global production including in south east asia so japan needs the us but it is not as dependent on it as it used to be. meanwhile the us is more dependent onjapan because of the erosion of the american manufacturing base. this is a complicated situation for the united states and one can only hope that maybe somebody comes to their senses and says, we need to treat japan very, very differently from china and we need to see whether we can somehow patch this up and move forward together because both would be worse. find forward together because both would be worse.— would be worse. and those workin: would be worse. and those working with _ would be worse. and those working with us _ would be worse. and those working with us s

so, to expand the consumption in japan, definitely the current pressure from the currency of japan andanese yen should be altered asap. i expect the bank of japan will pick up the rates at least 0.25%. >> very interesting to watch. takeshi son, thank you for joining me in davos. that is takeshi niinami of suntory group. >>> up next, we will speak to the dhl group ceo tobias meyer. that is a first on cnbc conversation. stay with us. for nearly 200 years, big beverage companies have been selling us billions of single-use sugary drinks. using the same old one size fits all playbook. think about it, we've seen technological advancements in every other aspect of our lives. but the beverage industry has been stuck in the past. until now. meet cirkul, the beverage platform of the future. transforming water into your favorite beverage. cirkul - your water, your way. for all those making it big out there... ...shouldn't your mobile service be able to keep up with you? get wifi speeds up to a gig at home and on the go. introducing powerboost, only from xfinity mobile. now that's big. >>> welcome

but japan for me is japan steel, nippon steel is japan steel and japan steel is evil. steel taught china the art of overcapacity, the art of overproduction, the art of taking advantage of other countries, and the united states is the recipient eastbound of es overcapacity so president trump will end that. maria: well, look, they're blaming you. you know that. they're blaming you for messing up their deal, u.s. steel and nippon steel, saying you were talking against the deal and you've got an industry now the backdrop where prices were down as you just said, 40%, you've got the economy questionable, the automotive industry questionable right here in terms of the demand part of the story. do have you a plan b? what if you can't acquire u.s. steel. do you have a plan b to gain steel and thrive even in the weakened backdrop for the industry? >> i had a plan b if president biden or vice president harris -- because they changed a lot there but anyway, president biden was reelected or president harris was elected, i knew there was a lot of work, the biden administration bring

that's what we were scared of japan and japan did. this by trade, not aid. and she is becoming a very strong nation and, working very closely with us, helping underdeveloped countries, taking part of the load from us. did you see forces at work within the communist nations out there which may produce a greater measure of freedom eventually not in not in the as to asia except the disaster disaster and red they won't be able impose. i don't believe the same of restrictions which they have. i they'll have to give way but there's some indication they've already done so but the misery of the chinese people is pathetic and of course you see in taiwan the free china agricultural moving ahead and it shows that through free trade in a free country with learning is land with incentives of a free society, a cultural production is successful. is there anything we can do about the flow of the illicit opium from china to the us? well, tighten up our own import restrictions and of course work with the other free nations to control it. but then think you have some surmise,

let's talk more about the indo-pacific relationship with | indo—pacific relationship with japan.an strengthen that — how important is that, at a time when adversaries will be watching very closely what is happening in south korea ? watching for signs of weakness they could potentially exploit? absolutely, this is a very rough neighbourhood, northeast asia. you have a nuclear armed huge state called russia, likewise china, and although a small and dismal economy, north korea is armed with chemical and biological weapons as well. and in such a neighbourhood, the us enjoys a relationship with two democracies, south korea and japan. with the dispatch of over 10,000 north korean combat troops to fight against ukraine, this has been unsettling. so what's happening in south korea is great political drama, but one that's most unwelcome from the perspectives of japan, the united states, and i would say also south 1531 00:16:03,382 --

but most of it seems in japan. when more than a 100000 children lose contact with the parents every year, i assume he lives in a modest one bedroom ground floor apartment in chiva, about 50 kilometers from tokyo. she just manages to support himself by selling insurance in a civil full lot. what the state of florida, i didn't know this google gets, it would be good. i can, you'll be fine. sure to make sure what those fit kind of fit. you know how it did it both times it was denied. the 3rd petition is on going. isn't it in the line of the thing what it's called the that's the was it that i think the co team has also lost out in japan schools. it's been paid years since he last saw his own positive sole custody was prompted to his ex wife the full, the books, the house does not to use his real name. child custody disputes are a sensitive issue in japan for 6 months t. so is young. some once or twice a month, but then everything changed. east up to pleading guilty to kidnapping his son, to the mobiles in the service i

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japan has been an economic outlierfor a generation now.at's kept the cost of borrowing there extremely low. that situation turned around last year when the bank ofjapan raised its interest rate from zero to 0.25%, prompting a market sell—off. here's mariko 0i with more. this chart shows the history of the cost of borrowing injapan, and for the past 25 years it's been pretty flat. it was in 1999 when the bank of japan became the first central bank in the world to cut interest rates to zero. it was a bold move at the time. the country was experiencing falling prices — also known as deflation — and lower rates were meant to encourage spending and investment, at least in theory. but consumers weren't buying it. that's because the value of their properties and other assets were falling, so people didn't feel confident to spend money, and it slowed an entire country's economic growth. then, in 2016, the bank ofjapan went further — taking the extraordinary step of cutting rates to below zero. negative interest rates meant that the b0] was, in som

>> again, this was not about japan. it is not about japan. this-- we have a strong alliance with japan. we have worked together, as you know, and i have mentioned before, to strengthen our economic partnership. that is something you have seen this president worked tirelessly on over the past four years. certainly, we talked to japan about this particular decision and we have been in direct touch. this is about a domestically owned, operated steel industry. and we are talking about our national security, of course, also our supply-chain, our resilient supply-chain. that is what the president wanted to focus on. that is what you saw this action from the president. that will be our focus. we will continue to work on our relationships with our allies across the globe. that is something we will continue to do. i just talked about the president going to rome next week. certainly, that is very important. the president in the past four years has been able to mend a lot of those relationships. and you have seen the president on a global stage and how

plus, the bank of japan does something for the first time since 2008. global investors they are watching. and in davos, blackrock's larry fink, the ecb president christine lagarde and others, they speak with cnbc on everything from the global outlook to the impact of who else, donald trump. it is friday, january the 24th, 2025. you're watching worldwide exchange. good morning. thanks so much for being here with us. i'm frank holland. hope your friday morning is getting off to a great start. let's get you ready for the day ahead. we begin with a check of u.s. stock futures after the s&p closed at its first all time high of 2025. the nasdaq and the dow just near a percent of new close to new highs. yesterday's upside moves coming after the president's comments on u.s. tax cuts and central banks at the world economic forum in davos. >> i'll demand that interest rates drop immediately. and likewise, they should be dropping all over the world. interest rates should follow us. >> and taking a look at futures this morning again after the s&p closed at a record

>> this wasn't about japan, it's not about japan . this , we have a strong alliance with japan. we have worked together as you know and mentioned before to strengthen our economic partnership, that is something you seen this president work tirelessly on the last four years and certainly we talked to japan about this decision, we've been in touch . this is about a domestically owned and operated steel industry. and we're talking about our national security of t course but also our supply chain, our resilient supply chain . that's what the president wanted to focus on, that's what you saw this action from this president so that is going to be our focus. we will continue to work on our relationships with our allies across the globe . it is something we will continue to do and i talked wiabout the president going to roll . certainly that is important, the president in the past four years has been able to mend any of those relationships and you've seen the president on the global stage and how those relationships havemattered to our friends . across the world. so that's how we should

>> look, again this was not about japan. it's not about japan. we have a strong alliance with japan. we have worked together as you know tois strengthen our economc partnership or that something you've seen this present work tirelessly on over the last four years. certainly weve talked to japan about this particular decision we been in direct touch. this is about a domestically owned, operated steel industry. wereen talking in our national security but also our supply chain. our resilient supplyy chain. so that is what the president wanted to focus on for that is what you saw actions from this president. that's going to be the focus. we are going to continue to work on our relationships with our allies across the globe but that thatsomething were going to cone to do. talk about the present going to rome nextue week that is certaiy very important. the press in the past four years has been able to mend many of those relationships. producingthe president on the gl stage how those relationships have matter to our friends across the world. that is how

, it's not about japan. we have a strong alliance with the pan we work together as you know to strengthen our economic partnerships. you seen this president worked tirelessly the past four years and we've talked to japan about this to go decision and we been in direct touch. this is about domestically owned and operated steel industry. we are talking about national security of course but alsoer or resilient supply chain so that's what the president wanted to focus on anddu what you saw, action from this president and that is going to be our focus. we will continue to work on relationships with allies across the globe, something we will continue to do and we just talked about the president going to rome next week. that is very important for the president in the past four years has been able to manage those relationships and you seen the president on the global stage and how those relationships have mattered to our friends across the world so that's how see this. it's not about japan, it's about what is right

keep in mind, tony blinken is in japan right now eating sushi in japan. rubio. that's bad news for the japanese. vice president-elect jd vance has been strong proponent of blocking this deal. so what are they going to get by bringing back to donald trump that has been absolutely clear that tariffs are coming to protect american business, america first. japan has a problem, it's their problem, not our problem. they have overcapacity, they have a shrinking population. bad for them. maria: but why would a deal with your company, cleveland-cliffs, be any better? i mean, if you're getting together with u.s. steel, don't you control the dissemination and the price of steel for u.s. automakers? is that anti-competitive? >> of course not. of course not. there are several other companies, new core is bigger than cliffs, steel dynamics is almost the same size as clevcleveland-cliffs. a lot of imported steel comes to the country. aluminum as well. we clearly have a situation that nippon steel cannot and will not buy u.s. steel. that's u.s. steel. it's an american co

japan has been an economic outlyerfor a generation now. battling deflation and that's kept the cost of borrowing there extremely low. that situation turned around last year when the bank ofjapan raised its interest rate from %0 to 0.25%, prompting a market sell—off. here's mariko oi with more. this chart shows the history of the cost of borrowing injapan, and for the past 25 years it's been pretty flat. it was in 1999 when the bank of japan became the first central bank in the world to cut interest rates to zero. it was a bold move at the time. the country was experiencing falling prices — also known as deflation — and lower rates were meant to encourage spending and investment, at least in theory. but consumers weren't buying it. that's because the value of their properties and other assets were falling, so people didn't feel confident to spend money, and it slowed an entire country's economic growth. then, in 2016, the bank ofjapan went further — taking the extraordinary step of cutting rates to below zero. negative interest rates meant

that's not the case for japan. off the record breaking snow across the north last month is more of that to come. we've got cold air blowing down, keeping temperatures very low here. it will pick up slightly as we go into sunday, they'll be some wintery features as well. moving across the korean peninsula, but behind that for much of china, it does remain very clear with lots of sunshine. they're trying to says it had its hottest yet on record last year. and that won't, has followed us into the new year. the aging and shanghai, seeing those temp just says above the average still, and it's looking pretty pleasant in hong kong. 21 degrees celsius on sunday. so the story for south asia, india also. so it's hottest your own record, largely kia skies for much of the country here. the rain affecting southern parts of shore line. so we could see some rain and a bit of snow touch into the himalayas. if it is a story of a fault and smoke, it may be some improvement, but not for long here, it's for the north where we see thos

japan's central bank is announcing its latest interest rates decision in a few hours.ost of borrowing there has remained low as the country only started to experience inflation in recent years. injuly last year when the bank ofjapan raised rates, it prompted a market sell—off — so investors will be watching today's decision closely. mariko oi explains why. this chart shows the history of the cost of borrowing injapan. and for the past 25 years has been pretty flat. it was in 1999 when the bank ofjapan became the first central bank in the world to cut interest rates to zero. it was a bold move at the time. the country was experiencing falling prices, also known as deflation, and lower rates were meant to encourage spending and investment — at least in theory. but consumers won't buying it. that's because the value of their properties and other assets were falling, so people didn't feel confident to spend money and its load an entire country's economic growth. then, in 2016, the bank ofjapan went further, taking of japan went further, taking the ofjapan went further, tak

the japan meteorological agency asked people not to go in the sea or near coastal areas.er one was recorded reaching miyazaki city according to japan's public broadcaster. japan of course has more earthquakes than any other country in the world, the pulitzer earthquake proof and so far we have not had many reports of damage but will keep across the story for you. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. the weather story across the uk is on the change, but perhaps not where you would think. just take a look at this dramatic temperature contrast from first thing this morning. we had 14 degrees in highland scotland — that runs the risk of some rapid snow melt and maybe some localised flooding. by contrast, —1. we are was still sitting in the cold air across the far south—east. but the wind direction has changed. it's driving this milder air across the northern half of the country. it is also bringing some wet weather, as well. so these weather fronts are sinking their way steadily south and east, introducing some rain. further south we are still under the influence of hi

namely ecuador, japan, malta, mozambique and switzerland. i commend you all for your hard work and contributions during your terms on this council. -- on the security council. and we look forward to working with the incoming elected members next year. denmark, greece, pakistan, panama and somalia. ladies and gentlemen, this meeting is adjourned. [gavels] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] >> c-span's washington, our live forum involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics and public policy from washington, d.c. to across the country. monday morning, an axios reporter previews the week ahead in congress and in washington politics. then we will talk with an aei senior fellow about congress meeting today in a joint session to certify the 2024 electoral votes, they will discuss changes to the process since 2021 when the u.s. capitol was attacked, join the conversation

in japan, than ak k gaining 5/10.e of its chipmakers, equipment makers benefiting on the back of the blowout numbers coming from tsmc. that index up five cans of 1%. the bloomberg scoop around boj officials now edging closer to another hike next week after that monetary policy decision for the boj and the yen gaining two point -- to tens of 1%. coming up, traders are back to fully pricing in a fed rate reduction by july following the u.s. inflation report of yesterday. we speak to raymond james about how to think about a more tom: good morning this is bloomberg daybreak: europe. i'm tom mackenzie in london. these other stories is that your agenda. israel and hamas agree a cease-fire will begin on monday and last initially for six weeks. the deal includes a release of 33 hostages while israel will withdraw from populated areas of gaza. risk on returns calling u.s. inflation sparks a global rally with asian stocks tracking gains on wall street. in japan boj official see a good chance of a rate hike next week. we bring y

, and japan did this by trade, not aid. she is becoming a very strong nation, working very closely with us, helping the underdeveloped countries, taking the load from us. >> did you see forces at work within the communist nations out there, which may produce a greater measure of freedom eventually? >> not in the communists of asia, except for the disaster, economic disaster in red china, they would not be able to impose commendably, the same kinds of restrictions which they have, i think they will have to give way, but there is some indication they have already done so. the misery of the chinese people is pathetic. of course, you see in taiwan, they free china, agriculture production they've had, and it shows through the free country, as known in own land and a free society, cultural production is successful. >> is there anything we can do about the plug? >> tighten up our own input restrictions and of course work with the other free nations to control it. i think you have some ideas, which are very sound of better treatmen

biggest mentor of the problem, japan. japan taught china over capacity is fine. a friend. if you are a friend, you can take advantage. you can take advantage of the masht. you can take advantage of the workers. you can take advantage of the good will of the american people. that has to stop. i'm glad biden finally did what he had to do. president trump will continue to do it. they're going to make america great again. i'm very proud to be part of that. >> let's leave it at that. chairman and president and ceo of cleveland cliffs responding to serious charges that i think would make anyone angry. i think -- all i can say is, good luck on this. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> "mad money" is back after the break. >>> stocks waived. are the charts pointing towards a rally? cramer is tackling the technicals of tech next. it's a lot to be a caregiver and a daughter. because you kind of have to take a step back. getting some help would be a great relief. from companions to helpers to caregivers. find all the senior care you need at care.com ♪♪ only serviceno

japan is an ally.ing because even joe biden while i think he did this mostly because he is a union supporter, quoted national security as a reason. it's an interesting concept. do we -- does an american steel to company controlled by a foreign country pose an issue? >> not totally. u.s. steel and the steel made in the u.s., 2% goes to defense. we get a lot of other steel, aluminum, copper, gold from other countries to make weapons and make everything we need in our defense sector. it's not necessarily about that. it could be a tip of the hat to the union on biden's way out. and this is a company again that is facing struggles. it still uses those blast furnaces. those require a lot of people. it's a dirty business, steel making. if it shifts the strategy to the cleaner electric furnaces, that could mean less jobs, less profitability for the company. so it was in the interesting spot other bidders may come in so it's not as much national security as it is who do we want owning these companies that were

the say of japan, japan, the coast guard says the projectile has fallen into the waters. most critical. so find a wave of project charles back in november, take it was condemned feeling young for the launch. on the inside of the, on the type of the series of actions buying those career, including its repeats of launches of ballistic missiles, iris rates, to the safety and security of the nation. the region and the international community such ballistic missile launches violate the relevant un security council resolutions. and a serious issue for the safety of our people. japan has lost, stood in protest against north korea, and we strongly contain such actions in united states as condemns north career off to it, fight at the ballistic massage during a visit by secretary of state and people and come to so patrick fault has the license from so the north korea's missile launches have become more frequent as tensions grow with so, but there's been a lot of activity since november before the political crisis in south korea unfolded mondays, firing of what was believed to be an

of seo from japan. the funds deal has been repeatedly found guilty of droppings daily in the united states. this is an old problem that has to do with a government to investments and governments and favors provide into the seo industry in japan. and charlotte and other asian countries, especially korea. and so it is, it's an industry that is subject to excessive amounts of unfair trade. it may be revisited under trump, although i wouldn't be surprised that he would reverse this particular decision. i don't think trump is a big fan of a foreign ownership of us assets in this industry. an emergency shelters in mexico, of bracing for a potential influx of people at of donald trump is the non duration. later this month, the us president elect us promise mass before patients of undocumented migraine, starting from day one of his administration. as juliet got me on a report from tijuana mexican border cities tend to bear the brunt of the policy. a displays from their homes by growing violence. hundreds of mex

but yours, in japan, i have been fighting about steal. also for many decades of us has harris on the importance of seo from japan. the funds deal has been repeatedly found guilty of droppings dealing in the united states. a business, an old problem that has to do with the government says investments and governments favors provide into the seo industry in japan. and charlotte and other asian countries, especially in korea. and so it is, it's an industry that is subject to excessive amounts of unfair trade. it may be revisited under trump, although i wouldn't be surprised that he would reverse this particular decision. i don't think trump is a big fan of a, for an ownership of us assets in this industry in china is government as a noun. so you'd see economics strategy for the new year is to sharply increase. borrowing to both spending, the country has struggled to recover since the cold of 19 pandemic. it also prompts to keep its walk. it's open to the world despite a fact from us present to elect donald trump to impose heavy tires when he

number one with the russian. japan relations group, the dc. right back to the migration you ration of a trouble. e tell you, given who's designed to straighten from the lines of japan. are you concerned about that? right? yeah, that's why we, you in the, which of the a to is of the russian japan relations. well, some of the most, most millions of receipts is the question about whether we can dive live in g carger. you'd always put them was, well, i cannot sewage is in result and cause all day in open those dive and the destruction of the share it with the whole the sit all day. some of our relations, including a, are so committed to regular, mostly respectful political dialogue. was initiated by the general know his name is russia, date law to them. we a venture. any felicia, if of that kind that'd be said before we go up to see when we became the desk there is up to see the implementation of the year to solve the obligations news. i can add commerce is given by the western countries here in known as mentioned a later in the season rolls and a

japan is one of the us 5 closest allies and one of the biggest foreign investors in businesses in thei'm joined by terry haines 7 founder? pangaea policy. how is it that a japanese firm, an ally of the united states, buying us steel would pose a national security risk? of course, michelle, it's not up of course, michelle, it's not up to me or you, it's up to president biden, and he says that he has evidence that the sale to nippon steel itself might impairthe sale to nippon steel itself might impair the national security, and essentially that he can't figure out any other way to improve the national security other than to block the deal. there is no evidence attached to biden�*s declaration, though. my strong suspicion is that trump will at least want to re—examine this decision, re—examine whatever evidence there is, and meanwhile nippon wants to take this to court. i have every belief that they will, so we will see that evidence, whatever it is, or not. so this doesnt whatever it is, or not. so this doesn't end _ whatever it is, or not. so this doesn't end here, _ whatever it is, or

he will also travel to japan before heading to france to discuss challenges in europe and the middled against the suspended president, yoon suk yeol — these are the live pictures outside the presidential residence at the minute, where people are still turning out, despite the weather. it�*s snowing there, as you can see. investigators want to bring yoon in for questioning over his failed bid to impose martial law, but have so far been repelled by his supporters and security officers. the warrant is set to expire monday. earlier i spoke to sung—yoon lee, a globalfellow at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. it is an extraordinary situation. in the post—20th century world order, and importantly in the post—world war ii order, no sitting president in a democracy has been arrested. but then again, no head of state in an advanced democracy has declared martial law. so this was a colossal political blunder on the part of president yoon. and now the opposition party that enjoys a supermajority in the parliament is very overzealous, according to many people, in trying to ph

-japan relations overall?ome criticism already from our colleagues reporting that the japanese government and one of the ministers has criticized this as incomprehensible. biden has tried to approach things as sort of a friend-ensuring strategy, and this casts into question when rubber hits the road do you really believe in that or not? japan is a key ally, of course, in the indo pacific, but also in embracing key sectors, including steel against china. advocates said it would create a company with a big enough for rent to go toe-to-toe with chinese giants. questions over whether it will remain at something, whether it will be broken up, right now biden is saying and the administration is saying, this is not about japan. this is not about alliances abroad. but of course, the administration is not following through with its pledge to align itself more closely with allies even when it gets a little tough. scarlet: and, of course, even if this deal was resuscitated the incoming president was not a fan of u.s. ste

three or four times as high as in japan. that terrible circumstance in this country is exported overseas. we comprised about 30% of the world's economic trade power influence. when we are weak at home, weaker than our allies, it weakens the whole free world. strong economy is very important. another thing we need to do is reestablish the good relationships we ought to have between the u.s. and our natural allies and friends. they have felt neglected. using that phase of strength and idealism and honesty, the predict ability, commitment, the integrity of our own country. that is where our strength lies. that would permit us to deal with a developing nation in a position of strength. under this demonstration, we have a continuation of the so-called balance of power politics. everything is looked on as a struggle between us on one side, the soviet union on the other. our allies, the smaller countries get trampled. we need to seek individualized bilateral relationships and establish world order politics, which means we want to p

why this decision about us present of joe biden has obviously angered japan or at least the pon steel . what's the reasoning, what's the basis for the legal challenge against that decision? yeah, terry higher, i'm the, they basically say to make it really short that bite and wasn't honest, they say that biden's reasoning to block this deal is essentially faulty for that. we have to look at maybe what biden said when he blocked it. and i want to quote in the interest, so there's no misunderstandings, this acquisition, he says, what place one of america's largest deal produces on the form control and create risk for national security and our critical supply chains. now of course, that sounds really important. we all know what happened a couple of years ago doing depend demik went global supply chains fell apart that use the risk to the economy of any country and thus also to national security. however, the still companies both say this is essentially nonsense because there is more still in the u. s. and this is purely a political place. and it is kind of hard to argue with that. if we j

i was the first united states president to visit japan, and we had the emperor of japan here this past year, and that result is japan and the united states are working more closely together now than at any time in the history of our relationship. you can go around the world and let me take israel for example, just recently, president rabin said our relations were never better. >> the question for president ford. >> mr. president, you referred to your meeting earlier in 1974. you agreed on that occasion to try to achieve another strategic arms limitation agreement within the year. nothing happened in 1975 or not much publicly, and those talks are still dragging and things got quieter as the currencies and approach -- current season approached. our interim weapons development, intermediate range rockets bypassing the negotiations? pres. ford: first we have to understand salt 1 expires october 3, 1977. mr. brezhnev and i met in 1974 for the purpose of trying to take the initial steps so we could have any agreement that would go to 1995. as -- 1985. as i said earlier, we agreed on limitati

and we had the emperor of japan here this past year and the net result is japan and the united states are working more closely together now than at any time in the history of our relationship. you can go around the world and let me take israel for example. just recently, president rabin said that our relations were never better. ms. frederick: mr. trewhitt, a question for president ford. mr. trewhitt: mr. president, you referred earlier to your meeting with mr. brezhnev at vladivostok in 1974. at -- you agreed on that occasion to try to achieve another strategic arms limitation, salt agreement, within the year. nothing happened in 1975, or not very much publicly at least. and those talks are still dragging and things got quieter as the current season approached. is there a bit of politics involved there, perhaps on both sides? or perhaps more important are interim weapons developments and i'm thinking of such things as the cruise missile and the soviet ss-20, an intermediate-range rocket, making salt irrelevant, bypassing the salt negotiations? mr. ford: first we have to understand th

keep in mind that when it comes to japan's trade surplus versus the u.s., it is much higher than during the first trump administration, so this risk could be reflected in the yen even if the boj hikes tomorrow. tom: that trade surplus could leave it vulnerable to the tariff threat from president trump, though he has yet to name japan in terms of a potential target, but there is that expectation may be in terms of the surplus that japan could be vulnerable. avril hong with the important details around china's further intervention to prop up its equity markets. now to the tech front and a sparring match it seems between altman and elon musk. elon musk has clashed with openai's sam altman not for the first time, this time over trump's openai ventures saying they don't actually have the money, he's talking about softbank amongst others.altman hit back questioning muskets motives. this bring in opening trade anchor kriti gupta. this was broken open by musk on x, then you had sam altman replying. there is a couple layers to this. there is a big question about that ai interceptor plan. number

the snow that we have into the west side of japan just don't seem to, it's a little further north with just a photo. why and take a mind to it around 9 celsius by this stage, part of your cells. meanwhile, across the se, eyes as per usual, heavier ones that down to a certain positive point. you have some very went by towards sinatra down across the light peninsula. pushing back to was calling them pause and live the shower state stuff around the southeast of india. so whether they're into shore lanka, hopefully sleep is driving those showers in a western disturbance will make his way across the northern plains, off in the ash thing. up here, i'd be lifting the mist and folk and noticed some snow around the foothills over him. and let us the us servicemen and women swear an oath to defend the constitution. but military veterans play a major role and fall right on groups taking up homes against their own country, january 6th, inspire so.

[laughter] i decided to visit a small methodist college in southern japan, kyoto. the audience was nervous to have someone who just left the white house come to their college. the president, the students and their parents were uptight and i thought i will try to put everyone at ease by telling a joke. if you have had a speech translated into japanese, you know it takes longer than in english. i told my joke and an excellent interpreter gave my joke and the audience collapsed in laughter. there was the best response i ever had in my life to a joke. i couldn't wait to get through with my speech to go back to the holding room and ask the interpreter, how did you tell my joke? he was very evasive. [laughter] he finally ducked his head and said, i told the audience, president carter told a funny story. everyone must laugh. [laughter] you can say there are advantages and disadvantages retiring early from the job. i came today not because of entreaties or my respect for this great university. i came for a different purpose. i wanted to come last year. the first year i was

relationship with japan?is is when the areas i agrdisagree with president biden and soda jake sullivan insulted john feiner. the top national security officials said this could really hurt a relationship with japan and there's a part in the prime minister of japan weighed in and sent a letter to president biden asking him to approve this. it's a very rare step for a prime minister to take in a president it does agree with. a lot of the workers also wanted this deal to go through. they promised to spend almost $3 billion shoring up u.s. steel which has had a lot of problems. they pledged to adhere to the united steel workers contract so i think this is one area where joe biden's personal and political feelings about unions and about the steel industry really took hold over the national security argument which i don't like when national security threats are used to justify these types of decisions because i just don't think that threat is there and neither did the national security team. >> marie highlights on