in asean, it has not progressed very well.hey have not started this process of creating this cultural identity within the region themselves. reporter: the eu, much like asean, started as an economic and political union. getting to a common cultural identity is a much collar order, but it is one that is necessary to bind regions together in both continents. sarah: some of the biggest critics of the european union come from within europe itself. right-wing populist parties have used issues like migration to whip up xenophobic and anti-foreigner sentiment. these parties are often hostile to the idea of a united europe. in recent years, eurosceptic parties have made significant electoral gains across the political spectrum. reporter: britain's ukip wants out of the eu. podemos in spain would like a different eu. one party in france would even like the eu to just go away. these are political extremes on the far right and the are left, but all of them are attacking the very principles of the eu -- these are political extremes on the

in asean, it has not progressed very well.hey have not started this process of creating this cultural identity within the region themselves. reporter: the eu, much like asean, started as an economic and political union. getting to a common cultural identity is a much collar order, but it is one that is necessary to bind regions together in both continents. sarah: some of the biggest critics of the european union come from within europe itself. right-wing populist parties have used issues like migration to whip up xenophobic and anti-foreigner sentiment. these parties are often hostile to the idea of a united europe. in recent years, eurosceptic parties have made significant electoral gains across the political spectrum. reporter: britain's ukip wants out of the eu. podemos in spain would like a different eu. one party in france would even like the eu to just go away. these are political extremes on the far right and the are left, but all of them are attacking the very principles of the eu -- these are political extremes on the

. >>> foreign ministers from asean countries are discussing china's increased maritime activities at talks in kuala lumpur. >>> officials with japan's weather agency have started an online volcanic eruption warning system aimed at keeping climbers safe. >>> and thousands of origami paper cranes sent to hiroshima from around the world as symbols of peace are being reborn so they can be shared with others. >>> japanese officials have announced that they will suspend work to relocate a u.s. military base within okinawa prefecture. crews were planning to start reclaiming land in a coastal area of nago city to prepare for the move of futenma air station. many residents of the city have voiced opposition to the plan. the government's top spokesperson says the work will be put on hold for a month so officials can hold discussions with local authorities. >> translator: we would like to explain to the governor of okinawa our views on how to reduce the risks that the futenma air station and its relocation pose to nearby residents and how to reduce the overall burden on okinawa. i also look for

he said thursday at the forum, several asean members said they decided not to reclaim the areas in the south china sea. >>> more people died in a series of aftershocks. it seems many people whose homes were still standing after the first quake didn't realize they were actually close to collapse. here's the report on an ambitious project to keep survivors safe. >> reporter: this woman is an international ngo. she specializes in assessing disaster zones. many survivors of earthquakes have no choice but to keep living in the damaged homes. some tried repairing them on their own using damaged bricks. >> translator: i'm really frustrated. i want to offer advice and support. >> reporter: after the first quake, tokuchi drew up an ambitious plan to prevent more deaths from aftershocks. they advised residents whether their homes were safe to live in. after that they started reinforcing safe homes, something never done before in nepal. she cooperated with the local energy engineers. 40 people applied. >> if we can provide them with accurate information on what the basis of their housing, we are

. ♪ shery: sean -- asean issued a statement talking about their concerns about the south china sea.is what it's all about. it was about the communique. they could not agree on the wording. >> they were supposed to put it out wednesday. after the end of the main meeting. the thursday meeting had other countries involved. they could not get it out or agree on the south china sea language, just how far to go in criticizing. shery: they did not actually talk about china specifically. >> that's the whole thing. they had no language calling on china to stop reclamation. they said all nations involved -- china has a point that there are other claimant states. other claimant states have done reclamation there. the scale of what china is doing does differentiate itself from the other claimant states like the philippines and the -- and vietnam. rishaad: we have to look at what this does. essentially, they are trying to become an economic, cohesive working unit if you will. it seems that every time they meet, this thing overshadows it. asean andwho follows all, you immediately think of south c

this is what is needed in asean, especially at this moment. angie: this moment is vertical.s that happened over the weekend, especially after -- globalmarket market was affected by chinese attendees say did is the most critical issue right now in the face of this selloff? >> the long-term potential of asean is very good, the demographic dividend with china getting more expensive, that shows manufacturing moves are the direction, but what is really important is productivity growth. when you want to have another time of growth, we need investments and infrastructure, education, technology, we need to drive productivity because that is the only sustained growth engine that we have. that comes from private investments, capital, but it also comes from governments. reform promised, but hard to deliver. how big are the challenges like this for curbing potential growth? >> we made really good progress on tariffs, now we need to work on tariffs barriers and make sure that customs work, that we can invest in businesses where we want, and many sectors are still closed. think about the

. >> reporter: indonesia, asean's largest economy and most populous country, is undergoing rapid modernization and industrialization. the government states indonesia needs to build power plants with a total output of 35,000 megawatts over the next five years to resolve the pressing problem of worsening power shortage. meanwhile, foreign investors have been demanding that the indonesian government take measures to improve its investment environment. they are calling for the construction of more roads and power plants as well as official assistance for land acquisition for their businesses. japan has positioned infrastructure exports as part of its growth strategy. by bringing the batang project to the start gate, president joko widodo's administration now appears to be sending a positive message to japan and other overseas investors. yusuke ota, nhk world, batang, indonesia. >>> indonesia's economy is developing, but not fast enough for millions of its poor. nearly half the population still lives on less than $2 a day, and many people die from diseases due to lack of medical care. one young doc

says the foreign ministers of japan and north korea will likely hold talks on the sidelines of the asean conference. it's planned to ask if the north korean counterpart to release the results of a probe into the fate of japanese abducted to the north. there will be a series of meetings on thursday. the source says arrangements for the two to hold talks are in the final stages. kishida is expected to relay the demand directly to kim. leaders in pyongyang opened a full-scale investigation into the fate of the abductees in july last year. but they told japan last month that they'll postpone releasing the report. prime minister shinzo abe instructed kishida to make a direct demand when they attend the meetings. >>> abe and joe biden have discussed a report by wikileaks. abe called on biden to investigate alleged spying by a u.s. intelligence agency on the japanese government and leading companies. they talked by phone for half an hour on wednesday. the u.s. side proposed a discussion. biden said president barack obama and himself are very sorry that the issue has sparked controversy in japan

they'll meet with asean foreign ministers in malaysia. thet met on tuesday to tuesday to discuss china's growing maritime activities including the reclamation of reefs in the spratly islands. the islands are claimed by china, the philippines and others. the philippines is seeking a joint statement condemning the reclamation work. but countries that want close ties with beijing call for self-restraint in the handling of the dispute. chinese foreign minister wang yi spoke with reporters after the meeting. >> translator: don't inflame the south china sea issue. my country doesn't approve of other nations trying to find fault with it. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry is to attend wednesday's talks. it remains to be seen whether washington will maintain its tough stance toward china over the territorial issues ahead of chinese president xi jinping's state visit to the u.s. next month. >>> npzjapanese officials are asking for a meeting and asking for a swift report into the outcome of an investigation into the fate of japanese abductees an

within asean, some of the nations have competing claims would china.ave been vietnam, and the philippines being the most aggressive to try to get china to back down in the south china sea. other countries don't have any and areial he's -- beef much more reluctant to anger china. there is no mention of china in relation to the south china sea. rishaad: i was interested to see the other day that china said, because it's about land reclamation with a lot of these islands, but a lot of these islands are not really islands. >> china's point is that they are not the first to do it. the runway they are building in the reef will likely be something like 3000 meters long, capable of landing the entire military aircraft fleet. that gives them a lot of range. the other nations don't have that kind of infrastructure to be able to compete. vietnam,hilippines, they just don't have the muscle china has. they all have done some kind of land reclamation. there are a lot of competing claims. rishaad: every time they get together, they are trying to build this regional f

china recently started expanding talks on the code of conduct of asean, offering behavior in the waterwaysnisters say there is a gap between beijing's pledge and the situation on the ground. >> we agree it is imperative that this matter is handled withructively and explored the possibility of putting in place for vented it measures to ensure -- preventative measures on matters related to the south china sea does not escalate into a situation that may underminep p peace and stability. shery: thailand says its human trafficking operation is causing young women to go into the sex industry. they used social media to entice women and send them to china, malaysia and singapore. is blacklisted by the u.s. to failing to combat modern-day slavery. washington says abuses in the industry is persistent and largely ignored by the government. japan has announced temporary suspension of relocation work on the controversial u.s. airbase in okinawa. plans to remove them as prolonged issues between local residents. it was announced the head of a local meeting on friday. about 50,000 u.s. troops are based in

, yes, certainly russia is in the area and asean as for the southern chinese plants would be in the area but i guess again i was not sure about opening up this organization to wide before truly established itself. but maybe take a two track then and let the trm applause kind of you to talk shop that these countries are aware of what's going on with each other, but trm really focus on the trilateral cooperation to get that going. but certainly having other countries, and at least be aware i have a venue to share some of their thoughts would be a good thing. transparency, well, a lot of these issues though i think you need to be transparent for public acceptance of nuclear power, but i also understand why some countries or even operators don't want to be completely transparent because it opens up and exposes maybe their vulnerabilities, the weaknesses. but at least as a researcher i would ask her all of the more to be put on the trm website. it's pretty vague what's up there right now. least i think have come if you come up committee to join exercise please report on what you did at the jo

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and also remember you have the wto to bear in mind, the g-20, you have apec, you have asean. them i happen to think are a bunch of waste of time, but what is he going to do besides bellicosity of saying -- >> he says i've made all these business deals with china, et cetera, about you that's so different, it's so different. i want cristina to jump in here on that. >> i think anyone that says we can turn our backs on china, which some of the other, you know, potential presidential candidates have said, is just dead wrong. i mean, they should start reading cnnmoney.com because we had a story today about car manufacturers, global car manufacturers, saying we're going to get hit by this. the chinese consumer pulls back, it is going to be bad news, bad news not for just us but for the entire world. >> donald trump has been a beneficiary of the existing policy of china. he has built his companies because china has had such pro-growth detrimental policies, and now he says it's been to their disadvantage. well, if you slow down china or put china in the box, trump plaza, trump this, t

leadership profile, if you will, on somebody who they just saw the previous week at a nato meeting or at an asean meeting or a meeting of the apec countries. and he was a particularly good customer, george w. bush really was fascinated by intelligence. he absorbed it. he liked that half hour that he spent every day. and like that half hour spent every day, and it was not just five days a week. it was six days a week that we briefed him, and i think he was one of the best customers of intelligence that i've ever nope. he had a dialect style, looking at the briefings saying, look, you guys wrote this, tell me what it says. he much preferred to have a conversation about issues than to actually read the material, or he would do that if he felt he ought to, but i can remember steams we would bring in people in addition to the regular articles that we would show him every morning, usually six or seven articles in the form of a one page, page and a half long, or do a deep dive. a situation in a particular country of interest or a discussion of the leadership country whose leaders were both important to