but they strategic press -- question is the dpp aligns pretty well. you have the u.s., japan, taiwan all aligning. i mean, there are some obstacles. i think for japan, there is frustration with taiwan over the fact that taiwan will not import food from their where the nuclear crisis happened. that hurts the feelings of a lot of japanese. this aligned with beijing. that is frustrating. i think from taiwan side there is a lot of frustration. i think the current form of self defense policy officers were quite interactive but the current government of japan is very careful. i think there is more intel sharing or cooperation. taiwan, taipei and tokyo, they are wondering what is happening in washington. i will leave it at that. the free and open indoor pacific strategy which i think is consistent and has consensus throughout the cabinet with matters, mcmaster and tillerson. there are aspects that don't describedhat is how i the dynamics. >> thank you. especially little bit to the current picture. is -- is ther abbe primacy for a long time. how do think that

but with the dpp, with democracy, the dpp has aligned quite a bit with this maritime view. when i was in the nsc i could not go to the shrine for obvious reasons so i was curious to go in 2006 when i left the nsc and was a private citizen. i walked to the shrine and usually see the old imperial japanese rising sun flag. to my surprise when i walked in, there was a dpp flag flying. which proves the old adage the enemy of the enemy is my friend. the dpp on most issues is aligned with japan's opposition power, nuclear, power. on this one strategic questions, the dpp kind of aligns pretty well with abe. so, you have the u.s., japan, taiwan all kind of aligning, but -- then i'll end -- i mean, there are some obstacles. i think for japan there's frustration with taiwan over the fact that taiwan will not import food from fukushima where the nuclear crisis happened which hurts the feelings i think of a lot of japanese. taiwan's position on other territorial issues aligns with beijings. that's frustrating. i think for taiwan's side, there's some frustration. i think the current -- f

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but with the dpp with democratization, this has aligned with abe maritime view. when i was in the nec, i could not go to the shine, so i was curves to go when i was a private citizen and i walked the shine. but to my surprise when i walked in there was a dpp flag flying, which proves the adage enemy of my enemy is my friend. because most issues is closely aligned with japan party. but this one the big question is dppal lines pretty well with abe. so you have u.s., japan, taiwan, all kind of aligning, but, and i'll end, there are some obstacles. i think for japan, there is frustration with taiwan over the fact that taiwan will not import food from where the nuclear accident happened. i think taiwan some frustration. i think the former self defense is active but current government of japan is very careful. i think there is more intel sharing. more coast guard competition but still cautious. then both sides, both taiwan and tokyo are wondering what's happening in washington. and i'll leave it at that. even though you have this free and open strategy which i think is