joining us now in the studio is professor fujiwara kiji from the university of tokyo.e's an expert on international politics. professor, thank you very much for joining us today. >> thank you. >> it's been quite an election day in the united states, with a close vote. and president trump falsely claiming victory and threatening to go to the supreme court. what do you make of all this? >> it's hard, to say the least, although it does make sense in the trumpian sense, because early mailed-in votes, especially in the state of michigan, very possibly favor biden and not trump. so, if you exclude those votes, and, well, bring it to the court, then that certainly would, well, be in the favor of president trump. >> well, we have been talking about the coronavirus pandemic being one of the focal points of this election, and countries across the world are dealing with the fallout, especially the economic fallout from the pandemic. >> that's right. >> the u.s. is no exception. so, could this election help or hurt the u.s. economy? >> if there was any effect on the election, it h