president biden, japanese prime minister fumio kishida and south korean president yoon sung nyeol said a new chapter of cooperation with the three nations as they move to strengthen military ties amid china's growing influence and nuclear threats from north korea. some of what they discussed included a multi—year military exercise plan, deeper coordination and integration on ballistic missile defence and improved information sharing, and crisis communication. leaders also committed to new economic measures, including an early warning mechanism for supply chain disruptions. earlier our state department correspondent barbara plett usher described the specifics of the agreement from today's summit. this specifics involve an agreement to consult in times of crisis. the duty to consult. so putting the response of the three on the same platform to whatever threat they might be and instituting a hotline to facilitate that, a crisis hotline that leaders would use, then you have those military exercises that are going to become annual events. they have had trilateral military exercises before o

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hosting with the white house is calling and historic summit with the prime minister of japan, fumio kishidasouth korea's president yoon suk-yeol. we heard the president say the three leaders have reached an inflection point and are deepening their economic and security cooperation. our diplomatic correspondent fiber pleasure has been covering the summit for us. i want to ask you -- our diplomatic correspondent barbara plett-usher s been covered the summit. i want to ask you what you make of what has been announced. barbara: the announcemts have been well previewed, the idea that they would strengthen the security cooperation, and you were the president mentioned what that means in practice, things like annual military exercises, doubling down on north korean missile launches, strengthening missile defense cooperation, and putting up a hotline that means leaders can consulting any sort of crisis. they have had various bits and pieces of security cooperation before, and the united states has defense treaties with each of these countries separately, but because of these historic tensions betwe

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japanese prime minister fumio kishida and south korean president yoon suk-yeol will deliver remarks alongside president biden in just a moment. since they are both individually our allies, you might wonder what makes this so special. south korea and japan are not exactly chummy. they've got a long and a complicated history stemming largely from japan's brutal 35-year occupation of the peninsula. the united states has long tried to strengthen the relationship to create a more formidable bond across asia. but it hasn't quite worked until now. what's changed? and will today's summit lead to something in writing, a joint agreement between all three nations? what would that mean for china? joining me now is nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell, who is at camp david, you saw her there with the president and the the director of the meeting. how did president biden get these two leaders to come and stand side by side at camp david today? >> reporter: part of it has been one of the themes of the biden presidency, where he's wanted to strengthen this relationship in part because of

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the discussions between the us, japanese prime minister fumio kishida and south korean president yoon nuclear threat from north korea, cooperation on military and economic security, as well as a possible new crisis hotline between the three allies. this meeting has the potential to help the us counter china's ambitions by shoring up its alliances in the indo—pacific. joining me now is weifeng zhong, senior research fellow, mercatus centre at george mason university. thank you very much for being with us today. what's the economic backdrop to this summit? clearly, lots of political strategic defence considerations there, but what about the economics of it all? good morning to you. thanks for having me. that is a very good question because china, you just talked about in your programme, the downward spiral of the chinese economy. i think it has a lot of foreign policy implications because often times when the domestic economy is not doing well, leaders, especially authoritarian regimes, they look outward for political points and so forth china, i think number one on the list is to reuni

the president of south korea, the japanese prime minister fumio kishida.st time there's been a trilateral summit. the u.s. has deep relations with south korea and japan, but south korea and japan have often had tense relations. the three coming together in a new military agreement. not quite alliance, says the u.s. china has a different view. joining me now are my guests. as we await the president's comments here any moment now, kim, the white house is say thing is not a mutual defense agreement with an article v express it ximt from the u.s. to go to the defense of japan and south korea, although the u.s. has those individual agreements with each of those countries. china calls it a mini nato. what is it exactly? >> nato is a treaty. this is not a treaty. lawyers haven't signed it on the dotted line, but there is going to be a hotline to call. so if there is a chinese invasion of taiwan, if there is some sort of issue between fishing ships, trollers and chinese ships that these countries get involved, they are s establishing a way to coordinate a response

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it's a new milestone as president joe biden, japanese prime minister fumio kishida and south korean presidentyoon suk. you. >> will meet at camp david. it's a message to the world into the region about how important these relationships are. this is the first time the president is using camp david to host world leaders. the held there was in 2015 president biden has made strengthening alliances and partnerships a priority. and so friday summit at camp david is a historic milestone in effort this historic meeting. really proves how important this relationship is. the trilateral summit will mark a significant moment of change as south korea in japan have not been allies due to long-standing disputes over japan's occupation of korea. in the 1900's, we continue to see more and more alignment between our 3 nations between the u.s. japan and the republic of korea. the u.s. continues to urge its allies in the indo-pacific region to stand against possible threats from china and north korea. but u.s. officials say there is more to the meeting. more importantly, to ensure stability and security in the b

in the next hour, president biden welcomes south korean president yun zook yule and fumio kishida tos a lot to do with north korea and china. this marks the first time these three leaders have had a stand-alone meeting. it marks a shift in regional dynamics given the historically frayed relationship between japan and south korea and the location of this summit, camp david also significant here, the last time foreign leaders met here was back in 2015. let's bring in nbc news foreign correspondent janis mackey frayer are from beijing and former national security council director of korea, japan, and oceanic affairs, sumi terry. set the stage, how are these three nations planning to bolster their alliance at today's summit? >> reporter: ana, as you mentioned, it's not insignificant that president biden is using camp david to host the leaders of south korea and japan. this is the first trilateral meeting of its kind. there is an uneasy history between these two countries, but they also have these very big looming security challenges with north korea and china, and this is where president

japanese prime minister kishida fumio has arrived in the united states for a trilateral summit with president joe biden and the south korean president. the leaders will meet at a place steeped in history, the presidential retreat at camp david. they will revisit their discussions about security particularly in the indo-pacific. they've been alert to the dangers of the north's missile launches, and they want to work more closely on sharing information about those tests in realtime. they will update one another on the north's nuclear program and discuss how their forces can train more together. they also plan to pick up on discussions they had had one-on-one. kishida wants to explain the plan to release treated and diluted water from the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant into the pacific ocean. >>> a senior u.s. official says that the trilateral summit will serve as an important opportunity to enhance the relationship between the three nations. white house national security counsel spokesperson john kirby spoke in an interview with nhk on thursday prior to the summit. kirby noted president joe bi

biden said at a joint news conference standing between japanese prime minister fumio kishida and southorean president -- the south korean president at his retreat in maryland. saying the commitment that the leaders stand to for time. this morning's is the new york times front page, it's on the summit from yesterday at camp david but there is little more now -- analysis here about the trump effect of those talks. it says the new three-way security pack from president biden and the leaders of japan and south korea at camp david on saturday -- friday with threats by china and north korea in mind but there was one other possible factor driving the diplomatic breakthrough. donald j. trump. the former president's name appeared nowhere in the principles the leaders issued at the presidential retreat. one of the subtext was the possibility he could return to power in next year's election and disrupt ties with america's to close his allies in the end of pacific region, both japan and south korea struggled for four years as mr. trump threatened to scale back long-standing u.s. security and econo

prime minister kishida fumio will sit down with u.s. president joe biden and the south korean president near camp david in washington on august 18th. emmanuel said the regular annual meetings should be separate from those held on the side lines from the group of 27 and other national gatherings. emmanuel also said the leaders will agree to launch annual trilateral military exercises, bolster intelligence sharing, and enhance collaboration in the field of cyber security amid increased threats posed by north korea and china. the ambassador said he expects next week's meeting to bring three-way collaboration into a new phase, stressing it will change the strategic landscape of the indo-pacific region. >>> the operator of the crippled fukushima daiichi power plant has found leaks in a hose used to transfer water. tokyo electric company conducted a probe after higher than usual levels of radioactive material were detected in rainwater around a dike in a storage tank. tepco says the water that leaked remained inside the barrier. the operator

prime minister kishida fumio says it's regrettable that the situation has aroused the public's suspicion. he declined to discuss it further due to the ongoing investigation. but he says the government will continue to promote renewable energy policies. japan wind development denies bribery. the company failed to join offshore wind power generation projects. the government held biddings for them between 2020 and 2021. akimoto brought up the bidding process during a diet session in february of last year. he asked for evaluation standards to be reviewed. the government later changed them. akimoto was involved in drafting a bill several years ago on promoting offshore wind power generation. he did not respond to questions from reporters when he returned to japan from an overseas trip on thursday evening. >>> two u.s. navy sailors have been arrested and indicted on charges of leaking sensitive military information to china. >> the charges demonstrate the prc's determination to obtain information critical to our national or any other public servants. akimoto did not respond to defense by any m

. >>> japanese prime minister kishida fumio is pledging to help his country's fishing industry afterna banned japanese seafood. the prime minister sampled some seafood this morning at tokyo's biggest fish market. china imposed the ban after japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant plant into the pacific ocean last week. china is japan's biggest trade partner. >>> a former cardinal will not stand trial for allegedly sexual hi abusing a teenager and a homeowner won't face charges for killing a college student. abc news reports charges will not be filed in the deadly shooting of a university of south carolina student who tried to enter the wrong house. columbia, south carolina, police say the home run, who shot 20-year-old nicholas donofrio last weekend, was justified after miss sticking him for a burglar. investigators say the student moved into a nearby fraternity house a week earlier. they say he repeatedly banged and kicked on the door, broke a window, and then tried to manipulate the doorknob. >>> the wichita eagle rep

biden said at a joint news conference standing between japanese prime minister fumio kishida and southorean president -- the south korean president at his retreat in maryland. saying the commitment that the leaders stand to for time. this morning's is the new york times front page, it's on the summit from yesterday at camp david but there is little more now -- analysis here about the trump effect of those talks. it says the new three-way security pack from president biden and the leaders of japan and south korea at camp david on saturday -- friday with threats by china and north korea in mind but there was one other possible factor driving the diplomatic breakthrough. donald j. trump. the former president's name appeared nowhere in the principles the leaders issued at the presidential retreat. one of the subtext was the possibility he could return to power in next year's election and disrupt ties with america's to close his allies in the end of pacific region, both japan and south korea struggled for four years as mr. trump threatened to scale back long-standing u.s. security and econo

courage, political courage by both south korean president yoon suk yeol, and the prime minister kishida fumioit started with outreach towards tokyo and he was able to do this fundamentally not only because of his own conviction that he wanted to mend relations but because he's actually an outsider conservative, he's not a party man, not your typical political politico. and so he had -- has a lot of room in political space to maneuver, not to mention this is all backed by south korea's constitution giving the south korean president lots of power and leeway in both domestic and foreign policymaking. >> a different question about politics later, but before i do, on the substance then what concretely came from this, what were the main highlights for you? >> you know, the deliverables in the agreements are so comprehensive, very impressive how comprehensive and stu substantive that they are. it would take a long time to go through them. the ones that stood out to me they span from everything from cooperating and consulting on hard security issues, whether it's on both on north korea and china-rela