he also sits down with gerard baker on japan's relationship with the u.s., japan and south korea -- china and south korea. [applause] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i am shinzo abe. thank you very much for inviting me. i am delighted to see so many guests from the united states, as well as the nations of asia. please, enjoy your stay in japan. it has been more than four years since i have retaken the government. japan, before that, under the rule of the democratic party of japan was in wrapped with pessimism with a since of resignation. japan was struggling with inflation. japan was not able to make its presence felt in the international arena. population is shrinking, thus it can no longer expect growth, japan is already in its twilight years, such was the lament we often heard looming large before us to give it all up. the stock price, at the time, was less than half of what it is today over 8,000 yen or so. i stood up to take on the challenge. i promised to restore japan to what she use to be. how is japan today? during the past four years through our economic policies, nominal

he also sits down with gerard baker on japan's relationship with the u.s., japan and south korea -- china and south korea. [applause] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i am shinzo abe. thank you very much for inviting me. i am delighted to see so many guests from the united states, as well as the nations of asia. please, enjoy your stay in japan. it has been more than four years since i have retaken the government. japan, before that, under the rule of the democratic party of japan