we spoke to a professor of suzuki of hokkaido university about the impact the new strategy will have on the geopolitical landscape. >> the united states can no longer be the policemen of the world. the united states tried to maintain leadership and try to maintain influence, but it cannot be everywhere. the other point, i think, is that there will be certain areas where there are sort of vacuum in the world order, when the united states is retreating from the middle east or global presence, then some countries which have resources will be, will have more freedom to act on its own. the new u.s. strategy is certainly focusing on china. i think the tension between china and the united states will remain, but i think this is limited within the framework of the economic interdependence. i think, too, two countries on the list. one is vietnam and the other is myan the purpose of the united states is to make sure that the, they will have the friendly countries around china. what the united states is trying to do is make sure that there is a sort of band of countries which will the support u

we spoke to professor suzuki of hokkaido university about the impact the new u.s. strategy will have on the geopolitical landscape. >> the united states can no longer be the policemen of the world. the united states tried to maintain leadership and try to maintain influence, but it cannot be everywhere. the other point, i think, is that there will be certain areas where there are sort of vacuum in the world order, when the united states is retreating from the middle east or global presence, then some countries which have resources will be, will have more freedom to act on its own. the new u.s. strategy is certainly focusing on china. i think the tension between china and the united states will remain, but i think this is limited within the framework of the economic interdependence. i think, too, two countries on the list. one is vietnam and the other is myanmar. the purpose of the united states is to make sure that the, they will have the friendly countries around china. what the united states is trying to do is make sure that there is a sort of band of countries w

areas from hokkaido, we are seeing heavy snow.tional 50 centimeters of snow are still possible in the northern areas, and 20 to 30 centimeters in the rest of the areas by friday morning. and it looks like snow will likely continue in the northern areas over the next couple of days. and strong winds are blowing over the nation, so that is causing very high waves along the coast. meanwhile, a mix of rain and san mateo is gradually tapering off over the southern portion of china. but taiwan will stay wet throughout today and down toward the philippines, remaining wet again, and particularly wet along the east coast of the central and southern portions of the country today. and across the peninsula, things will get very dry across the northern areas, but vietnam will continue to see rain throughout thursday. temperaturewise, dipping to the single digits in tokyo with eight degrees. and minus one in seoul. cooler than average in shanghai with four degrees and six degrees in cheongching. a system is continuously bringing wet and gusty c

we have already seen lots of snow just below hokkaido. we're talking about more than three meters high for the current snowfall accumulation. and just in the past 24 hours in aomori, we have seen 52 centimeters to be piling up. and in the next 12 hours, additional snowfall of 50 centimeters could be seen. so lots and lots more snow to be piling up, just around the sea of japan coast and the winds are very strong too. so that could generate blowing snow, which is very dangerous for your driving conditions. now, it looks like this wintry pattern will be tapering off, but light snow and some heavy snow could be possible in northern japan in towards the end of the week and in towards the weekend as well. but the pacific side will be remaining devoid from any kind of precipitation, but very cold surge will be affecting tokyo especially. thursday high just at 6 degrees. we're talking about just that freezing point for the low in tokyo, chilly day for us. in seoul, we're looking at 1 degree, even chillier, bitter cold here up in ulan batur at mi

sergei lavrov says the islands off hokkaido became part of russia at the end of world war ii. japan does not recognize russia's territorial claim. >> translator: as to signing a peace treaty with japan, including the demarcation of territorial borders, russia understands the importance of resolving issues in a way that is acceptable to both countries. >> lavrov says developing the islands jointly with japan would be possible under russian law. he said he wants to discuss the proposal with his japanese counterpart during his visit. >>> a japanese company is fielding a lot of calls about its life-saving plane. the u.s.-2 is an amphibious aircraft used for rescue operations, but only in japan that could soon change. the government is relaxing its stance on the export of defense-related equipment, creatingn opportunity. nhk world's jun explains. >> reporter: this man is working on a plan to turn his company's most famous invention into a viable export. >> translator: this airplane has the technical sophistication only japan can produce. >> reporter: he created the us-2. it's the w

areas from hokkaido all the way down to the cheguk area we are still seeing heavy snow and an additional0 centimeters are still possible in the northern areas and the rest of the areas will foresee about 20 to 30 centimeters by friday morning. and winds are going to be problematic as well. so that could certainly create high waves along the coast. it looks like the snow will likely continue along the northwestern flank for the next couple of days. meanwhile, a mix of rain and snow will gradually taper off along the southeastern corner of china. but taiwan will continue to stay wet throughout thursday. and down towards the philippines it's wet again and particularly wet along the east coast, up the central and southern portions of the country today. temperaturewise, dipping down to the single digits in tokyo with 8 degrees and minus 1 in seoul. still cool with an average in shanghai of 4 degrees and 6 degrees in chongqing. now, heading over to the americas, many areas are still enjoying a nice dry spell thanks to these high pressure areas. lots of sunshine for you. but we do have a couple