in japan. in addition to that, we have 33,000 stationed in south korea. american and japanese military personnel train together, work together and will stand together to defend the security and sovereignty of both of our countries. i want to thank the entire japanese people for acting as such strong partners for our men and women in the armed forces. america is also committed to improving our economic relationship with japan. as president of the united states, i'm committed to achieving a fair, free, and reciprocal trading relationship. we seek equal and reliable access for american exports to japan's markets in order to eliminate our chronic trade imbalances and deficits with japan. we're working on that. it's something we've all been working on very hard from the very beginning of our meetings. as we continue to pursue closer economic ties, i believe it will create new and exciting opportunities to create greater prosperity in both of our nations and to advance new frontiers in science, medic

in japan. in addition to that, we have 33,000 stationed in south korea. american and japanese it in personnel train together, work together and will stand together to defendant security and sovereignty of both of our countries. i want to thank the entire japanese people for acting as such gracious hosts and strong partners for our men and women in the armed forces. america is also committed to improving our economic relationship with japan. as president of the united states, i'm committed to achieving a fair, free, and reciprocal trading relationship. we seek equal and reliable access for american exports to japan's market in order to eliminate our chronic trade i am balances and deficits with japan. we are work on that. something we have been working on very hard. as we continue to pursue closer economic ties, i believe it will create greater prosperity in both of our nations and to advance new frontiers in science, medicine and technology. the united states respects and honors japan's heritag

the biggest export item that japan is sending to russia guess what it is the used car and japan's notimporting a locked either from russia or russia russia japan economic relationship is painted so if you compare what's going on between china and japan is this something that we should keep on preserving down the road so once again the biggest picture is if not now when if not they who else well i don't see it in a good show and this person in question we have to leave it there i really appreciate your joining us today on to our viewers please share your comments on our twitter facebook and youtube pages and i hope to see you again same place same time here on worlds apart. from. in america a college degree requires a great deal. paying a decade's long debt. studying so hard it requires. going through humiliation to enter society. to. impart she sometimes quite literally. wants other true colors of universities in the u.s. . she'll be a gym. that didn't have ten mile from the independent with me just for that day with. the counselors. we will meet today. i said in my life who speculate

the challenge is japan. must live. next door to china now ten years from now one hundred years from now three hundred years from now so it's always important for japan to manage its relationships with china and if you look at the trade and investment connections to japan's economy has developed. china that's awesome so the challenge is there japan must maintain a good enough relationship with china but at the same time they must pay a huge attention to what's going on in the east china sea and in the south china sea yeah i understand what you're saying is that the you should try to improve the relationship but also be mindful of the of the challenges here how but what i guess i'm asking your body is why do you think the relationship in china would also benefit from that kind of a personal approach that prime minister tried to establish with other leaders because with russia for example that in that relationship is also pretty challenging isn't it but obviously he pursues dotted line of personal of report with mr putin

troops and also thanked japan. he called japan a crucial ally of the united states. and he said this, quote, there is no single place i would rather begin my trip than with the incredible men and women, with the united states military and our incredible partner, the japanese military. jim acosta, he is there and joins us again. president trump took the stage there. there were resounding cheers. he got kitted out in that flight jacket and he went onto address nations like japan. what are your thoughts in that address? >> reporter: no question he want to deliver a commander in chief style speech and that's what he did. we've been talking about the president's trip, and before he landed here in tokyo one of the questions was, you know, what kind of rhetoric would he employ while he was on the ground in this region. and it seems like the president is going to at times engage in this tough talk to send a message to north korea. at one point during the speech he said, quote, we dominate the sky, we dominate the sea, we dominate the land and space, he said, of enemies who h

in japan. in addition to that, we have 33,000 stationed in south korea. american and japanese military personnel train together, work together, and will stand together to defend the security and sovereignty of both of our countries. i want to thank the entire japanese people for acting as such gracious hosts and strong partners for our men and women in the armed forces. america is also committed to improving our economic relationship with japan. as president of the united states, i'm committed to achieving a fair, free and reciprocal trading relationship. we seek equal and reliable access for american exports to japan's markets in order to eliminate our chronic trade imbalances and deficits with japan. we are working on that. something we've all been working on very hard from the very beginning of our meetings. >>> as we continue to pursue closer economic ties, i believe it will create new and exciting opportunities to achieve greater prosperity in both of our nations and to advance new frontie

japan and u.s. are hundred percent together. >> some people said that my rhetoric is very strong, but lock what has happened with very weak rhetoric over the last 25 years. >> twice in recent years north korea has test fired nuclear capable missiles over japan's island. they were asked why they didn't shoot them down. that's when president trump added -- president: he will shoot them out of the sky with additional equipment from the united states. >> the proof president trump says? saudi's shoot down of a missile. an olive branch of sorts to north korea. after meeting with relatives of japanese citizens, he suggested kikim jong-un could change thin. president: if he sent them back it would be the start of something very special. >> bret: north korea will be the top of the agenda when he meets with the south koran pred. he called moon a fine gentleman and said we will figure it out. bret, they have to figure more out then just north korea. they're not happy with the tradey relationship of the united

while japan u.s. alliance are being the foundation of the regional peace and prosperity precisely when japan us partner strongly the peace of this region becomes i shake up will come from that perspective i consider that this time we were able to reaffirm a strong bonds and ties between japan and the united states on this opportunity of the visit of which would present a tramp this was quite significant for the regional peace on the north korean situation between present trump and myself. we confirmed that we are together one hundred percent we will enhance the pressure that the entire international community exercises over north korea to the maximum extent by both japan and the united states collaborating and working toward china and russia. but. dolan likes conflict. i don't like it after trump either. but north korea continues its provocation against the international community so we need to collaborate in the international community so that they change their policy we must exercise our pressure an

imports to japan stand in terms of money, but $6 billion is for japan is.t the deficit. the gulf inakes, green. yvonne: they will certainly get aty issues.ing -- me to forget, we cap coverage of the joint press conference, midnight out of new york. andill have president trump shinzo abe live. up, and analyst joins us from us euro we continue to follow president trump's visit in asia. this is bloomberg. ♪ is this a phone? or a little internet machine? it makes you wonder: shouldn't we get our phones and internet from the same company? that's why xfinity mobile comes with your internet. you get up to 5 lines of talk and text at no extra cost. so all you pay for is data. see how much you can save. choose by the gig or unlimited. xfinity mobile. a new kind of network designed to save you money. call, visit, or go to xfinitymobile.com. ♪ 8:00 a.m. in hong kong. we are live from bloomberg's asia headquarters. i am yvonne man. japan, president trump the first of many meetings with north korea high on the agenda. a clear message, warning opponents not to challenge

i am determined to see to it so bothboth the japan -- japan and the u.s. lead the region and the global economic bywth by arqule into efforts creating fair and effective economic order. the east asian summit meetings that we will be going to after this. vastvers the vast rate -- area of asia. the center of the world with more than half of the world's population. we must enhance the maritime border that is free and open for the peace and prosperity of this region. strengthen our cooperation towards free and open indo pacific. alliance, iwavering shall play a leadership role for the peace and prosperity of this region had in hand with president trump. i had very serious discussions with president trump. i also had an opportunity to --y golf with our top row, tsuyama.eki ma the match was a net and neck competition in my opinion. give his. trump will evaluation. the dinner that mrs. trump joined was such a relaxed didn'tere that we almost realize how time flew. thank you very much. president trump, the floor is yours. president trump: this has been a truly enj

president donald trump after he touches down in japan on the first leg of a major tour of asia pacific countries no one no dictator no resume and no nation. under arrest and an. american resolve. will speak to our correspondent in tokyo about how trump plans to bolster support from allies to face up to north korea's nuclear ambitions also coming up trump will meet with the japanese families of people abducted by north korean agents decades ago we have a report on one woman's story of her kidnapped sister. laura. i met her and welcome to the program. u.s. president donald trump has sought to reassure asian allies of america's resolve in defending them against dictatorial regimes kicking off his marathon tour of five asian nations and japan said the united states had the military might to stand good on that promise the president's twelve day trip comes as tensions rise over north korea's nuclear and missile program. donald trump touched down in tokyo and was expected to give the united states as oldest asian ally much needed security assurances a change of jacket later it was there. we w

-japan is free trade.th president vladimir putin. theill wrap up his trip in philippines with the one-on-one with the philippine president. trade will be a major point of discussion and friction. four of the five countries are also on the top 10 list of countries with a trade deficit with the united states. this is the function for trade flows. this year is looking at deficits. billion,tops with $327 then japan at number four, south korea and number nine. let's look specifically at u.s.-japan trade. this is #7827. in blue are you as imports of japanese goods, but in white are japanese imports of u.s. products. you can see the worth of u.s. exports is double that of japan. in red, the u.s. deficit stands $5 billion. the balance that out, the white house wants japan to agree to a bilateral trade deal to take place in part of the tpp. trumpe friction on trade, did call japan a treasure partner and crucial ally. those are your three bloomberg terminal charts to know. there is that, and also earnings. we are lo

united states into japan.ur car industry is doing for well and our product is fantastic. so we will have to negotiate that out. sophie: leaked documents reportedly show wilbur ross retains a stake in a shipping company with ties to a russian businessman under u.s. sanctions and president putin's son-in-law. the commerce department says wilbur ross has never met shareholders and did not know of its relationship with the kremlin. new york fed president bill dudley is close to announcing his retirement. say thesources announcement could come in the next few days. dudley is said to be ready to step down in spring or early summer. such a move would raise questions about fed policy under jerome powell. leaderalan separatist and for former members of his government have been freed on bail and belgium ahead of a court ruling on an arrest warrant issued by spain. the separatists are prevented from leaving the country without consent from the judge. they will face court within 15 days. global news 24 hours a day powered

japan gdp missing estimates slightly.hhite house coming out the statement endorsing the house version of this attack -- tax reform bill. lots of questions about how they can iron out differences between what the senate once in the house. and of the senate wants, the house. it might be down to the corporate tax rate. which is why the white house might be leaning toward the house version. they do this policy, stress it would cut the corporate tax rate to 20%. there had been discussion whether that would be higher. the white house leaning toward the corporate tax rate of 20%. we will see what happens thursday. at least one gop representative said they have the votes to pass this. yvonne: we got breaking lines on airbus, according to people familiar with the manner -- matter. there is a deal for 430 jets with indigo partners. that is a $40 billion deal. still trying to see if we will get more details on this, according to sources. it lets get to first word news with jessica summers. jessica: president trump wound up his marat

it's no secret that japan wanted. the transpacific partnership this trade deal that comprised twelve nations before the u.s. pulled out that japan wanted this deal to go ahead now then obviously the u.s. pulled out of this pulled out of this agreement because president trump thought it was a bad deal and now he's looking for lateral trade agreement with japan but japan on the other hand is still pushing forward with the eleven remaining nations in the trans-pacific partnership and they're hoping that at some later point maybe they can convince the united states to to join the d.p.p. after all convince them of the benefits of such a deal so there will be a lot of discussion on that tomorrow as well apart from north korea when it comes to the formal part of this visit because of course today the visit kicked off very informally with a round of golf and dinner at a steak house prime minister clearly wanting to deepen also the personal relationship to president trump and trying to make trump feel welcome here and feel com

and hallie, why japan first? why was japan decided to be the first stop in his 12-day trip? hallie, if you're still with me, why japan first on this 12-day trip? how did they decide at the white house this was going to be the first key location to go to? >> okay in fact it sounds like we are having some technical difficulties. we'll stay with hallie once we reconnect. >> i'm sorry. >> did you hear me there, hallie? >> yeah. i have you. you can imagine with everybody using their cell phones, it gets to be a little tricky. it's also pretty loud. >> absolutely. i was asking why japan first? why was this put as number one on the 12-day trip? >> reporter: it's a signal to the rest of the region, the president and the united states has a close alliance with japan and our allies here. it's significant the first two stops are japan and south korea before he gets over to china. there would have been i think significant fallout had the president not decided to take this trip in that order. and that's not surprising that you would see him come to japan first, and then travel to south k

(laughter) now-- (applause) now the reason japan needs trump is because japan needs america. for the last 70 years japan has relied on the u.s. for military protection because something happened to japan's military, i don't know. anyway president trump got there this weekend and judging from the itinerary the japanese have been stalking trump's pint pinterest. >> the two leaders had hamburgers, played nine rounds of golf and fed koi fish at the palace. the two leaders met at a golf club signing hats made for the occasion, donald and shinzo make alliance even greater. >> trevor: that's so cute. donald and shinzo have could mem rattive hats. it looks less like a diplomatic supernear and more more like a novel tee gift from a bachelorette party. i am surprised it didn't have a penis sticking out of it, that is all that was mission. by the way how did they go from america make america great again to donald and shindzo make alliance even greater. is that one of those awkward translation things, the same way fast and the furious was released in japan as angry cars zoom at speed exc

>> well, i think as jonathan indicated, the japan -- there's not much daylight between japan and the united states when it comes to north korea. i think he's going to shore up that defense alliance. and the other thing that will be on the table as the two men talk privately is, what is president trump's approach going to be when he arrives in beijing. what is the next iteration of the strategy to try to get the chinese to exert more influence on pyongyang. i'm sure the two leaders will talk about that. and that will be a critical question when he arrives in seoul. >> right, right. the question's a leverage point with china on north korea. john park, is there a leverage point with japan, with shinzo abe, that can affect some progress with north korea here. >> john park, are you with me? it looks like we do not have john park. jonathan pollock, is there a leverage point with shinzo abe, with japan, to core roll a willing of many for policy against north korea? >> well, i don't think there's much question that abe. and i heard him speak in japan less than a week ago. at a conference the

in japan, 18-hour workdays are common. the prospect of extremely long days has deterred many mothers from returning to the workplace. akira matsumoto, the c.e.o. of japanese snack food manufacturer calbee, has tried to curb that habit. >> they are working too long. that's why our company's working style is so flexible now. >> reporter: calbee's flex time policy encourages employees to work fewer hours, or to work from home. the company also pays for childcare when mothers first return to work. matsumoto says calbee has also quadrupled its percentage of female managers from 6% to 24% and is on pace to reach abe's goal of 30%. >> just men can not manage this company. without change, we cannot survive. >> reporter: do you ever hear negative feedback, or resistance from men? >> yes, of course yes. >> reporter: and your response is? >> if you do not like this, you can leave the company. there are so many, many companies outside this building. you can go. no one has left the company so far. >> reporter: what's new about womenomi

the leaders of japan and the u.s. meet to discuss trade on the threat from north korea will have their joint news conference live. on hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah cues in saudi arabia of forcing the lebanese prime minister to resign. a gunman has opened fire on worshipers at a small texas church killing at least twenty six people and he said when the death toll may rise well the shooting at the first baptist church of southern springs is the latest in a string of mass killings in the u.s. by lone gunman was how did you castro has more. of your. sunday gathering of christian worshippers turned horrific when a man. and dressed in full combat gear walked in and opened fire he was dressed in all black this suspect crossed the street to the church exit is big and began firing at the church the suspect then moved to the right side of the church and continued to fire. that suspect enter the church and continued to fire as he exited the church a local resident grabbed his rifle and engage the suspect the suspect dropped

whileok, talk about japan linda deals with her tv. guest: japan, as you probably know, had a very difficult history with korea before and during the second world war with rights abuses, which, over the years, korea had thought to address and overcome, most recently between the japanese prime minister abe and south korean president park. those historical concerns, those animosities still remained fairly strong in certain parts of the south korean public. at public polling, japan actually pulls -- polls quite well in south korea. south korea has a better perception of japan than it does china. -- amongconcern amount some people in south korea about japan revising its constitution and expanding its military power, which is one of the objectives of the prime minister. and widely broad held view and south korea. more generally, there has been toorts, more recently, enhance what we call trilateral military cooperation between the united states, south korea and japan. our militaries could cooperate better together for potential north korean

japan's ability to have u.s.ke a persistent effort to persuade the u.s. to return. fact that 20 items are put on hold will encourage the u.s. to come back to the table. can if you expect the tpp 11 to be signed. >> there are different political events next year, so we hope to resolve it before these events. there are remaining issues to be salt and japan will take the leadership to get this signed as soon as possible. canada asked for cultural exemptions. what is your view on that? >> it was quite interesting how .anada brought up exemptions we expect canada to give more clarity to what is really involved in this and make more effort to convince other member nations to accept it. david: that was the japanese economy minister there. export drive continues this morning on double-digit growth for the fourth straight month in october, the best performance since the financial crisis. japan success depends on the performance of a lot of its partners. japan important thing for and for most countries is the global trend

japan is a treasured partner and crucial ally of the united states.nd today, we thank them for welcoming us and for decades of wonderful friendship between our two nations. americans have deep respect and admiration for the people of japan. their amazing culture, their strong spirit, and they're very proud history. so on behalf of the united states of america, i send the warmest wishes of the american people to the citizens of this remarkable country. [applause] pres. trump: now i know how you guys feel. this is pretty good. our travels across asia will take us to many historic places, to see many wonderful sites and to speak before many audiences. but there is no single place i would rather begin my trip then right here with all of you, the incredible men and women of the united states military and your amazing partners, the japanese self-defense forces. thank you for being here. [cheers] pres. trump: to everyone here today who serves your country in uniform, thank you, thank you, thank you. we salute you. [laughter] what's your rank? [laughter] pres

and he said that japan closely monitored these missiles, that they weren't posing a threat to japan.ecisions about shooting down missiles in the future would be made closely with their close ally the united states. there was not a moment where the two leaders wanted to show any space between them negative, daylight between mr. trump and mr. abe. alexandra field, our eyes and ears in tokyo, thank you very much. >>> well, let's go to kazuto suzuki now for more on president trump's asia tour. see a professional of public policy at hokkaido university. he joins us now from sapporo in japan. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> so what was your assessment of the relationship on display between president trump and prime minister shinzo abe during their joint press conference? and did they both say what japan and the asia region needs to hear at this time? >> i think this is a success of the prime minister abe for this hospitality diplomacy that he push up president trump as much as possible. he treat him with hamburger and golf and everything that he likes. and to make him

he said that right now our trade with japan is not fair and not open.ing keeping their currencies too weak to take advantage in exports which he argues result in a huge trade deficit of america. —— accusing japan and china of keeping their currencies weak. apart from that, north korea is also at the top of its agenda. he spoke of it to the american military. who has spoken about it? if you remember, before his visit to japan, he said he didn't understand why samuraijapan didn't he said he didn't understand why samurai japan didn't shoot down north korean missiles which his critics have questioned whether he knew what he meant because it would have been logistically and illegally very difficult and could have resulted in north korea attacking japan should they have shot down and north korean missile. he is meeting with the family and those of those at gupta —— of those abduct did by north korea in the 70s. the family of megumi yokota and hitomi soga.m that report, we saw president trump is an avid golfer so during his trip, it is not all that serious. no

they are going into sometimes the sea of japan in close proximity of japan.es flying over japan at times. they don't have the deterrent capability that the united states has. we have tens of thousands of u.s. servicemen and women between south korea and japan. we have been moving troops somewhat out of japan into guam. but not only to project power, but also to protect. it's a critical partnership. judge jeanine: in terms of what we can look forward to in the next few weeks. you may have shared congressman ron desantis interested in speaking to that witness who was gagged bid holder and loretta lynch. that gag recently lifted. the president being in a tough situation. he can't push that hard. although he's doing i believe the best he can to not tell the attorney general what to do. but at the same time let him know he's not happy with this laid back approach by the attorney general's office. what do you think is going to happen? >> you have so many things where people are admitting there is wrongdoing happening there. the uranium one is one issue. donna brazi

they are going into sometimes the sea of japan in close proximity of japan.. they don't have the deterrent capability that the united states has. we have tens of thousands of u.s. servicemen and women between south korea and japan. we have been moving troops somewhat out of japan into guam. but not only to project power, but also to protect. it's a critical partnership. judge jeanine: in terms of what we can look forward to in the next few weeks. you may have shared congressman ron desantis interested in speaking to that witness who was gagged bid holder and loretta lynch. that gag recently lifted. the president being in a tough situation. he can't push that hard. although he's doing i believe the best he can to not tell the attorney general what to do. but at the same time let him know he's not happy with this laid back approach by the attorney general's office. what do you think is going to happen? >> you have so many things where people are admitting there is wrongdoing happening there. the uranium one is one issue. donna brazile said she has quote-unquote

melania trump to japan.trip of president trump to asia is an historic visit in the current regional situation, which is ever more tense. and his first nation to visit on his tour is japan. this made this historic significance even greater. in this way, two of us were able to show to the rest of the world the unshakeable japan/u.s. alliance. thank you, donald. for the last two days, i was able to have an in-depth discussion with donald on a plethora

trade deals are on the agenda but one subject overtakes all tensions with north korea trump again in japan a meeting with a man he appears to see as a new best buddy prime minister shinzo of a lunch of burgers and a round of golf he addressed u.s. forces at the base near tokyo speaking highly of american dominance and promised his troops an upcoming shipment of arms all this talk about u.s. military superiority is related to the conflict with north korea both trump an obvious say all options are on the table the era of strategic patience is over. some people said that my rhetoric is very strong but look what's happened with very weak rhetoric over the last. twenty five years look where we are right now. there is no point in dialogue for the sake of dialogue with north korea now is the time not for dialogue but for applying maximum pressure on north korea we completely agreed that for north korea to change its policy japan and the us must take leadership in closely collaborating with the international community so that we can enhance the pressure over north korea through all possible means

president donald trump and japan's. tokyo both leaders say that the time for dialogue and what they call strategic patience is all of a. mental health issues for a mash in the u.s. state of texas a vigil has been held for the twenty six people who died. an open fire in the church police say the death toll may rise. justice minister says they will be no action over the resignation of prime minister a sad until he returns from saudi arabia met. monday on to announce his resignation there two days earlier iran and its allies lebanon hezbollah. accusing saudi arabia of being behind the. now donald trump's call the secretary brushing is queen elizabeth and a top aide to the canadian prime minister are among thousands named in a new league of offshore financial accounts maybe on the home has more of what are being called the power spaces. more than thirteen million files taken mostly from the offshore law firm epilepsy and leaked to the same german newspaper that took hold of the panama papers last year this new release shedd

be revised and we've seen no indication of that yet we've seen some lipservice in japan. all right all three of you thank you very much for wrapping up that talk for us and our tangan james dorsey and katherine moon good to chat to you and thank you very much for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website else is there a dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page you can find that at facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j. inside story mine is actually jane duncan and for me in the race the teen i'm sort of a. you and. for twenty three years mohsin has collected objects he finds along the coast. enough to fill his museum enough to break a guinness world record. with a story for every object has become an environmental activist and inspired artists on the voice for the plight of countless migrants. such as this time on al-jazeera. with bureaus running six continents across the globe. to. al-jazeera has correspondents live in green the stories they tell. us

cl is a japan equity strategist.of today's trading on our blog, it is on the bloomberg. you can get a rundown at one click, there's commentary and analysis from our expert editors. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we are counting down to the opening in japan and south korea, and japanese trade members just coming in for the month of october, ¥285 billion exports not rising as fast as imports. imports at 18.9 percent. below estimates, but faster than exports, rising at 14%. sale of electronics, autos. however, the imports of oil and other commodities blunting the impact of the surplus. yvonne: that set us up for a lower open. we could see a drop of about 100 points from the nikkei 225, this is after we saw the topics seeing its worst weekly decline since april. also sing the strength continuing on when it comes to the yen, 112.05. we are seeing there is no need to be defensive, but some analysts are saying it could go either way. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> we are live from bloomberg's asia headquarters. "daybreak asia." extendi

south korea, japan, china, vietnam and the philippines. and addressing a wide variety of different issues. the main ones being north korea and international trade with the broader overly of what many see as a general competition between the u.s. and china on who will be leading the region in the future. host: the wall street journal today as the headline, "north korea to dominate the agenda." president trump's anticipated trip starts on saturday. pyongyang's desire to be considered a global nuclear power. the rest of the developed world attempt to undermine been envisioned will be the theme of every bilateral. meeting -- bilateral meeting. guest: it will be on top of the agenda for every meeting, especially for the first few meetings in tokyo and beijing. the other key actors in this drama. we have seen in recent years north korea conducting more and more nuclear tests, ballistic missile tests, and the pace has accelerated which is pushed this to the top of the agenda. host: talk about that. what are the potential risks of the president an

troops stationed in japan let's listen to a little of what he had to say. we will never yield never waver and never falter in defense of our people our freedom and our great american flag. we will seek new opportunities for cooperation and carmen's and we will partner with friends and allies to pursue a free and open in do reach we will see free. and research trade. well for more we're joined now by our correspondent bustin heartache who's in tokyo first in japan is one of the united states' closest allies what do you think both sides are hoping to get out of trump's visit. well i think prime minister. of japan is looking for reassurance from the united states that they stand firmly behind their commitment to japan especially of course when it comes to the issue of north korea. prime minister abbott himself has been very hawkish and he's been very tough when it comes to this issue so i think he feels very close to trump on this and i think during this visit he will be trying to deepen their relationship also the personal relationship between these two leade

i am very optimistic about japan.e to go through to allow the government to establish what the criteria is going to be. in difficult fashion, developers are all very anxious for this to happen sooner rather than later. we recognize we are a global that hasglobal company operations in 74 countries. we understand with the process is like, but we do feel all the indicators are very positive. haidi: what are your expectations in terms of timeframe? we are still pretty far from implementation on the legislative side. in addition to that, the idea of having casinos and gaming operators in japan isn't exactly being welcomed by a lot of support by japanese people. that has been an issue, and i think part of the responsibility the operators have is to try and educate the public to the degree it can that integrated resorts are far different than just big-box casinos, is really the history of gaming in japan with the pachinko parlors. ours is a totally different concept that offers a lot of different entertainment, retail, and i

on north korea so on two of things that he cares about trade as well as north korea he has one in japan already what is interesting is that the next stops south korea will not go as smoothly as it has in japan there are many more contentious issues and south korea and particular is very wary of mr trump's. rhetoric in the recent months and his belittling of the south korean president mr moon in by calling him an appeaser relict visa vi into korean relations south korea's relations with north korea so he has still a long long way to travel in asia and then of course he will round out his trip with his new buddy mr du tear today in the philippines so he's starting out with a good friend and he wants to end on a good note in a country where someone who basically is like a fog is running the country so interesting book and james dorsey what do you make of this trip the duration and the ultimate aim here. i would argue that i would agree with the previous biggest but i would argue that there is both the domestic message as my colleague in boston described but there's also an agent message it

for the japan times, a heavy focus on the visit by us president donald trump and him describing japanost where the paper quotes an analyst saying, "everything is fine with trump until you tell him no. so far, abe hasn't told him no." turning to the business pages of the guardian. self—driving cars will be given the green light on uk roads in 2021

how does south korea feel about the possibility of japan militarizing? host: talk a little bit about japan and how it plays in well -- in while linda deals with her tv. guest: japan, as you probably know, had a very difficult history with korea before and during the second world war, with a lot of terrible human rights abuses. which over the years korea has fought to address and overcome. most recently between japanese prime minister abe and south korean president park. those historical concerns and animosity remain strong and certain parts of the south korean public. yet if you look at public polling, japan pulls quite well in south korea. in south korea, the public is a -- has a better perception of japan than it does of china recently. there is concerned with some people about japan revising its constitution and expanding military power, which is one of the objectives of prime minister abe. it is not a broad and widely held view in south korea, rather the view of a certain part. generally there has been efforts more recently to enhance will be -- what

poverty suffering and servitude tensions with north korea top the agenda as donald trump lands in japan to begin his asian tool also. the report from get out of the hometown of sac catalina leader call us put him on web politics took a backseat to tradition. at all we begin with two major stories out of saudi arabia at least eleven princes and thousands of foreign ministers have been arrested on corruption charges two ministers and the head of the navy have been fired and the saudi military shot down a long range ballistic missile over riyadh fied from yemen by the rebels many on a hometowns that. it's not the first time who the rebels have fired long range missiles across the border at saudi arabia but this missile appears to have travelled the furthest hundreds of kilometers deep into saudi heartland and only taken down close to king khalid international airport on the outskirts of the capital riyadh. the official saudi news agency is p.a. said saudi forces fired a surface to air patriot missile to intercept it witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion and seeing fragments falling n

south korea, japan, china, vietnam and the philippines. and addressing a wide variety of different issues. the main ones being north korea and international trade with the broader overly of what many see as a general competition between the u.s. and china on who will be leading the region in the future. host: the wall street journal today as the headline, "north korea to dominate the agenda." president trump's anticipated trip starts on saturday. pyongyang's desire to be considered a global nuclear power. the rest of the developed world attempt to undermine been envisioned will be the theme of every bilateral. meeting -- bilateral meeting. guest: it will be on top of the agenda for every meeting, especially for the first few meetings in tokyo and beijing. the other key actors in this drama. we have seen in recent years north korea conducting more and more nuclear tests, ballistic missile tests, and the pace has accelerated which is pushed this to the top of the agenda. host: talk about that. what are the potential risks of the president an

two which recently have flown over japan. mrabe which recently have flown over japan.m down if necessary. we will coordinate closely with the united states. at that president trump appeared to swat away reducing japan's huge trade surplus with united states. swat away reducing japan's huge trade surplus with united stateslj will say, if i can take a piece of the prime minister'sa nswer. will say, if i can take a piece of the prime minister'sanswer. he will shoot them out of the sky when you com plete shoot them out of the sky when you complete the purchase of a lot of additional military equipment from the united states. will easily shoot them at the sky. for president trump this visit has been a success. avoiding any serious gaffes, and in prime minister abe, he has found a kindred spirit. he should not expect the same as his next up, in south korea. and with me now is sheila smith a senior fellow forjapan studies at the council on foreign relations. first of all explained in relations between abe and donald trump. they do not seem like natural bedfellows? you are rig

repeat warning over north korea's nuclear threat the era of strategic patience is over trump is in japan on the second day of his marathon asian tour. and trouble in paradise a huge fleet of documents shows how big corporations of the rich and best in tax havens will find out just who's been implicated and what's being called the paradox papers. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us police in the u.s. are investigating the motive behind a mass shooting that left twenty six people dead at a church in texas witnesses said the victims include a pregnant woman and children as young as five years old twenty people were also wounded during the attack a gunman wearing combat clothing opened fire during a service before fleeing the scene he was later found dead in his car president trump has said mental illness not guns were to blame for the attack. you're are you ok. did you despair as families waited for news of relatives and friends who were in the church residence in this small texas community say nearly everyone knows each other. if you stay here practice all your has a family