japan. as the 2 countries face what they call the greatest strategic challenge from china, us defense secretary lloyd austin says it's the most significant change since the military alliance was formed. 70 years ago, washington in tokyo say they were increasingly concerned by what they call and evolving security environment. they accuse china of engaging and course of behavior to change the status quote when the east and south china seas around taiwan and throughout the region. the revamp comes as china is expanding as nuclear arsenal, and russia is strengthening, military ties with north korea. how will this agreement change the security relationship between the us and japan? and how will china respond? we'll discuss all that in a moment, but 1st this report from it to victoria gave me the chinese minutes we drills held around time when they jing believes the self governed dialing this part of china and re unification is inevitable. it's not ruled out taking tie one by force, the us and jap

japan. washington says that's the counter growing threats from china, north korea and russia. but is this a realistic deterrent for could i provoke more tension in an already volatile region? this is inside store the hello and welcome to the program. i'm how much in room the united states is. it's re vamping, it's a military command in japan. as the 2 countries face, what they call the greatest strategic challenge from china, us defense secretary lloyd austin says it's the most significant change since the military alliance was formed. 70 years ago, washington in tokyo say there increasingly concerned by what they call and evolving security environment. they accuse china of engaging and course of behavior to change the status quote when the east and south china seas around taiwan and throughout the region. the revamp comes of china is expanding as nuclear arsenal and russia is strengthening, military ties with north korea. how will this agreement change the security relationship between the

so japan is quite content.yes, there were several times the ldp wasn't ruling the country. but we are back since 2012. mm, it'sjust, in democratic politics one of the keys to success is new ideas, fresh ideas, innovative ideas. ijust wonder how that is possible when one party has been so dominant for so long. i mean, you symbolise this reality, because your father was a president of the ldp. i believe your grandfather was a key founder of the party. you yourself have been an mp for 20 years. you've been foreign minister, defence minister. you're part of this ldp elite. and manyjapanese people kind of, i think, feel that there's no alternative and that cannot be good. well, if it's not good, people could always change the government. it is the people who elect the government injapan and the ldp with fresh ideas have been elected to govern the country, so, well, it seems to you maybe just a one—party rule, butjapan is a multiparty country and people are free to choose the government, and the ldp, with a track rec

no. separately from japan, us to plus to who this time for the 1st time it will be fun to japan. you were submitted serials at the meeting of focusing on the extent that that the turns up this meeting, we have been able to deepen our discussion through extended the chart and so consultations between the 2 countries and we were able her to d a to deepen how the understand they have diminished a real level on extended deterrence. and we have or able to put forth l a for the students and a message, a message in an out of japan in order to for the defense international order. we had the need to further deepen and developed upon us alliance and enhanced so the terms together with me just a few thought and to, to secretaries. so i will come with myself suddenly. jo. com for administered. you have a, a thank you very much. with the gratifying presence of the secretary austin is sick with everything to be engaged and then straight forward a discussion on how to fill out a $45.00 a the rest the response and capabilities of japan. he was, and i s s, minister konica mentioned the security e

, but japan was ready to recognize our rights to this peninsula , if we recognized japan's rights ton china. nicholas ii turned his gaze to the east, the future of russia in asia, under this motto nicholas begins his board, but how quite quickly. it turns out that japan, which has recently opened up to the world , does not feel any reciprocal feelings towards us. while the japanese government was headed by marquis hirabumi ito in tokyo, they were cautious with russia, but in 1901 his place was taken by the new prime minister, prince taro katsuro. he will remain in power for only 4 years, but during this time he will manage to do a lot of things. but in 902, the russian government made, in my opinion, a fatal mistake, not considering japan a serious adversary and not... negotiating with it at all, it immediately took advantage of this the british empire, which considered that the strengthening of russia was contrary to its interests and the united states of america. our relations with the americans deteriorated greatly after that. how they, having received alaska, did not gain access

following the japanese bonding of pearl harbor, the united states declared war on japan and germany. us president franklin d. roosevelt called his country arsenal of democracy and arous the emotions of members of congress with a sensational speech the unprovoked. and dastarly attack by japan on sunday, december 7th, 1941, a state of war has existed between the united states and the japanese empire. franklin d. roosevelt knew that war was america's first priority from then on. the japanese were fierce warriors, so the manhattan project had already become important for the us. goodbye mama, i'm off to yokohama for the red white and blue, my country and you, goodbye mama, i'm off to you. just to teach all those gaps, the son saps a million fighting sons of uncle sam if you please will soon have all those right on their japanese, at the same time, hatred against japanese and drin was being propagated all over america, the us propaganda machine also used walt disney animation, arira superman, yawi is the superman, super super superman, the us had entered into chaos, the intense propaganda

so south korea's defense minister shin juan shik became the first to visit japan in 15 years.er japan's colonial rule from 1910 to 1945. pols show south korean's hesitant to trust japan because it's seen as failing to adequately atone for its past and many. robust alliance will only raise tensions with north korea and south korea's largest trading partner, china. in northeast asia or southeast asia, if japan sends its military to their countries, probably all of them won't like it. because for people in northeast and southeast asia, japan is a war criminal country and has militarily ruled over them in the past. still, the military leaders say their memorandum will increase. exchanges and joint military exercises for their troops, including the 80,000 us forces stationed there. franksmith press tv, soul. and that does with this additional world news. thanks for being with us, this bye-bye for now. iran has come a long way to gain independence in the defense industry since the 1979 islamic revolution. it's warships, speed boats. missiles and drones, among many items in its arsen

the war in europe was over, but japan was still resisting. in asia, managers wanted only a controlled fision of plutonium, but oppenheimer insisted that a full-blown nuclear explosion tried, its code name was trinity. trinity means jesus, god the father, and the holy spirit. it was a central core of christian beliefs, but did the jewish scholars of the manhattan project mean a christian trinity. j. robert oppenheimer in a letter to general groves mentioned poem by richard slater dune, which started like this: batter my heart, three person to god. apparently, openheimer did not intend to specify the reason for this naming. however, he referred to the three hindu gods in addition to the christian trinity. one of the three gods was the destroyer shiva, and the other was vishnu that was the destroyer of the worlds in the old epics. the third. god was a creator god or brahma similar to jewish creation myths, but in front of him were gods with destructive forces, scientists bet on the trinity test. some predicted that the bomb would not work, some

"we shall completely destroy japan's power to make war. it was to spare the japanese people from utter destruction. that the ultimatum of july the 26th was issued at pakistan. their leaders promptly rejected that ultimatum. if they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth." these words had the tone of the jewish bible where it explains about the calamity and destruction of rebellious tribes. america planned to carry out second nuclear attack on japan on august 11th and this time they chose a plutonium 239 bomb but the attack was carried out two days earlier due to climate conditions on the morning of august 9th 1945. another b-29 bomber flew to attack the city of kukunda. but the climatic conditions over pakuda were not suitable. the pilot reported that the sky was 70% cloudy and the city was not visible at all. the p-29 bombers circled the city three times to find a suitable opportunity to drop the bomb. but it was cloudy and the b-29 bomber was running o

if they wanted to save people's lives and force japan to surrender, they could have accepted japan's surrender in april. the americans still have not apologized for the atomic attacks on these two cities. america is pointing fingers at other nations. in the months when the japanese were planning to celebrate the anniversary of the atomic attack on the two cities of hiroshima and nagasaki, america again conducted a nuclear test in the nevada desert in 2019. the authorities of the city of hiroshima who consider the continuation of these tests disrespectful to them they protested the us nuclear test. america's new nuclear test is an unforgivable act that means trampling on the feelings of the survivors of the atomic bombing. those who wish for a world free of nuclear weapons. in america , no one listens to these protests and americans still love atomic bombs that they make in different types and dimensions. the atomic bombs of this country are not only in america but also in different parts of europe. and they are even kept in turkey's incirlik base in asia, a policy that has questioned

japan's largest trade partner, by miles, is china.n really incredible the last five years. david: i guess to your point, the economic relevance of japan from a broader point of view, dollar-yen, but also the yen, you make this very good observation that germany is now bigger than japan and it surpassed japan in a year that the economy actually strong in germany. before we know it, india will overtake japan as well. give us more context. mark: germany's economy contracted last year and yet it still surpassed japan. how did that work, it's because in dollar terms, the yen currency we can so much versus the euro. overall, germany's output to the world economy grew bigger because the euro became more valuable than the yen. you make this point, only 2010 -- only in 2010 that china surpassed japan to become the world's second-largest economy. it's now worth more than four times the size. it shows how rapidly that can change in 15 years at that pace. it's the same thing that will happen to india. and i will leave it behind for a long time to

security coordination between the three. countries may be viewed as beneficial in japan and the us,have strengthened the three countries trilateral alliance with their defense chiefs signing a military cooperation agreement in tokyo on sunday. the move comes amid south korea's efforts to join the global us led alliance system. i anticipate that improving cooperation between the defense. ministers speeds up in accordance with the continued efforts of our leaders, including the recent bilateral meeting held on the occasion of the nato summit. the us-japan, south korea alliance has been shaken by the strengthening of ties between china and russia, and the mutual defense treaty recently concluded between north korea and russia. south korea's defense minister shinwon shik became the first to visit japan in 15 years, symbolic of south korea's. move to solidify an alliance, including the us, but such cooperation is widely viewed negatively in south korea, which suffered under japan's colonial rule from 1910 to 1945. paul show south koreans hesitant to trust japan because it's seen is faili

europe was over, but japan was still resisting in asia. managers wanted only a controlled fision of plutonium, but openheimer insisted that a full-blown nuclear explosion was required. its code name was trinity. trinity means jesus, god, the father, and the holy spirit. it was a central core of christian beliefs, but did the jewish scholars of the manhattan project mean a christian trinity? j. robert oppenheimer in a letter to general groves mentioned poem by richard slater dun, which started like this: batter my heart, the person to god. apparently openheimer did not intend to specify the reason for the sing, however he may have referred to the three hindu gods in addition to the christian trinity. one of the three gods was destroyer shiva and the other was vishnu that was the destroyer of the worlds in the old epics. the third god was a creator god or brahma similar to jewish creation myths, but in front of him were gods with destructive forces, scientists bet on the trinity test. some predicted that the bomb would not work, some predict

south korea's defense minister shinwan shik became the first to visit japan in 15 years.ailing to adequately atone for its past, and many worry robust alliance will only raise tensions with north korea and south korea's largest trading partner, china. in northeast. asia or southeast asia, if japan sends its military to their countries, probably all of them won't like it, because for people in northeast and southeast asia, japan is a war criminal country and has militarily ruled over them in the past. still, the military leaders say their memorandum will increase exchanges and joint military exercises for their troops, including the 80,000 us forces stationed there. frank smith press tv. the iranian judiciary has held a second court hearing against the us backtack fury group daesh. the hearing was held in presence of families of those who were killed while fighting the terrorist group. fazon ashurion has more. more than 13 years has passed since the daish group of terror and horror emerged in syria. the country was graped by a campaign of militance. and destruction sponsor

in asia, japan surrounded the assam region of india, but finally retreated. in the pacific, america was able to defeat the japanese forces in the pala islands. the naval battles between america and japan in the pacific ocean ended one after another in favor of the americans. far from these battles in the seemingly calm but quiet deserts of los alamos, nuclear scientists had come to the conclusion that they had to conduct an experiment and detonate the first bomb for test. before carrying out that experiment, germany was captured in april 1945. war europe was over, but japan was still resisting in asia, managers wanted only a controlled vision of plutonium, but openheimer insisted that a full-blown nuclear explosion was required. its code name was trinity. trinity means jesus, god the father and the holy spirit. it was a central core of christian beliefs, but did the jewish scholars of the manhattan project mean a christian trinity. j. robert openhmer in a letter to general groves mentioned poem by richard slater dun which started like this: bat my heart three

i do want to start with the bank of japan meeting that is underway. what do you think we are going to hear? willoughby tightening? wayne: i think they will kick the can down the road is what i think. before this dramatic rally in the yen over the last week, there probably was more pressure for them to do more on the rate side but clearly the way the yen has behaved and the unwind of short positions in the yen, that's taken the pressure off the macro side. it still looks pretty meek from a data perspective. i think we are looking at an october lift. but from a bond buying perspective, they will continue to try to trim down the amount of bonds they are buying. avril: how much of an october lift are you expecting and what are we looking at in terms of the terminal rate for the boj? wayne: i think it continues to be modest lift. from a terminal rate perspective, they will continue to have to make small adjustments as they go through the year, but from a yen perspective, i definitely think there is an opportunity to start to, for those people who have been

i want to start off if i can because it is such a significant day in japan as we await that bank of japanu give us your overall view of the rates environment at the moment, how it is affecting your betting? >> i think asian economies overall are doing very well. i could see that the asean countries were working together to push for economic development and at the same time to deal with external pressures. paul: in terms of global economic growth, how is that impacting the energy transition, which is one of the things that you are missing on? >> while the geopolitical issues and also the global economic situation may pose some pressure on some of these countries, in asia, i think the asian countries' determination to push forward our economic integration and to deal with climate change, the determination is very much firm, and i can feel that they would like to handle all these challenges at the same time without relaxing their efforts. paul: you recently made your first loan on climate policy lending -- i believe it was a $400 million loan to bangladesh. can you tell us what that was for

and some of that heavy rain as well effects northern parts of japan. but you can see the width and windy weather swelling away as we go into choose they often noon is not stria across the eastern areas of china, the korean punch. let's see those exception heart conditions as well as about 37 in japan. on tuesday, the african stories from african perspective. i like convince i dentist, authorities using different media to show documentary wise applicants filmmakers from kenya and kansas. if it goes to assign to them. but i can meet with you pulled up on me. it says all them on the last side, the bile, bob waste, and all was fine. i use the on, i'll just sierra the banquet that should seen some of its worst violence in decades. spunk by student protests against a government job, quite a system. the demonstrations say favorite support is if the ruling a want me leave the country supreme court has now scrapped the quote to, but with thousands killed and hundreds arrested. serious questions are made over the government's handling of the crisis with students

of the japan-us alliance. the goal is to contribute to peace in the indo-pacific region, which we continue to work towards. it must be said that this decision does not add peace. in another region on our planet, because they hoped that this meant, that is, japan produces patriot anti-missile systems under an american license, sells them to the united states, and the united states, having released its systems in service with the united states, transfers them to ukraine, which uses them in armed confrontation with our country, but i repeat once again, most attention was paid to china during these negotiations, because china, from the point of view usa. is its main competitor, in recent years, especially after the start of a special military operation, the united states has been promoting the idea of ​​the so-called indo-pacific partnership, which in reality consists of creating such separate blocs military-political nature and build such a line, as the united states calls it, a line of extended containment of ch

what are antony blinken's objectives with these meetings and japan -- in japan?s here to reassure the u.s.'s allies they will stand with them regardless of what happens with the election in november and with the second purpose is to show the u.s. it its partners are aligned against what they see as china's assertiveness in the region so he's trying to deliver this message with japan and south korea in the quad meeting going on now. the quad is japan, australia, the u.s. and india. that is more directed towards china. we will get a press conference from this in may be about an hour or so. we will find out the details of what was discussed, but those are the main things, looking at the main partners in asia, and also this broader message of the unity the u.s. is seeking with regard to china. paul: tell us more about the significance of this defense deal signed over the weekend between south korea, japan and the u.s. >> yeah. we have seen a change in relations among the three since the new president of south korea was elected two years ago. some of the difference as

if they wanted to save people's lives and force japan to surrender, they could have surrendered japan . at the same time, he has a stockpile of nuclear weapons. america has enough nuclear weapons that can destroy the entire surface of the planet. there is no reason to have this volume of cells. just in the months when the japanese were planning to celebrate the anniversary of the atomic attack on the two cities of hiroshima and nagasaki , america again conducted a nuclear test in the nevada desert in 2019. officials of the city hiroshima, who consider the continuation of these tests to be disrespectful , protested the american nuclear test. america's new nuclear test is not an unforgivable act, which means trampling on the feelings of the survivors of the atomic bombs. those who wish for a world free of nuclear weapons . in america, no one listens to these protests. americans still love atomic bombs , which they make in different types and dimensions. the atomic bombs of this country are kept not only in american soil but also in different parts of europe and even in turkey's incirlik

general douglas mcarthur triumphantly entered japan.now the world was at the disposal of the conquerors of the war to create new system restored to the world and that god will preserve it always. the thoughts and hopes of all america, indeed of all the civilized world, our center tonight on the battleship missouri. there on that small piece of american soil, anchored in tokyo harbor, "the japanese have just officially laid down their arms. they have signed terms of unconditional surrender. four years ago, thoughts and fears. open. was later removed from position and politicians turned their backs on him, although after the assassination of john f. kennedy, openheimer received a medal for merit from president harry s truman and france made him an officer of the legion of honor, but he never return to his position. in 1965, openheimer was diagnosed with throat cancer, he fell into a coma for two years and died at the age of 62. he once appeared in front of camera and said with a hesitant face, we knew the world would not be the same, few

japan, but this historic meeting between antony blinken and his counterparts from both japan and koreahese are talk about the us— japan alliance is the most important bilateral relationship by none but what the biden administration is doing here is to multilateral eyes the security arrangements for the pacific with a us — japan plus philosophy. plus korea, philippians and a significant upgrade in the us attention being paid to the rise of china as well as the phrase posed by north korea with its nuclear arsenals. i know you touched upon this but based on the fact you're also coming from a of being a former adviser to then senatorjoe biden. what is the message the us is brought looking to send to asia the indo—pacific? the to asia the indo-pacific? the most important _ to asia the indo—pacific? tue: most important message to asia the indo—pacific? tte: most important message is to asia the indo—pacific? tt2 most important message is one that president biden and the us are capable of managing, monitoring and indeed fighting in necessary conflicts on multiple fronts. there is unease acros

the first ever to be held in japan or the rok.is just underscores the new convergence in the indo pacific that i talked about in singapore last month. we are not to strengthen our bilateral alliances we are seeing original partners come together like never before around our shared vision of a free, open, and secure indo pacific. so it is going to be a great trip we are going to deliver it more. with that i will turn over too general brown. quick thank you secretary often. good morning everyone. on a warm october day in 1937 president franklin roosevelt addressed a crowd on the outer drive of chicago. he said those who cherish their freedom must work together for the triumph of law and moral principles. in order that peace, justice and confidence may prevail in the world. president roosevelt knew we could not turn a blind eye to his nation international law and sovereignty of the neighbors. you need unchecked aggression only some more aggression. the national defense has spike each of the people's republic of china, russia, iran, n

the first ever to be held in japan or the rok.ll of this just underscores the new convergence in the indo pacific that i talked about in singapore. we areer not just strengthening our bilateral alliances, we are also seeing our regional partners come together like never before, around our shared vision of a free, open and secure indond pacific. it will be a great trip. with that i will turn it over to general brown. >> thank you, secretaryry austi. good morning, everyone. on a warm october day in 1937, president franklin roosevelt addressed the crowd on the outerbridge drive in chicago. he said those that cherish their view must work together for the triumph of law and moral principles. peace, justice may prevail in the world. president roosevelt knew we could not turn a blind eye to nations that violate treaties, international law and sovereignty of their neighbors. you need unchecked -- bleeding out five key challenges. public of china, russia, iran, north korea. all five of these are accurate today. they are undermining the int

usually even now you mentioned japan, the private associate is a guest at the summit or can japan contribute to the stability of the and the pacific region and in this well, as many countries do you see the better sydney in the pacific has been very tied to the balance of, of power between china and the united states. japan's role is really kind of a hold on that because japan is the host of the largest number of us military forces in the region. and so really, if you took japan out of the picture, the united states would have no other country in line. you could play like 100 rolls. and of course, japan itself has a highly capable on forces of its own and is reforming its legal structures and increasing its defense budget to make itself more resilient as a base of allied operations as well. that refers, not just to japan as defense, but to stability on the korean peninsula and around. so i ones, is there a risk that china feels like nato is stepping on his toes in china? i think has this uh, outlook in common with russia as you would explain treaties coming together and organizing a collecti

the 2nd round of 2 plus 2 meetings between japan and the philippines. but what's more important, the highlights of this really is happening at the presidential palace any moment now the signing of the reciprocal and access agreement between japan and the philippines about the reciprocal ex agreement is similar to the visiting force agreement between the philippines and the united states so whereas before the japanese troops were only in the philippines to observe during military exercises between the united states and the philippines. and also here to provide humanitarian assistance. now that could come to the philippines to train with feel of being troops and in a similar way, philippine troops would now be able to visit japan and train with japanese troops. now the 2 countries have had very strong relationship for many years now. and now the elevating of course, their military ties with japan, providing the philippines with radar systems and the philippines, new west coast guard vessels. and all this, of course, in the face of what both countries say

-japan interest gap will be narrower at that time.ctually, as you said, the yen has depreciated farther. i'm not sure what will happen in the future. but i think that interest gap will be slowly narrower and then yen depreciation changes to appreciation. it is good for our company to some extent because yen has depreciated, how much? 2 billion yen increase. >> but depreciation equal to >> 2 billion -- >> in profit. >> prolonged japanese yen depreciation not good for the country's strength in the long run. paul: sumitomo ceo speaking exclusively with our colleague shery ahn in tokyo. anand rathi wealth managements has elevated rates could drag on indian assets. this is bloomberg. ♪ paul: i'll come back to "bloomberg markets asia." you are watching the india focus. here is a look at indian markets ahead of the open. bit of a mixed bag at the moment. pretty tempered actually, looks like we are set up for a flat start, which is unusual considering what we have seen so far in the first half. indian stock markets have been writing a bullish

we talk with you in japan. i know has based on spending the best we can see how the, the, the greatest, the biggest us business income office is up for you. and the 50000 us loops stations are bad and i'm guess be knowledge of what would be provided, you know, across strategy in japan as well. so is more of the, you know, implementing your best efforts to strength is capacities we have seen, i'll do by nashville. so, you know, meet their history, most toledo, strategies defense in the spending and focusing abilities. and this is a preparation of all future war and publish it the want to because of got in, don't self, you know, company in china and, you know, helping allies to come to a tree, parole track according to the will be from the gene drawing and bustle and this is of us, you know, and i don't know you all to be for both the us, the reassurance of japan as well as, you know, you know, a welcome showing those of, well so, so this is, you know, a cartoonish of useful mental scenes that shouldn't be beside

and japan? >> look, again, we were of the view that the convergence or differentials between dollar and yen will reduce, right? and 2025 if we do not see rate cuts then the could see the trend into 2025. paul: we sore ppi numbers out of japan and tokyo ppi numbers supporting the idear of tightening from the boj. what are your expectations on the risk of the boj risking its chance to move? >> boj is in a quandary. there is inflation, but most likely they will reduce the growth target. they will not do anything, they will set the stage for september rate hike. as far as july market is worried but we don't see that. avril: do you think japanese equities can't tolerate tightening? guest: as far as growth remains ok japanese equities are not only a macro play which it has been over one or two years, companies are finally going to do what u.s. firms are accustomed to do, hey back capital shareholders, co-more efficient so eventually we could see portfolio managers reassessing because money has been ma

and 19, always behind japan. the announcements of a new revamp joined to come on and control structure will change that. this will be the most significant change to us forces, japan sensors creation and one of the strongest improvements in our military ties with japan. in 70 years. the us and its allies in east asia described the people's republic of china, or p r. c. has the greatest strategic, straight facing the region. we strongly oppose the policies efforts to unilaterally change the status quo by force. and he's trying to see in the south china sea, around taiwan. we agree on the importance of upholding peace and stability across the taiwan strait to us in japan. also worried about russia's renew, defense ties with peeling yang. a good you should look, we reaffirmed our cool for the competing, the nuclear i zation of north korea and we also shade our concerns about russia and north korea's military cooperation. each q will, the changes come as china is rapidly expanding its new, clear, awesome that combined

the us strengthens military coordination with japan. as the 2 countries condemned russian defense corporations, china, lot comes as russia's president wants, the us against the pulling long range missiles and euro. israel strikes hezbollah targets and 11 on of a raucous attack on the occupied gold in the hives killed the feast. 12, the as well as the 9 responsibilities for that attack and the u. n. is calling from maximum restraints to prevent what it caused a catastrophe beyond. then as raylon's vote in presidential elections with nicholas ventura facing a strength and opposition on his full simone, violence has begun to hope it's a win more olympic titles, the full san goldman list is leading the usa in the same gymnastics events, the now the united states says that its re vamping its military command in japan as the 2 nations face. what they, according to grace's strategic challenge, from china, us forces in japan will be placed on the new joint force headquarters to improve the way to minutes he's operates. this revamp comes off to

japan's most high—profile female politician — yuriko koike — secures 3 third term as governor of tokyoof the region's key financial hubs. and following a landslide victory for the labour party, we examine how the new uk government will reset trade ties with asia. hello and a warm welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. we begin here in asia, where citizens injapan�*s capital have just re—elected yuriko koike for a third term as the governor of tokyo. she was seen as the preferred candidate forjapan�*s ruling party. it's a key election because tokyo is an economic engine ofjapan. it's home to a tenth of japan's population and its economy accounts for a fifth of the country's gdp, approximately the same size as the economy of netherlands. yuriko koike will have an annual budget worth $100 billion at her disposal as the city continues its push to be asia's main financial centre. but competition has been stiff with the likes of hong kong and singapore as alternative hubs. so what will her top priority be as she enters her third term? let's bring in nobuko kobayashi to find out. thank you