japan will push for japan-u.s. thorities to work ever more closely, including minister of foreign affairs, dispute settlement section, as well as general counsel office. which was newly formed. on the cooperation on economic policy area, japan and u.s. will actively use three-pronged approach of fiscal monetary and struck chushl policy agreed at the g-7. and will discuss the way to lead a plansed and strong growth. views will be exchanged on international economic and financial developments. and we'll work closely. on sec tomorrow cooperation, infrastructure such as high-speed rail and energy, bare years seem where japan-u.s. cooperation will be taken up. and japan-u.s. economic relationship will be deepened, on a multifaceted front. along with the three pillars. we'll leap forward significant lay in gentleman pand u.s. together will lead strongly. economic growth of asian pacific region as well as the rest of the world. also, we'll hold a second meeting by tend of the the year at a mutually agreed on time. to build

japan u.s. authorities to work ever more closely including foreign affairs as well as general counsel office which was newly formed. on the cooperation on economic and structural policy area, japan and u.s. will actively use three pronged approach of fiscal monetary and structural policy agreed at g 7. and will discuss the ways to lead a balanced and strong growth. views will be exchanged on international economic and financial developments and we'll work closely. one sector of cooperation such adds high speed rail and energy, various themes were japan could incorporate would be taken up. japan and u.s. economic relationship will be deepened or multifaceted front along with the pillars of japan u.s. economic relations will leap forward significantly in japan and u.s. together will lead strongly. economic growth of asian pacific region as well as the rest of the world. also vice president pence and i agreed to hold a second economic dialogue meeting by the end of this year at a mutually convenient

u.s. vice president is in japan after delivering stern warnings in seoul, mike pence says the u.s. is deeply committed to japan's security. anna: the dollar tug-of-war. the u.s. secretary tells ft that a strong greenback is a good trump talked it down. very warm welcome to bloomberg europe. manus: we are back together again. how anxious are you, you have read about syria, you have read about china, you have read about north korea. you have tried to observe the risk, do not reach for this annex just yet. this is the bank of america mobile inch stress index. we're picking at to the highest levels, we have gone from the lowest levels to the highest levels. we put on a quarter of 1% muster but we are nowhere near we were at the brexit moment in the middle of last year. somersaulted peak that you saw when china and the equity markets collapsed last year. anxiety is rising but it is nowhere new the brexit deke, nowhere near this time when your ago when china was the core focus, we are more anxious, yes, but these markets did not fall over. losing 1.1% the s&p last week and gaining zero po

japan to bring peace to this region. translator: [speaking japanese] vice president pence: in addition to our security discussions, i look forward to the commencement of the u.s.-japan economic dialogue that u.s. president trump initiated during your visit to washington, d.c. and i look forward to advancing a framework or that ongoing dialogue. ] anslator: "speaking japanese vice president pence: we have a commitment to security in look forward to discussions today and again on behalf of the president of the united states, i thank you for this very, very warm welcome in my first visit to japan as vice president. thank you very much. announcer: across the atlantic, british prime minister recently announced she would call a general election across the u.k. nearly two years earlier than planned. the plan needs a two thirds majority vote to move forward. y: i have just chaired a meeting of the covenant where we agreed the government should call a general election to be held on the eighth of june. i want to explain the reasons for that decision, what will happen next, and the choice facing the british people when

japan and had a working lunch. the vice president told abe the u.s./japan alliance remains a cornerstone of peace and security in the asia pacific region and that the united states was with the japanese people 100%. abe also added he supported donald trump's position that strategic patience with north korea had run out and that all options are on the table. >>> president trump told nkdz th north korea that it's got to beha behave. hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: at the white house, a jarring juxtaposition, the president posing with the easter bunny, but at the rope line new questions about north korea. >> got to behave. >> reporter: later on fox news. >> i don't want to telegraph what i'm doing or thinking. i'm not like other administrations where they say we're going to do this in four weeks. and that -- it doesn't work that way. >> reporter: that strategy of suspense, a hallmark of this administration so far isn't sitting well with russia, where there's new tough talk. on russian state tv, a putin ally saying, quote, trump is more impulsive an

u.s. investment in japan? think --o, but i don't they would prefer to have more u.s. japan, however japan is a shrinking market. the population is declining. there are many more attractive markets in asia. yes, they would be happy to have more u.s. investment, but the japanese do not believe that is going to al a the concerns that the u.s. has about the imbalance in the trade. the japanese solution to this is companiesore japanese investing in the united states. they are hoping that vice particular,nce in having been governor of indiana, will appreciate this. yvonne: he has been a welcoming sign in that he has experience getting japanese investment in the state of indiana. i want to go over some lines that are coming out talking about his meeting coming with mike pence. detailed plots before u.s. personnel are in place. economic talks should be a model case for the asia-pacific and no discussions up on fta at economic talks with the u.s. so not talking about anything too concrete here. they're trying to divorce what trump has been trying to overlap here, which is been

on the trade side of things, we can expect to see some action ahead for japan-u.s. relations. >> michael, thank you for the update. donald trump has reached out to turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan. was leader congratulating him congratulating his victory in a controversial and tightly contested referendum that hansen sweeping new powers. protest came despite from opposition parties and international monitoring groups over alleged voting inconsistencies. the turkish president has dismissed outcry at the telling themsults, to know their place. speaking at a rally, erdogan slammed accusations that the contentious vote was not free or fair. this leaves the country deeply divided and has not thrown it e.u. membership bid into uncertainty. already tense relationships between the eu and turkey could worsen in the wake of sunday's slim referendum win as the turkish president moves forward with an agenda at all the with brussels. they have made us wait at the gate of the european union for 54 years. we will sit down and talk. we can hold a referendum or that eu bid, t

u.s. vice president is in japan after delivering's turn earnings in seoul. mike pence says the u.s. mmitted to japan's security. welcome to bloomberg markets, the european open. 30 minutes into the trading day. a short week after easter. let us see how things are shaping up. down by the stoxx 600 0.8%. london is taking perhaps the lion share of the pain. two facets driving that come at bp is down by over 0.9%. they had an alaskan well in the north slope which is no longer leaking. b.p. they are down by 1.9% as you can see. the crude spread was discovered friday morning. it was capped by sunday. and a second leak was closed off overnight, sunday night. a little bit of a reaction there. talk again in the market about what it is that opec may do in terms of extending the coverage. rio tinto and glencore also lower. has beeni am more under pressure. you must ask yourself a question about how much further we might go. the new fee -- sanofi. unicredit, they are all just a little bit stronger this morning as your pays -- plays catch-up with the u.s. fear and loathing in las vegas. the final

has beenlly the focus about the japan-u.s. economic relationship after the u.s. om tcp -- how will the vice president and his trip to japan this month going to change all that? said, the relationship is quite contentious at the moment. the u.s. is going to bring out their new currency watchlist sometime this month and maybe next week and you -- this listing of japan on this watchlist as a currency manipulator has annoyed tokyo -- as a possible currency manipulator has annoyed tokyo. we expect that that is going to be part of the discussion -- what japan is doing with its currency, should it be singled out by the u.s. like this is going to be part of the discussion with vice president pence when he comes. the prime minister said the discussion is not going to be that detailed because they haven't appointed most of the official who would be doing the negotiations yet. the deputy prime minister is playing down the expectations cecause he said apart from pen we have no one else is to. the issue of currency and japan's trade service with the u.s. is going to be discuss

there's a different view between what president trump has said about japan's trade balance to the u.sw japan sees that. it will be difficult to bridge that gap in this economic talk later this month. haidi: thank you for that, james in tokyo for us. president trump is coming this difficult meetings list week, while china's president has stopped in finland. it looks like we can expect a warmer welcome in helsinki, of all places. the chinese president's visit to finland can be seen as how another sign of how china and the you ever -- the eu are positioning themselves. you can see that trade between the eu and china has almost doubled in value over the last 10 years. the eu is already china's main trading partner, and china is the eu's second-biggest after the u.s. the trade comes to more than $1 million a day. the mantle ofn facilitating global trade. currently, finland's board members say they may not share the same values, that we share the goal of free trade. xi jinping has said that a prosperous and stable europe is conducive to the global economy. he has made statements like this,

vice president ipad fisher in japan the u.s. work closely with its allies to deal with north korea. the vice president had a meeting with japan's prime minister shortly after arriving in tokyo from seoul earlier today. >> while all options are on the table, president trump did determine to work closely with japan, south korea, all our allies in the region and with china to obtain peaceable resolution in the deep nuclear nation of peninsula. nicole: the vice president will do and economic talks with japan as the white house seeks to attract infrastructure investment. >> today coming deputy prime minister aso and i have the authority to launch the dialogue with an opportunity to deepen our bilateral economic ties and faster jobs, prosperity and growth on both sides of the atlantic. >> japan is the fourth largest in the united states. took her to $69 billion trade surplus with the u.s. last year. nicole: president trump to signing an executive order while visiting wisconsin today. that would make changes to the nation's work visa p

the missile fired from pyongyang and landed in the sea of japan. u.s. officials believe it was a ballistic missile. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says the u.s. has spoken enough about north korea. that's in regards to this latest launch. the state department says it will offer no further common. >>> the images are difficult to digest, the worked is reacting with horror to what appears to be a chemical weapons attack in syria. many of the victims are children. the attack happened in a rebel held area in a province southwest of aleppo, that's the capital of syria. tonight the white house is blaming sir yand president assad. but president trump is also sugts suggesting if president obama had stood up to assad this might not have happened. we want to warn you the video is disturbing. >> reporter: eyewitnesses say the attack was carried out by jets operated by the skprun syrian government. but both countries deny any responsibility. the horrifying scenes captured on video. limp bodies, both children and adults. some just struggling to breathe. others

japan italy come -- the u.s. supports japan, including in the islands in dispute with china. australia is tightening rolls on citizenship. heap -- the rolls on citizenship citizenship.on >> we need to ensure that our citizenship test enables applicants to demonstrate how they have integrated into and engaged with our australian community so that they are part of the community, have lived here as a permanent resident for four years, speaking was, share our values, the integrated. those are critically important elements. i believe that they will be empowering for applicants. paul: global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm paul allen. this is bloomberg. let's get to the trade day in japan with the country ending the first quarter with stronger imports and exports. there were surprises all around and ask a good news for shinzo abe. brian: yes here in this finishes the fiscal year for japan and japan finishes with a surplus for the first time in six years and and's in a positive note, a note that was surprising in a i

japan and with our allies to bring peace and security to this region. translator: [speaking japanese] vice president pence: in addition to our security discussions, i look forward to the commencement of the u.s.-japan economic dialogue and president trump initiated during a february visit to washington dc. and i look forward to announcing a framework for that ongoing dialogue with your deputy prime minister. translator: [speaking japanese] vice president pence: we have a commitment to security and mutual prosperity as we look forward to the discussions today and again, on behalf of the president of the united states, i thank you for this very, very first visit in my to japan as vice president. thank you very much. announcer: across the atlantic, british prime minister teresa may announce she would be calling a general election across the u.k. on june 8, nearly two years earlier than originally planned. the british government navigates its exit from the european union, as mandated by a 2016 voter referendum. the call for a earlier election need

affects obviously the japanese card companies exporting here to the u.s., but japan itself given the indicated here in u.s. consumers? izumi: it is a bit of a source for concern. rapid are not looking for deterioration in auto sales in the united states. we think it to go sideways from here, so on the whole we are still not there yet. the thing about japanese exports parts to the u.s.. mostly exported is finished cars. severe as a as massive slowdown of sales in china. we are not too concerned about this issue yet, but it is something that needs to be monitored, given that auto exports to the u.s. constitute about 6% of japan's overall exports. >> and we mentioned rick -- the imf raising gdp expections for japan. you expect that expect -- excess growth could be waiting on the second half. thatcould be driving izumi:? we are looking at strong first-quarter growth. it is important to remember that that sets a very high base for the rest of the year. in fact, our view is that growth will be very strong in the first half of 2017. then we are looking at a bit of a sequential slowdown becau

u.s. companies invest and its members than any other part of asia. investmentn, an which is more than in china, india, and japan combined. the u.s. will redouble our cooperation on issues of regional security. reality threatens all our nations. we will continue supporting efforts to support our people and our way of life. across this region and the wider world. we will continue to work closely to promote peace and stability, by upholding a rules-based order. encouraging the peaceful and diplomatic resolution of disputes. side-by-sideworked to foster peace and prosperity between our lands. president trump and i are confident through our continued partnership, which is going stronger, we will build on our firm foundation to reach greater heights in the next 50 years. i want to say thank you. thank you to the permanent members. thank you to the secretary general. president trump and i look forward to reaffirming our commitment to each of you in the days ahead. i know he looks forward to this november. thank you for giving us the opportunity to make this announcement. it is an honor to be with you all. [applause] [

prime minister abe: japan-u.s.al talks were just held over the phone, and i had an in-depth exchange of opinion on the north korean situation with president trump. i conveyed to president trump that i highly value his stance of putting all options on the table, both in words and in action. charles fromwith aviva. we were talking about tell risks and those big geopolitical risks , with syria, north korea. charles: very hard to trade, to be honest with you. obviously, korea has come into the headlines over the past couple of weeks. it is something that stops fixed income focused -- focusing on fundamentals, if you like. we get drawn into this "something might happen." you cannot position, because it is very much a tale risk. one hopes that cooler heads prevail and you get a sensible, non-extreme outcome. but the outcomes are so binary that they are impossible to predict. there is a lot going on in asia, and particularly in china. imbalances, they have definitely taken a foot off the fiscal stimulus. lot into theting

u.s. mainland but a dire threat to japan and south korea. and 78 tho,000 american troops in the region. president trump asked if the missile in afghanistan sends a message. >> i don't know if it sends a message or not. >> reporter: how two destroyers with missiles are off the coast of south korea and japan. the u.s. could try to disrupt a north korea launch with a cyber attack. the best option getting china to pressure north korea. as president trump is doing with china's president xi. china's foreign minister tonight warning the u.s. and north korea to stop provoking and threatening each other. >> the hope is, that china -- and there's some indication of this, is willing to take a tougher stand here. >> if there is a nuclear test, the likely u.s. response will be a tough statement, and perhaps a show of force. but if there were a missile launch aimed at the u.s. that would be different. the u.s. would take military action and try to shoot it down. >> thank you, andrea mitchell. >>> as the world waits for the next move as well as america's response. as we reported from seoul last week,

japan, u.s., u.k., eurozone, going back to the end of november, virtually every one of these lines hasositive territory. the red line is zero. when it is above that line the data is coming in better than economists estimate. only japan is currently negative. it is incredibly rare. on entire world is firing all the cylinders. every aspect of the market, any company with global exposure is getting benefits right now. maybe it is simple. maybe they are doing good because the world is doing good. #bcban see that chart at g 7409. nejra: this is hard. vonnie: i love both your charts. i am not amused with alix's argument that he has never won a joe.so that is getting to for the tie-breaker. >> what happens? the control room says alex. alix will be returning for the final battle of the charts. that is going to be in just a little bit. >> cannot wait for that. nejra: coming up on the european close, we are following stocks, just about 35 minutes until the end of trading. let's look at how the s&p's are doing. stoxx 600 is a little bit lower now with it being off by 4/10 of 1%. that is a broad-b

u.s. destroyers with cruise missiles are within 300 miles off the coast of japan. the u.s. could try to disrupt a north korea launch with a cyber attack. the best option, getting china to pressure north korea, as president trump is doing with china's president xi. china's foreign minister warning the u.s. and north korea to stop provoking and threatening each other. >> the hope is china and there is some indication of this is willing to take a tougher stand here. >> reporter: if there is a nuclear test, the likely u.s. response will be a tough statement and perhaps a show of force. but if there were a missile launch aimed at the u.s., that would be different. the u.s. would take military action, try to shoot it down. lester? >> andrea mitchell. thank you. >>> as the world watches and waits for north korea's next move as well as the american response, anxieties are running high in neighboring south korea as rereportrer reported from seoul, nbc has more on their fears tonight and how some south koreans are taking great risks and challenge with the north korean regime on their

u.s. and japan are at levels last seen in november amid geopolitical tensions and doubts about u.s. bloomberg caught up with kansas city fed president esther george . we asked her about one of the big concerns for investors, which is the timeline of balance sheet shrinkage. >> all that happens in the context of how we see the economy unfolding, so we have not made a decision about when. as we continue this discussion, you will see the mets reflect where the committee is coming out. matt: still with us is the senior independent client advisor at nomura. bob, what you think about the sort of rethinking now of u.s. rate rises? previously, everyone would have said two to three left to come here. there is concern about whether they will be able to get two done or even one. bob: i think it comes down to the story around the trump reflation bet. clearly, we are not at 100 days yet, but the first two months of president trump's leadership have not really delivered. certain the on the fiscal, reflation front at all, and a think he got bumped down with other issues in the market's hand of vot

japan. vice president mike pence in tokyo discussing u.s./japan alliance and nuclear threat from north korea. a news conference with deputy prime minister pence said that the u.s. will work to find a peaceful solution but all options remain on the table. pence says japan's prime minister agrees with the u.s. position that strategic patience on north korea has run out. >> dialogue for the sake of dialogue is valueless. it is necessary for us to exercise pressure. the united states of america believes the time has come for international community to use both diplomatic and economic pressure to bring north korea to a place it has avoided for more than a generation. we will not rest and we will not relent until we achieve the objective of a denuclearized korean peninsula. >> pence calling north korea the most ominous threat facing the asia-pacific region. >> so the president's top advisers will be meeting today. they themselves are deeply divided over the paris climate agreement. will the u.s. stay in this global pact? we take a closer look next

ca vinson" was finally spotted off the coast of japan. >> u.s. president trump slammed the launch. >> he tweeted this. north korea disrespected the wishes of china and its highly respected president when it launched, though unsuccessfully a missile today. bad. >> cnn's will ripley is the only u.s. television correspondent currently in pyongyang. >> reporter: you can hear the music that plays almost hourly in pyongyang reminding citizens of the sacrifices of their late leaders. the outside world may view this missile launch as a failure. here inside north korea most people will never hear about it and north korea's rocket scientists may not see it as a failure because with each launch, whether a success or not, they gain valuable intelligence. this particular missile they were trying to launch is the kind that could some day be used to attack a u.s. aircraft carrier like the carl vinson which is approaching the waters off the korean peninsula. perhaps over shadowing the launch itself is the strong message north korea is sending to its enemies. nor

last month when they want full projectiles, all three lasting off the coast of japan in a training exercise simulating hilting u.sin japan. prime minister sinz abe also earlier this week pointed out the possibility that north korea could carry out a chemical attack in the region, suggesting they might have the capacity to mount chemical tipped warheads to their missiles. so again, the security concern is real here in japan. what people in japan wanted to hear from the mr. president is not what he delivered, which was a commitment to security in this region here and a strengthening and a deepening of this decades old security alliance here. >> he sure did. alexander field live in tokyo. we should add some speculated the trump administration might reverse policy on tpp. he said that is a thing of the past t. united states moving on from the tpp. thank you. >>> with north korea as a background, the pentagon announce as review on the use of xhuk clear weapons for the first time since early in the obama presidency. these reviews typically happen every eight years, but there one is expected to look very different than

u.s. allies like south korea and japan, to u.s.roops almost 30,on the korean peninsula another 50,000, in response to 59 tomahawk cruise missiles being launched at one of their air bases, it would be a total disaster. 15 or 20 million people would be in harm's way, not necessarily from a nuclear bomb from from the conventional or tillry. that's right. >> it'll be 130,000 people killed in that. this is different than what we did in syria. in syria we had five years of a civil war going there. we had countries go against the weapons convention. and after what russia brokered with syria and we destroyed the weapons, there's 100% approval of those weapons being gone. we found out that wasn't so. and so, there's 198 countries that have signed on to the conventional weapons agreement, and when they break this -- in fact we had a hearing on this in our subcommittee, when a country breaks a chemical weapons agreement who enforce that is? we had the world stand by why 450,000 people have been slaughtered somebody had to convene. >> congress

continuing resources in building a world class counter-ballistic missile defense in south korea, japan, u.s. navy at sea. we do have a strategic capability in fort greeley, alaska at the air force base. it does work but we talk about it failing all the time. we have agents out in the navy, pac 3 updated. we have to build a defense capability. katy, these people will have a sublaunch capability and an icbm capability certainly within the decade. the american people will be at peril. >> it seems like you're ruling out diplomacy, general. >> yeah, well, i think talking to them, making sure they don't starve to death and get desperate may actually have some impact. kim jong-un is probably uneasy about his obsiqious generals. he shot at his general with an anti-aircraft gun about not being attentive in a speech. he's probably in the saddle worrying about his own people. perhaps there is an opening for diplomacy, but we'll never get him to do away with his nuclear weapons. not going to happen. >> the other peeiece of this is china. there was an interesting piece in the "washington post" pointing

u.s. side. japan only pulled back in the u.s., but they pulled back out of europe.ou have this political risk that dampened yields around the world and brought back a little concern around maybe there are bigger hurdles ahead of us. remember the steepening of the is an indicator of long-run inflation expectations. oft we have assisted period that's what we have is this european inflation expectations. it's all point to steeper yield curves. banks getting out of negative interests rates. it means longer runs in steeper yield curves. we are positioned for the backend to be steeper. jonathan: let's talk about the data. it will be the slowest pace of growth in three years as the headline. the employment cost index was higher. when people start talking about the reflation trade is off, does the data tell you something else? >> the first quarter was not that great of the second quarter has not been great five years running now. the fed will look through the difficult first quarter gdp inventories. consumption was a little bit weak. looks like that is a first quarter pheno

u.s. officials that north korea had informed its mariners along the east coast of the country and the sea of japan they should be on alert for increased activity. people on all sides, the u.s., japan, south korea, sitting down to convene and connect the dots to see what they can take away from this, but we're not likely to see any harsh reaction. >> an interesting point here as we discuss that scenario of this potentially being a submarine launched ballistic missile, it was earlier believed to be displayed during that parade honoring the birthday of kim il-sun that you're alluding to here, but what was also believed to be on display was an icbm. one would ask if this second scenario could be ongoing right now that they're preparing to test that as well. all of this concern on an easter sunday morning and the reactions that might be happening from where you stand today and also from the region. you have heard any reports in terms of reactions from other u.s. allies there in that region on the korean peninsula? we don't have to go very far to think of japan. we don't have to go very far to think of

u.s. is growing. japan is growing. the u.s.ooks like it might grow more, so those things are all contributory, but it really starts with valuation. >> i would only add to that i think the china story is big. abouts a lot of concern china, but this is a year when xi jinping wants everything to be nice and boring and stable. e.m. is still very much a commodity story. >> which are a lot of guys talking about go passive, but gm right now in fixed income, i just wonder what is the big advantage you have in being an active investor. is it time to pick up the pieces and be a little bit more active? >> rules driven investing in fixed income often causes you to do the worst things at the worst time. look at the energy trade last year. just as we have the big downgrade cycle, february and march, those passive investors just as the market turns, and cut off seen where that between investment great and high-yield is not quite as distinct as it was. you can t a story >> i also think it is a function of the fact that each of these asset clas

addressed troops aboard the "uss ron nall reagan" south response to nuclear weapons and assured japan the u.s. is hoping for a peaceful resolution. >> the united states of america will always seek peace, but under president trump the shield stands guard and the sword stands ready. >> pence added that the trump administration would continue to work with allies to apply economic and diplomatic pressure on north korea. >>> we're learning this morning the aircraft carrier that president trump referred to when he said he was sending an armada to deter north korea was nowhere near the korean peninsula. it turns out the "uss vinson" was 3,000 miles away heading in the opposite direction for joint exercises with the u.s. navy. it was difficult to roll back the story with the president playing up the use of force. the ship is now on course and expected to arrive next week. >>> and the president is promising to make sure that more products are stamped with the words made in president trump signed his buy american hire american executive order at a wisconsin tool factory looking to reform the h1b visa p

u.s.-japan alliance. at least the character of their testing recently has been focused on demonstrating an ability to target with a list on u.s. bases in japan, flying missiles within 200 kilometers of the japanese shoreline. that is what i think they would and i am not clear if the attack itself as you described it would be able to eliminate all of their nuclear facilities because i don't think we know where they all are. agree with victor, i think they would definitely go after japan. i disagree a little on the chinese intervention point. i think the chinese could potentially try to intervene just to preserve stability on their flank. what that looks like and how that materializes, i don't know, but i don't think the chinese would just sit back even if it was a targeted strike. the thing that would change that would be whether or not in advance we could get the chinese to hold back, but i still have extreme doubts they would do that. >> i suspect the likelihood of a nuclear retaliatory response is relati

japan is running a huge surplus, so that is a discussion between the u.s. oming weeks. shery: how will this affect, how will this be affected if we see oil prices continuing to gain? that will boost the import bill. right.hi: yeah, that is the oil prices continue to go up. , pushing upifficult imports. but we tend to think that is accompanied by the weaker yen, that should help exports. that should help income balance of the country. so it is not necessarily the the surplus is shrinking meaningfully. want to hop into the bloomberg terminal and show us 185, this is japan's trade and current account balances, up until the news just now. we are seeing this huge bump in the past month. what factors are boosting this? hiromichi: actually, we have to first look at the january, february number, which is of course related to the chinese new year, and we have to look at the fact that there would be .mpact of the yen depreciation on the side of exports, goods and services and plus the income in my understanding, so income balance should be benefiting hugely from the y

u.s. security assurances to japan saying the u.s. will stand behind japan 100%. >> to you, let me be clear, mr. prime minister and all the people of japan, we're here with you 100%. >> reporter: similar to the message yesterday in south korea suggesting that north korea could get the same treatment as syria and afghanistan if it decides to advance its weapons program that revived the worries that perhaps the u.s. was considering a preemptive strike and pence saying all options are on the people and nobody is saying what those reactions were. the deputy ambassador to the united nations suggesting there would be all-out war if north korea came under attack by the u.s. and the country's vice foreign minister saying that north korea will go ahead with testing of its missiles every week, every month, every year and that a sixth muk test could happen at any time so the tension does continue to ramp up as does the rhetoric. it seems to be growing bolder by the day. also, the worry that there could be some sort of miscalculation and that a sm

the traditional players, the superpowers like japan, the u.s., and germany.hey had scale, growth momentum, and money. it's the fastest market. there will be huge demand from the industrial side of it. governmentse local pumping billions of dollars into build industrial robot parks, to give subsidies tax breaks, to get this industry off the ground. rishaad: everybody has been trying it. we've been waiting for robot leaders, etc., people cleaning our floors and doing housework. we seem to be no nearer to that. it is a slow process. reporter: certainly when it comes to the factory floor, i think they can be a player pretty fast. the robots are kind of commoditized. if you look at the lower cost of software development and digital technology, sensors, cameras, the point of entry into that side of the market is a lot lower than it used to be. in the service sector, think logistics. think what amazon does, and it is a possibility. rishaad: thank you so much for that. we have an exclusive interview with the chief executive of turkish airlines. bilal eksi discussing

u.s.-japan discussions as well as u.s.-nato discussions. could south korea go nuclear? there is no reason to think they don't have the ability to do so, but ultimately that's a political decision. it's a decision that would have wide ramifications because it would imply a lack of trust in he unand it's not cheap. and it's cheap. but profits of developing warheads, that would be a very significant budgetary decision on the part of the government in seoul. host: i have great confidence that china will properly deal with north korea if they are unable to do so. the u.s. with its allies will, u.s.a., basically the president saying we will work with china or do it ourselves, following the meeting that took place last week with the president of china and the defense secretary in turkey was asked about north korea. here is that. [video clip] we are working with international partners in order to defuse the situation. but the bottom line is north korea has to change its behavior. that is an agreed position among the international community nations that are working together. tha

u.s. ally japan as well as some 35,000 u.s. service members there.here were some speculation that the missile was a victim of a u.s. cyber-attack. it has been done in the past, but they're also failures. now, the regime of kim jong un has no comment regarding the launch or the failure, one official admitted to me a short while ago, however, these kinds of mistakes can happen. now a missile launch or a nuclear detonation was expected to mark that anniversary date but there was new speculation that this could have been timed ahead of the arrival in south korea today of vice president pence in south korea where launches are monitored and flight control center and four officials said that the launch and military parade were a threat to the whole world. the trump administration demanding that north korea give them up. official we have been speaking with here show no sign of pulling back. they brushed off the threat of more sanctions and they say they would fight off any preemptive military strike. as for young north korean leader, kim jong un, he has been

u.s.-japan relationship. and clinton of washington will discuss the u.s.-south korea relationship. that goes without saying thanks to the organizers and sponsors that have been tremendous. i will just dive into it. among the numerous battles an waged,ag afghanistan should be understood as a central front. you cannot claim this distinction because it received the most attention, i think sustained deliberations only happened during the second term. nor on the basis of the resources expended on it. was extensivene and unprecedented. it should be understood in terms of the expectations and hopes that reagan and other policymakers affixed to victories there. no other battlefield held the globally symbolic ramifications attached to afghanistan, nor was any other anti-communist cause outside of eastern europe nearly as popular across the american political spectrum. the pursuit of victory limited tot diplomacy could achieve the detriment of soviets, americans, and afghanistan al ike. it appears when early on into the soviet invasion that the president policy realized -- breznev policy rea

u.s. trade deficit china has become. turquoise bars are japan a big exporting nation, but still much less of the u.s. trade deficit. donald has explicitly more and more tied a u.s. china trade deal with cooperation on north korea. let's look at the famous tweet again, donald trump's tweet carry such clout around the world and certainly on this. "why would i call china a currency manipulator when they with us on the north korean problem? we will see what happens." china not responding on this yet. rishaad: the question is where does this leave the u.s. and china on trade, and in fact with these other countries? germany is one of them. >> it certainly is. china gets so much attention for being trade dependent as an is even, but germany bigger in this category when it comes to trade dependency. #7801 to compare china's trade surplus as a percent of gdp with japan and germany. , lookis the white line, at germany, its trade surplus is more than a percent of gdp, one of the most trade to connect countries in the world. that is why this is what the tre

japan. he reaffirmed u.s. t for japan. >> you can rest assured that the full range of the united states is dedicated to the protection of japan. japan, you are our friend and ally. , we will facetion the future together. a u.s. it turns out that aircraft carrier task force wasn't really sent to the waters off north korea after all. trump said the armada was being sent to the region but instead, they went south for the thecises with australia's view. john knows off won 48% of the vote. he will face the republican june 20. previously held by republican tom price. in the u.k., a pull to get after to reason may's call for an election must be encouraging to her party. a 21 point lead over labor. the house of commons is expected today to approve the call for an election on june 8. bill gates says he is counting on trump to be reasonable when it comes to the health care budget. the richest person in the world spoke with bloomberg tv. >> we have seen his pragmatism on a number of things. and i'm certainly hoping that t

u.s. ally japan and as well as 35,000 u.s. service members in that country. launch or a new test was expected around this time to mark that anniversary. there is new speculation. mike pence arrived at an air base after a few hours after the launch today. >> this morning's event from the north is just the latest reminder of the risks each one of you face every day in the defense of the freedom of the people of south korea and the defense of america in this part of the world. >> north korea's rocket and missile program is never too far away. even at the flower exhibition in the there of north korea. they might take an end by the young visitors. the north korean government has not acknowledged the launch or the failure. one government official took me aside and admitted to me these kinds of mistakes might happen. it might not even be the government's fault or some speculation of the united states and their cyber attack against the launch. it is reported they have done so in the past. but from everything i hear from the officials here, these kinds of things are g

vice president mike pence is en route to south korea and japan to reinsurer our u.s. allies. in nearly 200 cities and here in washington, protesters had a message for president trump -- release your tax returns. thousands of people gathered on the west lawn at the capital before marching past the trump hotel. today is traditionally tax day but not everybody agrees with protesters who say the president should come clean. of the united states should live to the people of the united states. we need to know. people have known for the last 40 years what the president's tax returns say. >> i think we need to get this country moving in the direction. i think the president is trying to do that. >> does it matter what his taxes are at the end of the day? >> not to me. >> i think we need to get this country moving in the direction. kimberly: the president has refused to release his returns, claiming he is being audited. he also said only journalists care about the content of those returns. words were not the only things flying as pro and anti-trump protesters clashed in california. ber

secretary of state rex tillerson met japan's fnlts today in italy petition told reporters japan supported the u.s. strike on the syrian air hese it will help spread chemical weaponsen. ghe two grood to work together on north korea. onllerson also expected to meet ea.h russia's fnlts later this week. thll one of the most festive days of the year processes iants home opener more than 40,000 people enjoying the sunshine a beautiful day more importantly the ball game. j> today a little bit different. phe ball park went silents in the first ining many here is why giants catch carefully hit ride er the head at a 94-mile-per-hour fastball. you could hear the impact even e e fans could hear it from pper deck. posy immediately taken out of the game obviously major soncerns here for a concussion. vere is good news though. he is okay but there is a good ohance he'll miss some games. -s for the rest of the afternoon well it was all good. live look now at at&t park the piants deemed the diamond backs 4-1. rick boon joins us with the tough assignment for the day opeside the ball park. rick take it away. >> rep

because of recent provocations by north korea which launched several missiles into the sea of japan. the u.slitary confirms an american soldier has been killed in afghanistan. the attack coming in the eastern part of the country against an isis-affiliated group. there are currently more american troops in afghanistan than iraq and syria combined. i'm robert gray. now back to "justice with judge jeanine" " now back to the judge. judge jeanine: senator rand paul and his reaction to the syria attacks are still to come. david avella, from g d from gop. with this cruise missile launch thursday in syria on the chemical weapons, we have it seems both the right and the left applauding. you have schumer and pelosi and people who never had a good thing to say, you have got mccain and lindsey. what do you think in terms of your perspective very quickly? the right thing to do? >> you said the nail on the head. the mainstream of the republican and democratic party support this. this should have happened a long time ago. assad has been acting with impunity for long six years. i have a view it will change

japan. north korea said it was practice for targeting u.s. bases in japan. and the 46,000 american personnel stationed there. the nightmare scenario, if they could miniaturize a warhead and put it on a missile that could reach the west coast. intelligence says the u.s. would consider military action to prevent that. on friday james mattis issuing this warning to north korea. >> right now it appears to be going in a very, a very reckless manner and that's got to be stopped. >> reporter: but the north korean dictator has a high tolerance for risk like deploying, malaysia claims, two assassins to kill kim jong-un's half brother. but rubbing a powerful weapon in his face. china has been mostly quiet, and south korea's president was thrown out of office on corruption charges. now the trump administration is talking bluntly, refusing to rule out preemptive strikes. the message to kim jong- jong-un, don't push too far. the tough talk could help the north korean regime. it needs to be strong to resist american aggressi aggression. lester? >> we're also getting rare i