kazuhiro yamao, nhk world, kuala lumpur. >>> business officials are speaking out. they want to talk trade with counterparts. we are joined from the business desk. what are you hearing? >> american officials have been very vocal about make things in their words, fair. they have accused japan of having easy access to the u.s. automarket while the japanese one is hard to crack. director of the white house national trade council said he's going to urge other countries to buy more u.s. made products. he was speaking to the wall street journal on wednesday. navarro said any country running a large trade surplus with the u.s. needs to work with it on a product by product, sector by sector level. this goal would be to fix the situation over a specific time frame. he mentioned japan and germany saying buying more chemical products and aircraft would give america a healthier trade balance. >>> in a related move, japanese senior officials are preparing to visit the u.s. ahead of a economic dialogue scheduled next month. they will be sitting down with members of the trump admi