prime minister suga: joe, mr.odi, and -- it is a great honor to realize the japan-australia-india-u.s. leaders' summit with all of you working together to realize a free and open indo-pacific. starting with the response to the tsunami disaster that we just saw on the video, the quad four countries transformed into a forum for diplomatic dialogue in 2007. since then, after overcoming some difficult circumstances from around 2017, we gained a fresh momentum. in october, last year, we reached the stage of holding the foreign ministers meeting here in tokyo. less than half a year since then, we are now holding this first leaders' summit. and i do feel emotional about the development. i thank joe for your initiative. with the four countries working together, i wish to firmly advance our cooperation to realize a free and open indo-pacific and to make visible and tangible contribution to the peace, stability, and prosperity of the region, including overcoming covid-19. yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the great east

suga, i think jessica already mentioned. remember when japan was the wary actor in this trilateral coalition -- but as prime minister suga continues on the abe line of keeping the door open right on the onset of one he came into power, when he gave a speech at the united nations general assembly, he said he would keep the door open for talks with strict kim jong-un, without any conditions. but based on the japan-dprk declaration of 2002, which means in the end, the comprehensive resolution of issues. but also, he did mention the settlement of the colonial era. that is the position that he started out with. but, as you say, it is covid, it is the olympics, it is many issues mystically. frankly speaking, it will be very hard for prime minister suga to make any real initiatives at this point. i will just end it here. jessica: thank you so much mentioned sanctions. what do you all see as other tools that the united states could employ to reinvigorate diplomacy? and in context, what do you seem to be hearing from the biden admini

suga, tell me what today is to be like- — career. suga, tell me what today is to be like.austed health care professionals. for example, i dealing with exhausted health care professionals. for example, lam dealing with exhausted health care professionals. for example, i am an junior practice at the moment, and we know we have to anticipate and prepare for the coming months of dealing with recovery of both the workforce and patients, and also catching up on the backlog of things like electoral procedures and mental health, all of which have been impacted over the last year. so it is more about the sphere of the upcoming months in what we have to anticipate for, and after hearing about the 1%, we don't feel that reassured, that a our workers can recover, and b, we can provide good health care sustainably. 50. recover, and b, we can provide good health care sustainably.— health care sustainably. so, emily, when this comes _ health care sustainably. so, emily, when this comes to _ health care sustainably. so, emily, i when this comes to decision-making when this comes to decisi

by emperor now to hito also prime minister yoshihiko the ceremony is still going on prime minister suga has just addressed the nation because of this is of course considered to be a national tragedy although obviously the worst affected part of the country was the northeastern coast prime minister suga saying that his heart still aches 10 years on for all of those communities all of those families who lost loved ones they have held a minute's silence that's 246 local time that was the time in the afternoon on the 11th of march 10 years ago when of course the quake happened 9 point one magnitude the biggest quake ever recorded in japan setting off these tsunamis waves which devastated the northeastern coast and of course along that coastline will be held throughout the day other services and in fact since early this morning in fact from sunrise we've had families and small services taking place along beaches 10 years on from that day what are the long term effects rob. it still remains a point of controversy in japan 10 years on they've still got years of rebuilding to do some communitie

christina now in 2 weeks though some olympics torch run begins from fukushima and the prime minister's suga has said that the new pics when showcase japan's recovery from the disaster i wonder if that is a very optimistic statement to make given whatever you have said. i think in terms of scientific safety there has been tremendous development in terms of ensuring that the pollution that happened 10 years ago is not effecting people's life as of today i think the impact is more of a psychological one motional peace that we will still continue to struggle with. shares our care a pleasure talking to you but i'm thank you so much for joining us today thank you more than 800000 people died from the earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern japan the suddenness of the events deprived many of finding good buyers with loved ones now telephone line is helping survivors cope. cancer yeah she says saki is about to cool his wife his cellphone and. he wants to tell her what happened the night she died. and it's in this phone booth known as a wind phone that he can speak to her. like thousands of oth

half hour or so we're due to see an official remembrance attended by the hito and also your shahidi suga the prime minister that will be staged of course in the run up to $246.00 local time in the afternoon that was the moment at which 10 years ago on the afternoon of the 11th of march 2011 the earthquake struck a magnitude 9 point one it is the largest earthquake japan has ever recorded in fact is one of the 5 most powerful earthquakes ever recorded on earth that is when it struck and of course in the next hour or so after that that is when the tsunami waves started coming ashore with such devastating effect rob just as we've been talking to as we've been seeing again the pictures of that extraordinary day and they are still extraordinary even though 10 years down the line the cleanup operation i know is still going on what is the long term impact of what was happening on that day. it is a very fraught it continues to be a subject of controversy in japan and also amongst japan's neighbors here in north east asia of course the center of all of this is the power plant itself at fukushima

pentagon chief lloyd austin for talks with their counterparts, as well as with prime minister yoshihide suganue on to south korea, before secretary of state blinken returns to america for meetings with chinese officials. the ugandan opposition politician and former presidential candidate bobi wine has been arrested in the capital kampala during a protest. he was leading rallies against the arrest and disappearance of his supporters that happened around the recent election. security forces fired tear—gas to disperse the crowd marching with the politicians. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the nominations are in — but the effects of the pandemic are all over this year's oscars. today, we have closed the book on apartheid, and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision. all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was - on a pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy, and we understand - that the search for it has - become an international search. abo

pentagon chief lloyd austin for talks with their counterparts, as well as with prime minister yoshihide sugarea, before secretary of state blinken returns to america for meetings with chinese officials. key economic data from china surged dramatically in the first two months of 2021, pointing to a continued recovery for the world's second largest economy. china's industrial output grew 35% more injanuary and february compared to the same months last year. some suspect that the strong numbers are likely distorted, however, since most of china's factories were put into lockdown in 2020. the ugandan opposition politician and former presidential candidate bobi wine has been arrested in the capital kampala during a protest. he was leading rallies against the arrest and disappearance of his supporters that happened around the recent election. security forces fired tear—gas to disperse the crowd marching with the politicians. the vatican has ruled that roman catholic priests cannot bless same—sex couples, and that any such blessings are invalid in the eyes of the church. the statement was approved

japan's prime minister has been given his 1st dose of the pfizer coated 19 vaccine your share suga is the 1st japanese official to receive the shot publicly dozens of other officials will be vaccinated before heading to the u.s. for meetings with biden and mistress next month so go will be the 1st world leader to meet biden as president. but earlier has begun testing its current 19 vaccine on children between the ages of 6 months and 12 years it's part of a study to assess the safety and efficacy of inoculating children against the disease or most 7000 children are taking part in the research which is being conducted in collaboration with a national institute of allergy and infectious diseases the company is already conducting a separate study testing the vaccine in adolescence between the ages of 12 and 18 for. the death toll continues to rise in may in march where the u.n. says 149 people have been killed since last month's coup and a political prisoner group puts it at 183 protests as have defied nearly impose martial law in many areas to gather on the streets arcades were built an

pentagon chief lloyd austin for talks with their opposite numbers, as well as prime minister yoshihide sugar blinken returns to the us for meetings with chinese officials. a day before mr blinken and the us secretary of defence are due to arrive in seoul for theirfirst talks with south korean officials, north korea has warned the us to avoid "causing a stink" if it wants peace. in a statement carried by the state news agency, the sister of north korean leader, kim yo—jong, also criticised ongoing military drills in south korea. earlier, the white house said north korea has so far not responded to invitations to engage in dialogue. there is fresh condemnation of myanmar�*s military, after yet another day of the army using lethal force against unarmed protestors. the united nations secretary—general has said he is appalled by the escalating violence. latest estimates from an activist group say 20 more people were shot dead on monday. the group says in total 183 people have been killed by security forces. dr simon adams is from the the global centre for the responsibility to protect, which pre

the japanese prime minister, suga yoshihide, called them a threat to peace and a violation of un resolutionsscuss the incident. the launches are pyongyang's first ballistic missile test since president biden took office injanuary. robert kelly is a professor of political science at a national university, hejoins me now. thank you forjoining me. how much of a threat are these missiles? i am much of a threat are these missiles? iam not much of a threat are these missiles? i am not sure if they add anything we have not seen before. we are waiting to learn the technical details about it and we'll have to wait to see what the americans and south koreans give us next few days but the north koreans have had significant missile capacity for at least a decade. and the ability to strike the united states for this for years. i'm not sure this actually adds anything dramatic that we have not seen. it does not indicate they are more willing to use them, for example. my own readers that it is a test or an effort to provoke the biden administration and tell them we are here, you cannot push us around. ~ .,

the japanese prime minister, suga yoshihide, denounced the launches as a threat to peace and securityconfirmed that north korea had fired two projectiles into the sea of japan. facebook says it's blocked a group of hackers in china who used the platform to spy on uighurs overseas by infecting their devices with malicious software. the social media giant said the group targeted under 500 uighur activists, journalists and dissidents living in the us, canada, australia, turkey and other countries. pope francis has ordered cardinals in the catholic church to take a 10% pay cut, to try to free up money to protectjobs of ordinary employees working in the vatican. a spokesman said the decision was taken after the pandemic affected the income of the holy see. virginia has become the first southern us state to abolish the death penalty.signing the bill into law, governor ralph northam, who's a democrat, said capital punishment had been applied disproportionately to black people, and that a flawed legal system had led, too often, led to mistakes. i spoke just now to jayjones, who is a delegate

the japanese prime minister, suga yoshihide, denounced the launches as a threat to peace and securitys confirmed that north korea had fired two projectiles into the sea of japan. facebook says it's blocked a group of hackers in china who used the platform to spy on uighurs overseas by infecting their devices with malicious software. the social media giant said the group targeted under 500 uighur activists, journalists and dissidents living in the us, canada, australia, turkey and other countries. pope francis has ordered cardinals in the catholic church to take a 10% pay cut, to try to free up money to protectjobs of ordinary employees working in the vatican. a spokesman said the decision was taken after the pandemic affected the income of the holy see. the us vice president, kamala harris, is to lead efforts with mexico and some central american countries to try to stem the flow of migrants into the united states. she said there was a huge problem, with a sharp rise in unaccompanied children trying to cross the borderfrom mexico. us government—run detention centres along the southern

population japan's prime minister has been given his 1st dose of the pfizer covert 19 vaccine yoshida suga is the 1st japanese official to publicly receive the shot brazil's health minister has been sacked as the corona virus outbreak hits record levels his replacement muscle ok will be the 4th person in charge since the pandemic began the streets of brazil's most populous states but only empty on tuesday after emergency restrictions came into effect infection and death rates in sao paolo have been climbing rapidly the state's health care system is on the brink of collapse of dizziness manuel ruppel who is in mexico city he says that brazil's vaccination rollout has barely got off the ground arguably this is the reason why we're seeing the outgoing health minister being booted out of brazil ironically prior to the pandemic had a tremendous track record when it came to vaccination programs currently the program has stalled only about 1.4 percent of the population is fully vaccinated brazil is in the process of securing new vaccines more vaccines we know the pfizer we know about the chinese

magnitude 9 quake struck and set off the deadly waves and bernardo hito and prime minister yoshihiko suga led an official ceremony in tokyo to pay tribute to some 800000 people who lost their lives nearly half a 1000000 people were displaced and towns around the fukushima daiichi power plant remain uninhabitable. the effects of the disaster are still being felt especially at the site of the fukushima nuclear plant specialists there are still working around the clock to keep the damage in check in a moment we'll have more on the impact in the aftermath of the catastrophe but 1st a look at how events unfolded 10 years ago today. march 11th 2011. japan's east coast is rocked by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the country shortly afterwards a tsunami ripped through fukushima prefecture taking everything with it. this anomaly also cripples the fukushima nuclear power plant leading to explosions and meltdowns at 3 reactors. thousands of people lost their lives as a result of the disaster tens of thousands were forced to evacuate their homes. the fukushima meltdown would count as t

. >> according to japanese media, the japanese prime minister suga will meet joe biden on april 9th. can you confirm that? >> i know there have been reports about a future meeting, and the president is looking forward to meeting with the prime minister of japan. i don't believe a final confirmation has been made here of what that meet willing look like. >> and asia-american question on the unfortunate atlanta shooting. we've already seen the half staff outside. yesterday, you blamed the prior administration about this, which some people agree. but a report quotes, the united states rivalry with china had already created unease about chinese americans, and asian-americans. and we are going to see a huge jump in hate crimes against asian-americans this year. so it seems to be that president biden is in this catch 22. on one hand, he's trying to alleviate the hate crimes against asians and asian-americans. on the other hand, he's kind of escalating the tension. how can he really alleviate this situation? >> i would just refute the notion of that question. i would say that yesterday i wo

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prime minister suga of japan, prime minister modi of india formed in the aftermath of 2004 tsunami and formalized in 2007, the quad has met regularly at the working and foreign minister level. however, friday will be the first time the quad is meeting at the leader level. the president biden has made this one of his earliest multilateral engagements speaks to the importance we place on close cooperation with our allies and partners in the indo-pacific. a range of issues, of course, will be discussed. we expect to be discussed, i should say, facing the global community from the threat of covid to economic cooperation and, of course, to the climate crisis. earlier today, final piece here, our covid coordinator, jeff zions had a weekly call with governors from across the country. he announced pfizer and moderna supply will get increase to 15.8 million doses going out to states, tribes and territories, along with 2.7 million first doses going to pharmacies. he also highlighted the progress we've made as a nation on vaccinations. on january 20th there was a seven-day average of 890,000 shot

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japan under pressure, prime minister suga to enact sanctions. pain on china, their largest trading partner but there is pressure building on japan ahead of the g7. juliette: looking at stock tickers of apparel makers. telus the extent of the corporate fallout? tom: it continues. h&m have seen a number of stores on the mainland close. if you pull up a map on your smartphone you cannot find h&m stores and they have been taken off. in terms of alibaba, you cannot find h&m goods. nike, uniqlo, zara, also because these companies have said they are concerned about they were or labor rights in xinjiang. or they said specifically we will not source products from xinjiang. so you have a backlash on social media now affecting some of these companies. front and center is h&m. this is a reminder of the difficulty the companies have to walk between pressures from the west to account for their supply chains and pressures here not to bend to those concerns. rishaad: another thing to raise hackles in washington, china and around linking a long-term strategic --

news on the geopolitical side and it, prime minister suga saying north korea fired two ballistic missiles down .25 of 1%, and the korean won also under pressure after leading losses among asia's fx yesterday. retail sales numbers coming out of korea later today. watch out for that, and korean bonds also something to watch out for it given that they rose to their highest and about two weeks. haidi: we are taking a close look at oil as dynamics continued to play out with supply and demand, concerns over the mega ship that remains is very much trapped in the suez canal, preventing deliveries of surrounding ships, including crude, oil declining in the early training sessions. traders looking to can -- to look at these efforts to dislodge that ship. while trading prices, 6% both up and down. on solidly lead down date particularly in that rotation out of tech, about .2 of 1% higher, modest upside for the future session, the u.s. 10 year yield up despite this feeling we are seeing the equities bubble burst. we have seen relative, when it comes to treasuries, 1.61 at the moment, and that is a pic

. >> as you said, prime minister suga pointed to the fall and infection number since the emergency wasry. the peak in january it was over 2500 people per day. the figure for yesterday was about 400. if you look at other conversations, there are other reasons for lifting the emergency. the effect of this measure as actually dulled extremely during the last few weeks. people are beginning to defy restrictions not to go out and get them in bars, and that is one reason case numbers have been creeping up again there is a question over effectiveness. finally we have this olympic torch relay, starting on march 25, and this would create the kind of optimistic atmosphere that anybody would want in the run-up to the olympics in july. shery: how far along is japan in its efforts? >> japan is very much behind many western countries in this respect. the number yesterday was 420,000 of japan julius 100 6 million avid windows of the vaccine. it is very early data in that respect, and we cannot expect a significant number of people do have been vaccinated essentially before the olympics start, so give

of silence was observed at the exact time that the disaster struck, with prime minister yoshihide sugahe tsunami also sparked the most severe nuclear accident in 25 years, at the fukushima power plant. our tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, has been meeting some of the people whose lives were changed forever on that day. a major earthquake hit japan. .. march 11th 2011, on the north—east coast of japan, a huge earthquake has triggered a giant tsunami. live pictures are broadcast around the world as the waves sweep through the majorfishing port, destroying everything in its path. by the end of the day, one in ten of the residents are missing. among them are this man's family, including his wife and 14—year—old daughter. ten years on, he takes me to the place his house once stood. clutched in his arms, his most precious possession — his daughter's school uniform, all that he has to remember her by. translation: in the beginning, i was drinking heavily. _ i really don't remember much of the first three years after the earthquake. after four years, i started to tell my story. i h