ambassador to japan and current president of on boy international, tom schieffer -- tom schieffer's joinsworth, texas there be great if you to be here. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. dagen: ambassador, talk about her experience. you were ambassador to australia prior to being investors in japan. do you need that kind of diplomatic experience to take on such a big role? >> it's certainly helped me to go to australia because it gave me a great familiarity with our foreign policy making apparatus. the state department dollar defense department and all that. having said that, i think mrs. kennedy will do a fine job. the real key is access to the president. if you have access to the president, everything follows. she is a subsidy person, and that is the second real qualification. think she will do quite well. dagen: is this about adjusting to the japanese culture? how difficult is that? >> it is somewhat difficult. japan is different, even asians will say that it is a different place. but you know these are great allies, great friends of the united states. they will go out of their way to