that was thorsten pat, back research fellow at the university of tokyo, added tragic take care. now, western powers are preventing russia from exporting grain by blocking access to foreign port. that's at least according to russia's foreign minister who's been speaking at a meeting of the g. twenty's top diplomats set up a lateral also warned that western states want to take the shipment of grain and of their full control. for that was not for the use of good supplies of russian grain . there are no barriers on our side, but the west is imposed restrictions on our ships are flocking to access to ports, restricting financial payments for the transit of food supplies. we have drawn attention to this. this includes situations in the black sea. if the west wants to get the grain out there so badly, it needs to make the mind the black sea ports and that the ship's leaflets, advertorial water, ukraine. that's all. and russia with the help of turkey is ready to ensure the security of such convoys in the open. see, the problem is that our western colleagues want to create an internationa

this coming weekend, thorsten pat burke is a research fellow at the university of tokyo says the killing of our bay has deeply shocked japanese society. well, let me tell you, it was a complete shock. it was sir, it was the most tragic thing in yes. and that everything's good still. how could the assassin come so close? well, the reason for this is that japan is actually very civilized place. guns are very rare. you know, it's very hard to import guns into this country. and so he found pretty sure, pretty safe. that was a very drastic now. so to get better, and indeed, ah, to the g 20. now, where apparently western powers are preventing russia from exporting grain by blocking access to foreign ports. that's according to russia's foreign minister who's been speaking at that meeting in indonesia with the g twenty's top diplomats said a lot of also wounded western states want to take the shipment of grain and their full control. so so, so for the ward, this last for the use of good supplies of russian grain, there are no barriers on our side or was that the west has imposed restrictions on

this coming weekend dawson, pittsburgh, who's a research fellow at the university of tokyo, says the killing of a has deeply shoak japanese society. well, let me tell you, it was a country shock. it was so it was the most tragic thing in use and everything stood still. how could the assassin come so close? well, the reason for this is that japan is actually very civilized place. guns are very rare. you know, it's very hard to import guns into this country. and so, so he found pretty sure a pretty safe bet was a very da stitch dasa began february, and indeed, ah, western powers are preventing russia from exporting grain by blocking access to foreign ports. not according to russia's foreign minister who has been speaking at a meeting of the g. twenties, top. diplomats said gay laugh, rove also warned. the western states want to take a shipment of the grain under their full control sugar. so simple. there was just as for the use of good supplies of russian grain, there are no barriers on our side. but the west has imposed restrictions on our ships lock in the access to ports, restricting

hold himself, if only for everything , he was born in 1954, studied in japan, and left the university of tokyoe late 70s to study political science in the united states, returning two years later to japan. he began working for a metallurgical company in kobe . in order to get his first post in the parliament, he later held a number of government positions, becoming the prime minister, he sought to strengthen national identity and preserve japanese traditions, in order to confirm the emperor's place in public life , he tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to revise the post-war constitution of ukraine, and perhaps most of all, he will be remembered is stuck with his economic plan the so-called abinomics became almost the loudest political decision during his tenure in the international arena shinzo to take a tough position on north korea avoided a trade war with the united states under donald trump and signed a number of agreements with regional and western allies also worked to strengthen japan's defense capabilities and increase military spending despite winning general elections in 2014 and 2018 si

for more on this we are joined by a professor of public policy at the university of tokyo, speaking toom the japanese capitol. thank you for being here with us. i want to know off of the top how are people you know, people you speak with, how are they reacting to this? >> this is really shocking. this is something that we don't, it does not happen often in japan. the gun shooting, the political figure, very rare, really shocking. >> i mean in the video we just played we heard the booming sound of those two shots. i mean gunfire is a sound rarely heard in japan, right? >> yes. usually, you know, we do have very, very few gun crime. we only die - hey honey. - hey dad. that smell is eight million odor-causing bacteria. good thing adding lysol laundry sanitizerr kills 99.9% of bacteria that detergents can't. clclean is good, sanitized is better. ♪ viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i'm max foster. i want to get straight to our breaking news. it is friday, july 8, 9:00 a.m. here in london, but 5:00 p.m. in japan where the country is in shock as the former prime mi

the early research out of the university of tokyo suggests these new variants are targeting lungs againe kind of different from the original omicron. have you been seeing any of that? >> no. no, i've heard this news. we've read about these case reports, but we haven't been able to conclude that that is what's happening in the united states. >> so, doctor, i personally know of people who got some version of omicron and three months later got this new variant. so, there is no immunity. there is no -- from either vaccines or from having covid before? >> so, this case -- they're quite common. and the reason why is because the first subvariants of omicron arose in february, march. and now these ba.5 just took over the country. as i said, 53% in a matter of three or four months. now we're seeing these cases get reinfected again. and that will continue to happen for sure throughout the fall as well. >> so, doctor, talk to our people. what do we need to do? how can we protect ourselves over something that's now just coming through over and over again? >> absolutely. i think we're tired and unde

the career ladder gradually but steadily in 1977 he graduated from the faculty of law of saiga university and v. tokyol of public policy three of the university of southern california in the usa shinzo also inherited political views from his grandfather and father of staunch supporters of the liberal democratic party from 2003 to 2004 presided over it, and in september 2006 replaced zume as prime minister and became the youngest head of the government of japan since world war ii. already after the end of the soviet era and the creation of modern russia, in 2001 i was present at the meeting of the prime minister of her sir maury and president putin in irkutsk, and in 2003 i took part as deputy secretary general cabinet of ministers and as part of prime minister zubi's official visit to moscow, i still remember watching the ballet the nutcracker at the bolshoi theater with the prime minister i enjoyed the ballet russia made a strong impression on me with its deeply rooted, culturally rich music art, which yes are very close and to us the japanese is something that managed to senzu anyhow to the fullest.

of a check that they will be able to utilize for the next years to come. amy: koichi nakano, thank you for being with us, professor at sophia university in tokyo and directorf the institute of global concern at the university. next up, brittney griner please guilty in a russian court she was carrying cannabis oil in her luggage in russia as pressure grows on the biden administration to help secure her release. we will get an update. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "evening wind" by the japanese composer joe hishaishi. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we turn now to the growing push to free u.s. basketball superstar brittney griner from detention in russia amid concerns her case could drag on due to her fame and also her status as an african-american lesbian. in an effort to clear a deal for her release, brittney griner pleaded guilty thursday in a russian court to what her lawyers say are trumped up charges of "large scale drug possession" and "drug smuggling." this comes after russian officials at the airport arrested the t-time u.s. olympic basketball gold medalist and eight-time wnba all-star in

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more on this that led, bringing tina barrette to is an associate professor of political science at sophia university in tokyo and a visiting fellow at cambridge university. tina, thanks so much for being on this news hour. i want to get your thoughts on jeans or of a legacy in a moment, but firstly, as i just mentioned, gun violence is such a rarity in japan fact with something like was happen. i think it's very shocking, said the japanese public. you say it's very rare that anybody in japan has possession of handguns and the last assassination of a politician in the way was back in 2007 the marriage. nagasaki had linked to the yankees, the japanese mafia. this is very different situation, and this isn't the seem to be an individual acting on his own impulses. but the fact that the gum is homemade, i think, is something that makes stephanie people perhaps see a little bit more uncomfortable, a little bit more afraid because it's a possibility. if somebody manufacturing their own weapon is not something that we've seen in japan before and came out, we heard also from the current prime minister, a being define

of political science at mu. so she know university in tokyo and a contributor at the lowie institute. thank you for joining us, donna. so, i mean, he will, he will of questions. i may be remembered for many, many things. he was an instrumental figure in japan, history and internationally. what do you think will be his most enduring legacy? luckily, i think from what people have been saying of the last few days, his enduring legacy is likely to be his foreign policy. if it's, he's overseas, if it's much more highly loaded than perhaps some of the more controversial domestic issues that he, that troubled much of his time as, as prime minister, which, you know, domestically some people don't want to forget. but obviously in the current context, i think his ah, his attempt at recruitment with many countries, particularly in the southeast asian region. i saw reference to that this morning and i'm from australia. so i'm certainly australian political figures have been talking very highly of the efforts he put into the australia japan relationship for example. and what that is meant, particul

investigation. florence louis al jazeera went on a week's is a professor of political science and moose, as you know, university in tokyo. she says this election result will be a significant boost for the prime minister. it will give him confidence and give him a sense of a mandate that people thus far been satisfied with his prime minister shipment and the direction the government has been taking. having said this, i mean some of the parties that had a strong nice campaign that is not changing the constitution also got up and got candidates reelected quite quickly as well. so i think domestically when the debate comes to it, it will still be quietly, highly contested debate result. so there was sort of results that if you want to take that view, that they did push the numbers up for the holding fee. you can say that on the other hand, the actual word of turn up was only around about 2 percent up on the last up a house selection. so you could say that it didn't really bring people out to vote in the way that i guess some of some people had anticipated. so i think the influence on the vote itself is somewhat neutral. i w

allies in foreign conflicts, broad gossum, and is the deputy director of the center for rule making strategies at tama university in tokyo. he says japan is looking to raise his defense profile on the international stage. there's been a shift in japan over the last few years to sort of to up it's engagement on defense and security matters. this reflects a broad based agenda by the conservative government as well, by a sense that to be a partner and a better supporter for rules based order that japan has to do more. and so you've had long talk about reaching that 2 percent threshold in the united states has pressed its allies, particularly in europe. japan is recognized at the one percent limit that it's adopted as always been policy not right. not, not necessarily a lot of stops it. so the japanese in an attempt to do more in the world, in the region and to demonstrate to other countries that they should be concerned about. japan as well, is now thinking about upping that 2 percent doubling. but that'll be over a significant period of time. perhaps up to 10 years and it will include spending that we may not perhaps consi

party were now joined live by gregory clark, ameritas, president of tama university and a former australian diplomat. currently in tokyo. thanks for being with us here on our international. so what do you think the motive could have been for? are they being shot? and that is a good question. but he has a very how should we say chicken mish sub history? he's been involved in some serious corruption scandals. but as far as i'm concerned, his rain, the problem is north korea. he was response director is not properly realized. but he was directly responsible for killing a 20 years ago, killing a, an agreement which would have saying north korea sees michelle testing and would have opened up a new, created to an economic age from japan. that it would have completely changed to the politics of north north asia. a is a deep down is a very strong right going person. however, he did try hard to get a agreement with russia who are to be in the soviet union and get an agreement on territory. and but otherwise his record has been fairly right going. now we've mentioned that abby was still incredibly influential in his party. he wa

of the universe. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. the funeral of former japanese prime minister sions. obey has taken place in the capital. tokyo. thousands of mourners gathered outside of the temple where a private service was held. following the ceremony, abe's body travelled through this city passing important landmarks including the parliament building. 67 year old was assassinated on friday, while making a speech in the city of nara, just days before a national election. we are joined by journalists, sonya blanca, who has the view now from tokyo, sonia just walk us through what has been happening today. so today, as you mentioned before, there was the private funeral service. thereafter the body was transported into her so through tokyo, thousands of people lined the streets, especially near the temple, and also gathered in front of the head quarter of a liberal democratic party. and of course, the prime minister's office. just half an hour ago, the hearse arrived at the information hall. so this is so for now with the last steps, so to speak. and at a later stage there will be a ceremony held again, a kind of official ceremony in to

of the party who will be trying to carry on his legacy jeffrey hole. therefore, fulton county university. thanks so much for your time. thanks for joining us from tokyo. thank you. and other news, the speaker of sterling has parliament says a new president will be chosen next week. after negotiations to form a new unity government. it follows unprecedented protests which sought tens of thousands of people, stormed the residences of the president and the prime minister. but both of agreed to resign after being blamed for the countries was economic crisis in decades. but i'll fernandez has more from the capital, colombo protest as ruler, antique political landmarks on saturday. see this staying till the president and prime minister resign. thousands of others are streaming in to visit the official residences and this property, the presidential secretariat. we need a new system. we need a new governance. we need new prov. you need proper leaders. so today via to change that and to bring this mission of a country to a stable position via and we are fighting under the, in that in seems close. that protest is, i'm not leaving. they're angry and set up with

at kale university in cambridge, tina barret, who's been associate professor at tokyo base sophia university, and also a visiting fellow at cambridge university. and then you show in the city of beth, who we have your cheery sato, who's a professor rich who may con asia pacific university. and welcome to you all. thanks so much for your time with us on inside story. and i'll do 0 mosquito, which of our legacy will live on most prominently and how do you think that it could continue shaping japan cummins. the other is to be remembered as a someone versus dedicated to foreign security policy. so the, the strengthening of 2 years and one since that has been focused on, but at the same time, i would assume for science the arbitrator very big role in developing relationships . europe. so beyond asia pacific region, beyond in the pacific was something that he, he, he did a very good job. tina. well, what's your take on this? how, how will the, the former prime minister be remembered and, you know, he was known by many for his, i been nomics, which is a try to get the japanese economy moving. what will be the last thing legacy of that in particular, what he tried to do for his own c

brad glosson was the deputy director of the center for rule making strategies at tama university in tokyo. and he's joining us from tokyo. very good to have you with us, sir. and there seems to be a certain amount of a gray area shall we say with regard to what is actually being suggested by the prime minister here and what could be suggested in the future. what's your interpretation of how the prime minister is working towards this? so there's been a shift in japan over the last few years to sort of to up it's engagement on defense and security matters. this reflects a broad based agenda by the conservative government as well, by a sense it to be their partner and a better supporter of rules based order that japan has to do more. and so you've had long talk about reaching that 2 percent threshold. the united states has pressed its allies, particularly in europe. japan is recognized at the one percent limit that it's adopted as always, the policy not reg, not, not necessarily a water that stops it. so the japanese in an attempt are going to be to do more in the world in the region and to

of political science and international affairs at temple university, japan. he says the nation is in shock. this is certainly not something we are used to seeing in tokyo. we never had this kind of gone violence, one of the lowest rates of homicide in the world. and also politicians usually politic. the political game in japan doesn't tend to be rife with any kind of violence. so this comes as a shock to everyone, especially considering the stature of the importance, the victim of operations, though one of the most important post war politicians for japan. so all these elements together and make this and all the more tragic and surprising events, the injuries seem to be extensive. apparently he was shot twice and is said to be under cardiopulmonary arrests, which is usually not a good sign for these kinds for these kinds of injuries. so obviously we're hoping for the best, i'm sure we're going to get some more information in the next few hours, but as of now and especially given how close range all of this happened, things do not look particularly good, but it's too early to, to tell that the real consequences, one of the things that we talk about in jap

the man is the deputy director of the center for rule making strategies at tama university in tokyo. he says japan is looking to raise its defense profile on the international stage. there's been a shift in japan over the last few years to sort of to up it's engagement on defense and security matters. this reflects a broad based agenda by the conservative government as well, by a sense that to be a partner and a better supporter for rules based order that japan has to do more. and so you've had long talk about reaching that 2 percent threshold with the united states is pressed its allies, particularly in europe. japan is recognized at one percent limit that it's adopted as always been policy not right. not, not necessarily a lot of that stopped it. so the japanese in an attempt to do more in the world in the region and to demonstrate to other countries that they should be concerned about. japan as well, is now thinking about of that to a 2 percent doubling. but that'll be over a significant period of time, perhaps up to 10 years. and it will include spending that we may not perhaps co

a craig bark is a professor, a curator, you women's university, the he's the author of the r b restoration. and he just now live from much tokyo professor. good to have you with us. and i will share our baby remembered. well, as was just mentioned, the longest serving a prime minister in japanese history and he was able to make a remarkable political come back in 2012 after serving only a year from 220062007 i. he dominated the opposition parties. micha were divided and he won 2 elections to general elections, 20142017. and even after he departed the leadership in 2020, after climbing illness, which his, which returned. and also coming under some criticism for some political scandals. mishandling the covered 19 pandemic. he are still was a very important force in japanese politics. he headed up the young, largest affection in the ruling liberal democratic party deal. they pay. and of course, yeah, it was a, a such a domination, presence internationally as being part of the g 7. he hosted the year j 7 summits and the g 20 summit's in japan. and so he'll be considered one of the most important figures in japanese and world polit

next guest, robert, the cofounder of the abe legacy and cofounder of temple university's contemporary asian studies. he joins us from tokyo, great to have you with us. and larry summers also called abenomics an aggressive macroeconomic reprogramming of sorts. my question is, it is not completed rather. and never got off the ground, we never got a second term in the spring of 2023. so there is room for it to be carried out in full in the way that shinzo abe imagined it. robert: it is a little complex now, because with the weakening of the yen, with the increase in global inflation, with the war in ukraine, the situation is extremely different. on top of that is what is probably going to continue to be a partial decoupling from china, so the economic situation at the prime minister faces today is very different than the one that abe shinzo was faced with when he became prime minister 10 years ago. haidi: also complex of course are shinzo abe has been lauded as a statesman who brought regional -- regional leaders together and really rebuild the strength of the relationship with the u.s. japan alliance. mixed is his reinterpr

so nebraska there for reporting from tokyo, you're watching the w noon still to come. nasa unveiled the deepest image of the universe yet we'll look at how the james web telescope is allowing scientists to gaze back billions of years in touch. but 1st back to the present, u. s. president joe biden and his mexican counterpart andras manuel lopez abra door holding talks at the white house today. mid tensions over migration relations have become strains since overdose skipped a recent us hosted summit. but after more than 50 people were found dead last month and a sweltering truck at texas, the migration issue is being treated with renewed urgency tail feel, valencia and his wife are trying to come to terms with the inconceivable to of their sons age, just $16.18 died in the truck found in texas along with another relative that im with it than arizona. we wanted to stop them but they had dreams that they wanted to get ahead to build something the other. but that was an allusion. lie live with any info, secular in it. they wanted to get away from their small village in fair cruise mexico, and hoped for a better life in

university japan. he joins us from tokyo. so just took us through the next dream, the tragic set of events. tell us what details you been hearing there in the capital. while the details are still scarce at the moment, but it's certainly a very shocking advance as the previous corresponded with saying, this is certainly not something we are used to seeing and toko. we never had this kind of gun violence, one of the lowest rates of homicide in the world. and also politicians usually probably think the political game in japan doesn't tend to be rife with any kind of violence. so this comes as a shock to everyone, especially considering the stature of the importance, the victim of operations, though, one of the most important post war politicians for japan. so all these elements together and make this and all the more tragic and surprising events. and then why do we know which hospital he was taken and the extent of his injuries, and then some report suggests he's non responsive and could even be dead. absolutely. so i do not have the information as far as is a hospital is concerned, but yeah,

he's an a junk professor of political science and international affairs at temple university in japan. he joins us from tokyo been while good job you back. it does seem extraordinary, doesn't it? that a former japanese prime minister can be so vulnerable to get shot to get attacked at such close range. i mean, this is highlight a major lapse insecurity in a way it does, but also in the context of japanese politics. this is something, this is the way things have always been done as the previous correspondence that i mean in japan, historically, at least in the last few decades, there has been very, very little violence, political violence or violence against politicians. there's very little rate of violent crime in general in japan and for context as well. just about a week ago, i was a new one, homer right next to tokyo and i saw a speech by pedal cornel who is a very high level politician in japan. he was also a hopeful for prime minister, continued to play a large role in the government. and right after the speech, he was walking among the crowd. there were a few people right around him. and it was somethi

of heritage and objective is this object. you have to be explicit in africa before they are in tokyo, tomorrow in new york. it's important to talk about universal. isn't that object? how to be visible in africa? have to be in the car in i be job in, well, i extra extra. when you think about this word, universalism is very important. i think it's a conversation that we had with the memory of colonialism and also the question of, you know, the statues in our public space who's public space? is it there are studies in paris that the street names are mostly men. i think it's about 98 percent. ok, the the street names are named after famous men. part of these famous men are famous because they took, they took part in wars. some of those wars are colonial wars, where they dominated killed, destroyed, you know, people who, that, you know, we are linked to. and when people say, oh colonialism, that's a long time ago. well, my parents were born under french rule that were born in cambodia when the french was still there. it's just one generation. and it's what happened in the past till governs us today. i know that it's very difficult to have these conv

of the most infl influential leaders in its history. >> and for more on this, i'm joined now by jeffrey kingston at temple university, japan and joins us from tokyo as well. thanks so much for being here with us. just describe for us the mood in japan right now. >> well, i think that this barbaric killing has the nation in shock. obviously, people are grieving and mourning the loss of perhaps the most consequential political leader in post-war japan. so i think it's natural that people are very concerned about safety issues. but the fact is, the man made his own gun, because it is so difficult to get a gun in this country. and last year they had one firearm homicide, compared to nearly 20,000 in the united states. so at least on that score, the japanese have been very effective in making this a safer society. >> yeah, absolutely, even though as you say, many people have described that sort of sense of loss of security that they've felt themselves. now talking about abe himself, i mean some politicians, after they leave the top job they kind of fade away, but he was still a politician even after leaving the prime minister's office. how much influe