wendy cutler says the united states won't pressure the country regarding its decision. the u.s. assistant trade representative made the comment on friday with an interview with nhk in tokyo. she spoke about a view in japan that the u.s. is forcing the country to join the transpacific partnership. she said the days of pressure are over and the u.s. is working with japan and a partner. >> we'll be look at japan's readiness as i said. that means concrete steps that japan can take to address concerns and japan's political commitment and willingness to participate in a negotiation of a high standards agreement. >> her remarks suggest that the u.s. hopes japan will take concrete steps to put all items on the negotiating table before joining former negotiations on the tpp, japan needs approval from all nine countries already in the takes. japan held a preliminary consultations with the u.s. twice last month. formal negotiations among the nine countries are now being held in melbourne, australia. next we go to bangkok to find out what's going on in the region. >> we start our bulletin i

wendy cutler says the united states won't pressure the country regarding its decision. the u.s. assistant trade representative made the comment on friday with an interview with nhk in tokyo. she spoke about a view in japan that the u.s. is forcing the country to join the transpacific partnership. she said the days of pressure are over and the u.s. is working with japan and a partner. >> we'll be look at japan's readiness as i said. that means concrete steps that japan can take to address concerns and japan's political commitment and willingness to participate in a negotiation of a high standards agreement. >> her remarks suggest that the u.s. hopes japan will take concrete steps to put all items on the negotiating table before joining former negotiations on the tpp, japan needs approval from all nine countries already in the takes. japan held a preliminary consultations with the u.s. twice last month. formal negotiations among the nine countries are now being held in melbourne, australia. next we go to bangkok to find out what's going on in the region. >> we start our bulletin i