hassan rowhani in teheran japan's prime minister there is in iran on a 2 day visit to the country to essentially ease rising tension between the united states as well as iran which has become clear in the press conference and as you can see it didn't meet with the president hassan rouhani in in iran and he's also expected to hold talks with iran's supreme leader ali how many on thursday let's cross over to dorset jabari she's joining us from to her on so doris up on the face of it and i suppose officially the 2 men are marking an anniversary off their sort of diplomatic relationship but what came out of that press conference is that based spoke about a wide range of issues and it was very clear when he said that he wants to play a role for easing the tension surrounding iran. yes certainly a very direct and specific statement from the japanese prime minister on his 1st official visit to these amec republic he was very clear about why he's here he reminisced about the fact that he was here 36 years ago with his father who was the japanese foreign minister then but his this is it now i

through their stagflation right and that number shrinking so japan is being taken private japan is going back to them. ages to practice going back to feudalism and they'll be completely futile state now presumably with the next few years so break out the samurai swords and the kabuki theater and everything else that goes with medieval japan because that's where they're headed so a few things 1st of all it's the bank of japan now the bank of tokyo the b.o.j. and secondly it's becoming state owned so this the taxpayers owning these companies this is also we're in a situation of global deflation japan has led the way it's been in deflation for at least a decade or 2 longer than everywhere else that has resulted in them being the 1st mover and terms of crazy economic crazy monetary policies to fix so-called fix the markets and fix the economy you can look forward to the u.s. and european nations getting in on this of course switzerland has already copy of this smaller nations can do this with huge savings pools like switzerland like japan and they're buying up stocks now remember during the

this slow thing in japan of women. . . a woman was feet. this slow thing in japan of women... a woman was forced to wear high heels in the uk, a story was out about it recently. there are lots of dress codes. you mentioned earlier about men and shirts and ties. the situation of a man is clearly a lot easier. i don't wear a tie most of the day if i don't need to. but again, it seems absurd in the 21st century that women should be forced to wear ridiculously uncomfortable shoes just to do their job. it is not a dress code, it does feel discredited tree. argued lawrence for being with us this morning. and thank you for your comments on that story as well. i will see you very soon, bye—bye. hello. if you want yourjune weather to come with sunshine and warmth, this isn't the forecast for you. but if you want some rain on the garden, well, we're in business, because during tuesday, most of us will see some rain at some stage of the day as a weather system coming in from the south—west extends that rain further north and east as the day goes on. already, as tuesday starts, some o

it's 1964 and japan receives a huge post-war boost with the launch of the shinkansen. one has. no didn't. catch a tear or she makes history by driving the 1st bullet train from osaka to tokyo he breaks the high speed world record and it's proof that japan is back on the world stage 70 june in the sky. new home. more. than saving the assassin. towards ascension and. high single you home. to. the shuttle in japan national railways was under pressure from the government to keep the top speed to well under 200 kilometers an hour. or. less than 31 but. $200.00 looking on the. man and the. man. the onus is on the up on the other one. or 2 more moderate in the said i. consent. keith i hear the room on your own. symbol i've always wanted to try my hand at driving a bullet train and the opportunity comes with a simulator at a japan railway's museum this is the author this is the xo back all the way ok. they were all corrupt. is there an emergency stop button in the in the butchery. when there is no emergency stop in the simulator so we start this speeding. down i suppose that really say

all a ball process and kowtowing but again i'd like to welcome you here japan japan. my . soccer. brothers c.c. to your native city of st petersburg. and it is a blow to welcome you here. the city you tied to the city which you love but you just signed a number of agreements. among them was the concept on japanese companies participation in the arctic as p.g. project which is to develop the russia's arctic region. held both sides to achieve good economic results also in the city of her barros could a number of projects will be implemented together now after i suggested my 8 point plan of cooperation over to you i would produce have been born all of these 3 years and we are determined to continue this win win cooperation. we had a number of goals for chief to increase the number of tourism coming to japan and to russia to do that we. are going to work more on the economic. exchanges between the universities people and people relations in general and this change of culture has just completed her now we seem to start of the into regional change here which is going to take place next

in japan. calling trade tensions the biggest threat to the global growth story. officials welcomed trump's decision to take one trade threat off the table and suspending terms of mexico. that includes canada's finance minister in an exclusive interview. us the move will pay the way ahead for the u.s. talks. positionobviously in a where we don't think tariffs are helpful in the conduct of global trade. that didn't happen, so i'm not going to speculate. from our perspective, what's most important is the u.s. removing those section 232 aluminum tariffs on canada, which for us, was a very important statement that we could move forward to the ratification of the usmca. so, we'll just deal with of the world as it is. up,ince you brought that leaders of the company, that's still in play. retaliation against canadian citizens. how would you describe where you are now, and is there a clear step forward? >> we don't have a clear step forward right now. we are in a difficult moment in our relations with c

play argentina in the 0-0 watched japan play argentina in the 0—0 draw. japan did not play terribly well but surely care said that the team that came runners—up in the last world cup and which won it in 2011 must not be underestimated. japan are a very technical side and will be extremely well organised for tomorrow afternoon's match. surely care work for a japanese company in livingston for a japanese company in livingston for 17 years, so i asked her whether she felt she had an understanding of the japanese mentality. the value is installed, disciplined, organised. that is what we have tried to instill in ourteam, that is what we have tried to instill in our team, i have that is what we have tried to instill in ourteam, i have been that is what we have tried to instill in our team, i have been a huge admirerof instill in our team, i have been a huge admirer of the japanese team for many years. world cup winners, runners—up, you know, they are a formidable team and that should not be lost here, just because they drew against argentina. the values, yo

through their stagflation right and that number a shrinking so japan is being taken private japan is going back to the mill. ages to go back to feudalism and they'll be completely futile state now. presumably with the next few years so break out the samurai swords and the kabuki theater and everything else that goes with medieval japan because that's where they're headed so a few things 1st of all it's the bank of japan now the bank of tokyo the b.o.j. and secondly it's becoming state owned so this the taxpayers owning these companies this is also we're in a situation of global deflation japan has led the way it's been in deflation for at least a decade or 2 longer than everywhere else that has resulted in them being the 1st mover and terms of crazy economic crazy monetary policies to fix so-called fix the markets and fix the economy you can look forward to the u.s. and european nations getting in on this of course switzerland has already copy of this smaller nations can do this with huge savings pools like switzerland like japan and they're buying stocks now remember during the last

we break into risking it all now to take you to osaka in japan where the g 20 host japan's prime minister shinzo arbor is speaking as the summit comes to a close that's listening to what he say japan's 1st 1st time being the whole presidency. well what can unite and i believed and in that belief i pray play the role of the chair however we cannot find. the majors in a very quick way however we have managed to disseminate to mrs g.'s from the leaders. the measures that can bring win win situation to every country and in order to make possible sustainable development. those were the goes of our discussions now trade tensions are continuing. and there is a risk. and that we have to keep those risks and tensions in mind a still we have to we have united in agreeing that we have to unite in order to lead the world world economy there are some. this this satisfaction bidding countries. so. although there are concerns what we have to do is to establish principles in order to lead the world economy to the future free fair and inclusive economy and open. competition those principles have been affi

and japan looking ahead to renegotiating the terms of japanese support for japan. that's the backdrop for this kind of discussion. shery: whether this is true or not, how much leverage does this in hisime minister abe own domestic policies? he has long wanted to change the pacifist constitution. tobias: i don't think we should look at it that way. if somehow in the unlikely event the u.s.-japan security treaty were abrogated in the u.s. withdrew its security guarantees from japan, you're looking at a fundamental shift in japanese to mystic policy. this is something there is no precedent for. i suspect it might open the door to constitutional revision but it would cause japan to have to fundamentally rethink how it defends itself. you have a total earthquake in japan's domestic policies. east asian security affairs with unpredictable effect on what it means for south korea and china and all the countries in the region. you're talking about something so colossally big it is hard to wrap our minds around what the implications would be. mind,keeping all that in does th

-japan alliance. themplete reversal of thoughts that were coming out of the white house earlier this week in which president trump appeared to question the durability of that post-world war ii alliance between the u.s. and japan. instead, he intends to deepen that alliance. other headlines coming out as well. live picture from president trump speaking with the indian prime minister modi. tariffs whichover india has recently levied on products from the u.s.. president trump saying, we will be talking about trade. it will be very positive. he congratulated modi on his recent reelection. iran, asked about president trump saying that it would be on the agenda and that the group would discuss many topics. president trump and indian prime minister have their meeting there. you can see them sitting at the g20. that is one of the more interesting moments in osaka given the recent tensions between washington and new delhi over trade. dan, not quite the same scale as the u.s. and china trade dispute. a bit of k

this is the bank of japan dominating the jgb market. those white bars, the bank of japan holdings. the red bars are everybody else. is that sustainable going forward? how long can that persist? flipside,ean, on the they only on 45% of the market, so they could go further. but no, there are practical limits to this. you know, because there's always going to be an amount of -- a minimum amount of jgb that financial institutions are going to need to hold for lateral purposes. one sort of issue that is lingering under the surface for the boj's operations right now is the shortage of eligible collateral. they tried to address this issue in the policy meeting, but i think that, you know, they cannot keep up at this forever. paul: you mentioned it at the beginning as well. riskse a lot of downside for inflation going forward. what does this mean for the sales tax? will that be introduced or increased at the end of the year as planned or is that pretty much doomed now? as i said earlier, i think the likelihood of a delay this time around is actually quite low. that does not mean i agree wi

tom: are you long japan? some japanesehave stocks for we are under way japan but it is more micro reasons, it is hard for us to find quality companies at low find asquality to management teams building value for shareholders, earning good returns, smart capital allocation, this is very difficult to find. it is not impossible. we own some shares like toyota, very good companies, but on whole difficult to find shareholder oriented management teams, despite efforts being made from all over the place. francine: you find them in europe? david: you find them in europe, more difficult than the u.s. but you find them in europe and saudi relations that are so -- valuations that are so overwhelmingly attractive compared to the rest of the world of multinationals, whether in the financial sector, materials, industrials, they are trading, look at a chart of european equities versus japan or the u.s. versus the world, europe has been a huge negative outlier from a price perspective . since earnings have not fallen, it mea

japan's representative at the i.m.f. during the with economic crisis thanks so much jessica for coming on the show to tell me about this have a bit of history tell me about it g. 20 began to replace g 8 after the shock of the 2008 western economic crisis and the obvious austerity to pay off bank losses. not started in the spring of 2009 and 6 months after the name of shock at the spring meeting of the i.m.f. . meeting was scheduled in washington d.c. and i was there as of yet and we're presenting a blow to the british government. those days. obama obama administration they they feel that it will be a bit difficult situation whereby. for european countries if a russia is included it's 5 might bang on united states for its fear or do you think management of either present market in the united states which caused the shock so that the united states. shifted. its rate on g 28 rather than g 8 and what does it feel like for you because you kind of seen it before i want to actually talk about nationalize ation whether it's goin

the governor of japan says he is confident of japan, but is ready to act at any moment. shery: let's get a quick check of how the markets closed. we saw the s&p 500 gain ground for the fifth consecutive the 28th 92t shy of level, the high for the month of may. we saw carmakers and chipmakers leading the gains. we had president trump indefinitely postponing tariffs on mexico. time, he claimed we would see some more agriculture for pushes from mexico. some questions for investors that are now focusing on what happens at the g20. session, there were a few takeover deals. the s&p 500 saw the biggest five-day jump since january. u.s. futures not doing much. let's see how we are setting up for asia. sophie: australian markets are back in line. city features are heading gains. come on nextably session with kiwi stocks adding .6%. in tokyo, these advances may stall after the nikkei and the topix closed 1% higher on monday. local media reports that the u.s. is seeking to expand the definition for auto parts in chinese tariff talks. higher earnings are due plus alibaba's home inve

this is our last day in kyoto japan. we are heating i heading in an w with the president after the show and we'll bring it to you monday. last night had a primary debate and what passes for the heavy hitters on the left in attendance. joe biden, pete buttigieg, kamala harris and bernie sanders. on immigration, at least, they seemed in total agreement. [chanting] sorry for the tape mixup. that was the youth wing making pretty much the same point. watch pete buttigieg. this is the right tape. buttigieg is a mayor and a presidential candidate but a self-described moral leader gandi or jackson brown. watch him say it's morally wrong to maintain international borders. >> the criminalization is the basis for family separation. you do away with that, it's no longer possible. of course, it wouldn't be possible anyway in my presidency because it is dead wrong. >> tucker: got that? sneaking in someone else's country can never be a crime. it doesn't matter if you're a spy, gang member, drug mule with 20 kilos of heroin on your back

dialer says its profits are likely to take a hit and smoked or deep fried how would you like your whale japan step to resume commercial whaling and is causing an up. on because cobra welcome to the program the white house is turning up the pressure on iran particularly on the country's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini u.s. president donald trump signed an executive order slapping you sanctions on iran on monday he said they would deny iran's supreme leader and his affiliates access to resources and the u.s. financial system the white house added that anybody conducting transactions with sanctioned individuals may be exposed to sanctions themselves. which are now iranian officials brushed off washington's latest move saying it wouldn't hurt at all but by the looks of it the u.s. is strategy of strangling iran's economy by piling up sanction after sanction has had an impact. iran is feeling the pinch the reintroduction of u.s. sanctions has had a crippling effect on the economy the value of the reale has plummeted pushing inflation to over 30 percent and u.s. president donald trump's attempt t

will be the impact on the global economy and japan? yorizumi: japan is preoccupied with development because the aree escalation of tariffs adversity affecting the existing value chain or production network. it is devastating to the existing value chain. japanese companies are very actively involved. appeasement be some taking place in the bilateral talks. our prime minister is very much twovated to mediate between leaders and he will meet mr. xi jinping sometime tonight and mr. trump also meet mr. abe. i hope the japanese prime minister as a host will work well between the two superpowers. with theh -- stephen: negotiations, there are threats on japan again. have said japan is not particularly interested in a free-trade agreement with the u.s.. why is that so? this --: the logic is what we have agreed upon was the bilateral u.s.-japan [indiscernible] we have the deal already done. in order to capture the dynamism theoutheast asia, i think bilateral cannot grasp or capture all the dynamism. together withtes japan, both countries need a

has faced intense criticism last december japan withdrew from the international whaling commission so that it could hunt for whale and its own waters again however whale meat accounts for just north point one percent of all meat sold in japan and there are thought to be just 300 people connected to the country's whaling industry . that just taking anything more historically speaking of the connection between japanese people in wales has always been strong but whale meat is far less popular than before pork now and i think that's a crisis not just for us but for the japanese people looked at the hand. there. although those still connected to the whale again history would like to see an increase in demand for the meat it may well be that the ship has sailed on a practice that has become more associated with controversy and culture. i was doing business with. her mother was one of the close to 1000000 seniors murdered. during one genocide out and 25 years ago. but many of the killers are going to be on brand new. shows or just tracking them down. and bringing the murderers to just. 16. c

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and with northeast asia and japan in the trade war and japan has moved into that gap. investment in china has gone up. and lastly with north korea and iran the united states has to accept what president xi was trying to drive home there is no way to buy maximum pressure that to some degree with chinese buying they are the partner both. that will complicate us china relationship. to place that maximum economic pressure on iran and we don't have that much additional room to sanction ourselves. and then with the chinese government to pressure because we have t8 which is a multifaceted issue but the one that really got people's attention was just a few days ago is one that seemed different then not allowing t8 into the infrastructure. to keep that from developing into the high-tech area and that seems much more like a cold war position. that is my basic take on that the next is between economic policy to turn into a basic concert i really do believe we are more powerful than china. i say they are plenty powerful enough that we don't dismiss their power but i think the unit

is to japan as prime minister is to tell the americans that. what is your odds expectations. for any kind of you know possible to new talks between the 2 sides as a non-signatory to the 2015 uclear agreement japan has a unique vantage point it is seen as an outside party that could try to deescalate tensions in this region with all the diplomatic activity that's been taking place here in the past week it is clear that the international community is on a mission to try and ease tensions between the united states and iran but none of the efforts by foreign powers have so far managed to make a difference and it is too early to tell if the visit by japan's prime minister will be more successful dorsets a party al-jazeera to iran. u.s. special representative for iran says america has been coordinating with japan about his visit and will continue its campaign of maximum pressure on terror on. prime minister abbay did land in iran today we've been highly coordinated with the prime minister he and the president spoken a few times and so he's there to t

it's 1964 and japan receives a huge post-war boost with the launch of the shinkansen. one has. you know then. terro always she makes history by driving the 1st bullet train from osaka to tokyo he breaks the high speed world record and it's proof that japan is back on the world stage 70 june in the sky. falls in the home it. is inside when the assassin. towards ascension and the high single you home. to. the shuttle in japan national railways was under pressure from the government to keep the top speed to well under 200 kilometers an hour. or. less than 31. 100 looking on. monday. march. on this is on the up on the way. to more moderate in the sendai. heat and i hear the room on your home. i've always wanted to try my hand at driving a bullet train and the opportunity comes with a simulator at a japan railway's museum this is the author this is the xo back all the way ok. they were all corrupt. is there an emergency stop in the in the bullet train. when there's no emergency stop in the simulator so we start this on speed. as it was released. because being on camera the. brake br

has faced intense criticism last december japan withdrew from the international whaling commission so that it could hunt for a whale and its own waters again however whale meat accounts for just north point one percent of all meat sold in japan and there are thought to be just 300 people connected to the country's whaling industry they just take anything more historically speaking of the connection between japanese people and whales has always been strong but whale meat is far less popular than before pork now and i think that's a crisis not just for us but for the japanese people looked at the hand. there. although those still connected to the whale again history would like to see an increase in demand for the meat it may well be that the ship has sailed on a practice that has become more associated with controversy than culture. i was doing business with. people for information. the. want to express. g w on facebook and twitter to dish out in touch follow us. so if you have to get through the bundesliga break without a football 6 think again. it. comes from. some excitement. among s

change commitment some are saying that this is because japan is trying to suck up to the u.s. is there any truth to that oh yeah there's a lot of truth to that let's let's face facts japan has been playing this game sucking up to the u.s. for a while you know just their leader i mean come on you know that everything's kind of changed from what we knew of japan decade or so ago to now the countries playing this very different game almost hawkish japan was one of the most peaceful countries when you put it in your mind for the past since world war 2 and now we have this kind of japan now what we're talking about here is climate change the paris accord japan has changed its language where it's coming to the g. 20 with what it's talking about climate change its tone down everything so that it could appease the u.s. which is basically been talking about leaving the accord since 2015 and why is china what's japan i should say doing this. because of trade cars and agriculture 2 things that could get hit hard by the u.s. and japan is a very scared that i might be sent down the same di

japan had been given a way. shinzo abe is going to be celebrating many years of diplomatic ties between japan celebrating many years of diplomatic ties betweenjapan and iran, is in a good position. japan is also very close to saudi arabia and shinzo abe‘s close to jump so he is an ideal person to try and build a bridge here and tell the iranians don‘t ramp up your nuclear programme as they threatened they would do, and may bespeak some reason to the americans and the saudis. so this could be helpful. this could be very helpful. good news is they are hosting the 620 summit at the end of the month. absolutely. and it comes in line with my pope leo —— mike pompeo spending time in switzerland and switzerland represents the us in and switzerland represents the us in a run which is why he could have those discussions —— tehran. there‘s a lot going on below the service. most meat in 2040 being not from animals or artificial intelligence? meet and animals. i was shocked when i read this in the guardian —

our warning from japan. he cautions over potential clashes in the middle east when he meets with the president of around. good morning asia, hello world. it is thursday and thank you forjoining us thursday and thank you forjoining us for this exciting addition of asia business report did let's start the programme with hong kong where authorities have shut government offices in the cbd for the rest of the week. on wednesday, hundreds of thousands of people swarmed the streets to oppose a planned new extradition law which includes mainland china. many stores closed and several businesses gave their employees a day off as tensions escalated. let's cross now to my colleague mariko. the first reaction that we should keep an eye on is on the stock market which will start trading in less than one hour from now. as you would expect, they fell 1.796 now. as you would expect, they fell 1.7% on wednesday, headed for the biggest monthly fall. we cannot say it is all because of the protest. there is a bigger concern here

our reporter cure dole reporting from japan thank you. and i to some of the other global business stories making headlines today china has suspended pork and beef imports from canada due to a falsified certificate for a pork product the canadian meat council said it was unclear why beef products have also been banned chinese news agency reported earlier this month that customs authorities in one gene found traces of a banned food additive in pork products from the canadian company friedel roy. bitcoins resurgence is picking up steam the price of currency has soared to its highest level since january last year in asian trading on wednesday bitcoin jumped 10 percent to a price of just under $13000.00 it has now risen for aids trading sessions in a row. u.s. federal reserve chairman jerome powell said the central bank will be taking a closer look at facebook's newly announced cryptocurrency believe brought face book on bail the currency last week saying it would bring more services to people without access to the banking system. and german l

-japan relationship. how threatened is the relationship between the japan and the u.s., the political alliance? mr. fujisaka: this bilateral dialogue, negotiations with u.s. and japan is very important. we should come to an agreement sooner than later. -- the important thing is it has to be win-win for both sides. it should not be win in agriculture, win in automobile for the united states and nothing for japan. the american side has to keep that in mind as well. paul: the long-running sore point has been the subsidies extended to farmers. is it expected to be rolled back in any meaningful way? what america has been sinking more -- thinking more is not subsidies. they would like to come into the japanese market like australians are innew zealanders, who tpp. i think the other countries of a betterbe put in situation than u.s. farmers. that is why u.s. farmers have been worried. it is not reducing subsidies by the japanese government to japanese farmers, but they want to be on equal footing with tpp tier c

appdoes samsung's consumer fit into the landscape in japan? has struggled in japan. the only people who use it in japan are those who have studied abroad, lived abroad or worked for international companies. the demographic that linkedin once to get to our the big companies. you do not want your boss to see yuan linkedin because it is considered a website where you go to look for other opportunities. the challenge is, how do you get these people to create a digital resume on their platform. rather than saying, here is a platform, create your own resume, they said, why don't you create your own business cards? as a result of that, what they did was they created a bunch of digital resumes for the people that they were not able to reach. in terms of the user base, it is the largest business social network in japan. convert this into a social network. today, it is by far the largest business social network in japan. that covers people that linkedin was not able to penetrate. paul: general partner and one of the larger shareholders in japan. think you for joining us today.

we're live in japan coming up.

has faced intense criticism last december japan withdrew from the international whaling commission so that it could hunt for whale in its own waters again however whale meat accounts for just north point one percent of all meat sold in japan and there are thought to be just 300 people connected to the country's whaling industry. to stake anything more historically speaking the connection between japanese people in wales has always been strong but whale meat is far less popular than before pork now i think that's a crisis not just for us but for the japanese people looked at the hand. although those still connected to the well again this tree would like to see an increase in demand for the meat it may well be that the ship has sailed on a practice that has become more associated with controversy than culture. nice doing business with you. on the hunt. on the cover a range of hunters who don't care about conservation. species. 20 scrupulous true. how can they be. around the world. on behalf of. in 30 minutes. earth home to millions of species. worth saving. here's what's on those are bi

and we'll have highlights from the women's world cup japan faced off with scotland at the tournaments in france with both sides looking to seal their 1st win. welcome to the program. after days of unrest and street protests in hong kong the city's government has climbed down it's announced it will indefinitely suspended proposed law that would have allowed people to be extradited to mainland china the bill caused widespread concern that it would threaten hong kong's rule of law and its status as a financial hub. fractious scenes outside government house in hong kong preceded a remarkable turnaround from the leadership are so repeated in turn no deliberations over the last 2 days i now announce that the government has decided to suspend a legislative amendment exercice restart our communication with all sectors of society do more explanation work and listen to different views of society statement acknowledging the pressure of recent days where protesters thronged the city streets and clashed with police was instrumental in her decision to suspend but not withdraw the bill that suspensi

this is d w news live from berlin in japan world leaders arrive for the g. 20 summit the trade war between the 2 largest economies china and the united states and the lack of consensus on tackling global warming are likely to dominate also coming up tonight the health of germany's chancellor back in the spotlight after all is seen shaking and event for the 2nd time in a week and who will take the line tonight a standoff in the mediterranean over migration policy as italy refuses to allow rescue ship carrying dozens of migrants to lay. off it's good to have you with us so we begin tonight in osaka japan with the g. 20 summit world leaders have been gathering there for the beginning of the summit on friday there is no shortage of big issues to discuss but the trade war between the united states and china is expected to dominate the agenda the white house says that washington is still insisting on changes to intellectual property rules as a condition for any trade deal a top aide for president trump says that trump will decide whether or not to impose more tariffs on chinese goods after him.

i want to talk about japan. you've highlighted your goal quickly reese -- with the recent agreement, a two-stage process. the question is, where do negotiations stand and what timeline are you looking at for a possible agreement with japan. amb. lighthizer: thank you. with respect to japan, one of the biggest beneficiaries of our actions with japan is the beef industry but also pork and some others. they are also the ones most at risk if we don't do something because of the fact japan has entered into agreements in the tpp. about three we are cows to one person in montana so that is music to my ears. amb. lighthizer: we have had a series of negotiations, including at the staff level and at my level last week, we are going to meet again before gesturing the course of the g20 -- during the course of the g20. i think we are making headway and we are in a situation where if we don't make headway quickly, people will lose customers and never get that marketshare back so it's a serious thing, the japanese are fully en

a live look at osaka, japan. donald trump landing in japan for the g 20 summit was a busy few days ahead and all eyes going to donald trump and xi jinping to see if there is a deal that can be made. rob: rumors of a tentative trade truce that could be coming. our economy has been a bit tense, a bit nervous with all these tariffs and the situation with china which we are heavily reliant on for a number of things. this is a potential trade truce, could be really great news economically for our country. people keeping their eye on that and also meeting with vladimir putin. he will meeting with angela merkel and the president of india. a big few days and the meeting with xi jinping is set for saturday 11:00 in the morning japan time. jillian: we have a portion of an interview with donald trump where the president said if there's a deal that can be made, great but i will make the right deal. he always hangs on that, not going to make a deal for the sake of making a deal. in the meantime we are doing well right now. we

or japan acquiesced they did the applause accord and i think japan regrets that because they were on their way as. deflation ever said they were never about to take over the world of it and they they backed off so china is using that as a lesson and they're saying we don't want to do that work we really do want to run the world we've got the best technology hallway or 5 g. telecom behave mrs superior in every way and nobody's going to catch us so they're ready to go for the brass ring well as mortgage bond refinancing options came to a close in denmark it was clear that homeowners in the country are about to get negative interest rates on their loans for all maturities 3 to 5 years representing multiple all time lows for borrowing costs again so you're going to have that divide within domestic economies as winners are chosen in this grand geo political and geo economic game and quickly on this day i want to turn to ban on chinese telecom giant huawei cut off rural americans cell service the chump administration ban on goods produced by a chinese tech giant would seem to have little t

proposal japan withdrew and its whaling fleet is preparing to presume hunting minky as well as beat whales but when the fleet returns to the water some things will be different japan says it will only hunt in its territorial waters not the open seas of the antarctica north pacific where it has until now been hunting for scientific research and it's not clear whether they'll even be a market in japan for the whale meat the ships bring to shore consumption in japan has plummeted from around $200000.00 tonnes each year in the sixty's to just $5000.00 tonnes each year over the last 5 that could be due to the changing tastes of a new generation the changing attitudes to hunting whales a likely affected tune and things that the international whaling commission will also be different japan's departure has arguably lift it weakened but after a more than 3 decades fight of the commercial whaling it's now free to concentrate on what it was originally formed to do commercial whaling is now back on the list of threats to the world's whales but there too is a climate crisis that's already advers

exports to japan and the u.s. business presence in japan further expand. inare doing pretty well japan as u.s. businesses, but we can do better and that is what we are hoping this new agreement is going to accomplish by bringing in a deal. -- a comprehensive deal. paul: are you concerned that auto tariffs are going to the back of the agenda once the elections are out of the way in japan? the president indicated, as you are suggesting here, that he was going to lay off the pressure on japan until after those elections. they are indeed very important for prime minister abe. he has a two thirds majority in the upper house and he certainly want keep that. and depending on the outcome, his ability to get a trade deal, including some of the difficult areas in agriculture will be affected. it is going to be important, i think, to see what the prime minister's margin for maneuver is after those elections. clearly, it is going to be a key thing to be watching here as we gave the prospects for a quick resolution or a quick agreement, rather, in these negotiations. p

with respect to japan, the u.s. exported over 13 billion in ag goods to japan. the president and the ambassador and i all understand the urgency to advance negotiations with japan as soon as possible for u.s. agriculture. we have also published our negotiating objectives for trade agreements with the eu and the uk upon its exit from the eu. the wto provides multiple tools for the u.s. to build coalitions or act alone to aggressively counteract trade concerns that negatively negatively impact u.s. jobs. we have major concerns that countries are failing to properly notify their agricultural domestic support we therefore have started submitting our own counter notifications of other country's excessive support and we are holding countries accountable for their excessive trade distorting farm subsidy. we litigated on a major dispute to a wto panel on china china's excess support and we won. a cornerstone of u.s. trade policy is to promote the adoption by our trading partners of transparent, predictable and risk appropriate regulatory methods that are based on scienc

in this clip from singapore japan is finding itself in a unique position as a strong u.s. ally and a friend of iran mr mediterranean the president hassan rouhani when he was arrived yesterday since that meeting trump is all but declared a full scale military attack on iran after claiming he stopped short of the monitor of 150 arraignments he declared further economic warfare not only on the iranian people of sanctions but on iran's head of state to the response from jeff ron is making headlines in the usa iran is the lashing out at the u.s. over a new financial pressure saying there will be no diplomatic end to this standoff this morning a romney and president hassan rouhani called new u.s. sanctions outrageous and idiotic his words now a spokesman for iran's foreign ministry said the measures equal a permanent closure for diplomacy so that's it then no more diplomacy and then just ahead of friday's g. 20 summit trump tweets about terminating u.s. so-called protection of world oil supplies. versing the persian gulf there was of clearly done so much to protect the middle ea

women actually play in japan's economy. it's actually very sad the role that women play in the japanese economy is quite small just to give you an example of all of the c.e.o.'s in japan only 8 percent women you can compare that to the e.u. for example where the average is about 30 percent so you can see that's very little also if you look at the list of companies it drops to 4 percent if we look at the gender wage gap japan is one of the west in the o.e.c.d. women a quarter less than their male counterparts and it's not because women wouldn't start working at a young age where they just cannot work from the beginning it's because if the women then work and then marry and get kids it's very hard for them to get back into work so that's a major problem in the japanese economy. society and japan like in many other industrialized societies is aging rapidly and women needed to fill the gaps that. they had definitely definitely needed that's the reason why are they actually introduced a policy a few years ago called womenomics w

-- the prime minister of japan. will be in south korea. i let him know. we will see if we see each other for two minutes, that will be find here some of you will be there. >> what about jamal khashoggi, sir? anna crown prince? pres. trump: thank you very much. thank you ray i will be meeting with president xi at 12:00 today. we will be discussing huawei, we will be discussing the trade deal. lot was accomplished last night. the relationship is very good with chin. , as to whether or not we can make a deal, time will tell. what the relationship itself is very good. we have a very good friendship. we have a very, very good friendship, like i have with mo veryd, and that is important, especially when you have a place like saudi arabia, or china, or any country, north korea, it is about relationships, otherwise you end ofin very bad wars and lots problems. relationships are very important. thank you all very much. appreciate it. thank you very much. today, presidential candidates elizabeth warren, amy tulsihar, and chel