the united states is japan's best friend. japan and the u.s. are allies that share universal values such as freedom, democracy, and human rights. our alliance has served its role as the foundation of peace and stability for the indo-pacific region and the world. in light of the current regional situation and the severe security environment, the importance of our alliance has reached new heights. based on such common recognition at today's summit, we engaged in far-reach and candid exchange of views on each other's political principles, challenges faced in each of our nations, our common vision and other matters. president biden and i reaffirmed the recognitions confirmed at the japan-u.s. two-plus-two held last month and agreed to engage in initiatives for the region based upon such recognitions. we also discussed the free and open indo-pacific. we agreed that while japan and the u.s. will take the lead to promote the vision through concrete effort, we'll also cooperate with other countries and regions, including the asian, australian and india

but in japan they go this way so little difference in america we go come here this way and japan they go come here this way. so this cat is telling you to come in here and you see at the base right here a gold piece. so the cat is telling you come into our shop and make money for us. i'm not sure why he had eight ball eyes. that's it. and japanese community has many superstitious thing sometime. they said the right hand means something the left hand means something else whether it's so white cat a gold cat or black cat and means various things, but i'm not sure i can't keep up with all the myth that goes with the monarchy cat. you look at the rooftop. at the building behind me. what do you see there? he's seen gold fish like this is to ward off evil spirit the fish in order to spit water. so that's for fire protection. so if you go to nagoya japan at the castle, you see a similar fish there. that's the ward off evil spirit or for fire protection. right here is one of three remaining grocery stores in the little tokyo area and the peak population in the 1930s and 40s. we had dozens of

and japan over taiwan. yes and so taiwan is an old issue in the sheep han china relationship in the u.s. china relationship as you know it goes all the way back to the 1970 s. and both countries normalize their diplomatic relations so taiwan has a relationship with japan but not a military relationship surely there is no taiwan relations act which is what we have here in the united states that allows tokyo to be a partner it's high winds in the security however if you look at a map taiwan is very very close to the southwestern islands of japan proximity makes taiwan a real consideration when japanese defense planners if china were to up the pressure or continued the pressure on taiwan and there was some sort of military confrontation then japan would be immediately affected because it would be in its in its maritime borders not very far away from territory and margaret talk about dropping his concern there is another japanese concern is there not just to balance its trade relationship with china is the bigg

the united states is japan's best friend. japan and the u.s. are allies that share universal values such as freedom, democracy, and human rights. our alliance has grown as the foundation of these instability for the indo pacific region and the world. in light of the current regional situation and the severe security environment, the importance of our alliance has reached new heights. based on such common recognition at today's summit, we are engaged in strong reaching and candid views on each other's political principles, challenges faced in each of our nations, our common vision, and other matters. president biden and i reaffirmed the recognitions confirmed at the japan-u.s. two plus two held last month and agreed to engage in initiatives for the region based on such recognition. we also discussed the free and open indo pacific. we agreed that while japan and the u.s. will take the lead to promote the vision through concrete efforts, it will cooperate with other regions including australia and india. we also had serious talks over china's infl

government who had worked to prepare for this -- the united states is japan's best friend japan and the u.s. are allies that share universal values such as freedom, democracy, and human rights our alliance has served its role as the foundation of peace and stability for the indo-pacific region and the world. in light of the current regional situation and the severe security environment, the importance of our alliance has reached new heights. based on such common recognition at today's senate we engaged in far-reaching and candid exchange of views on each other's political principles challenges faced in each of our nations, our common vision, and other matters. president biden and i reaffirmed the recognitions confirmed at the japan-u.s. 2.2 held last month and agreed to engage in initiatives for the region based upon such recognitions we also discussed the free and open industry o -- indo-pacific -- we will cooperate with other countries and regions including asean, australia and india. we also had serious talks on china's influence over the peace and prosperity of the indo-pacific and

the emperor of japan announced that japan would surrender on august the 15th. just six days after the dropping of the bomb. and as you know, mark, they are never ending arguments about whether we should have dropped the bomb on japan or not, was it necessary. and why do we drop the bomb and so forth? that is going to be argued forever actually. we drop those two bombs but the truman's basic purpose of course was to end the war. that was the number one reason why the bombs were dropped. the photographs chronicled the aftermath of those bombs i think you're going to share some of these photographs before we talk further about the book. not going to take them off also some photographs that are in the book. let me see if i can do this without injuring you and me both. [laughter] let's see here, so far so good i think. wait a minute. okay, are we on? select the cover of the book/white wall of fire. student that is correct we divided the book equally to two sections one on hiroshima and one on nagasaki. and this first photograph i will talk about a little bit later o

how does japan walk this line. well that's should everything for every country of the region and even for the united states the economic engine dependence of china is part of our strategic challenge at the moment i think japan has felt the brunt of beijing's ability to use that trade interdependence turn to its advantage and that was back in 2012 when the 2 countries had a dispute over the islands in the east china sea. islands and that point the chinese halted supplies rare earth materials which as you know are very important for manufacturing in japan but you see the increasing use by china of this economic engine dependence than other relationships as well so tokyo and washington in addition to camera and new delhi have been talking a little bit about how to build resilience how to be a rising risk standard pressure may emanate from asia. a lot of talk poverty have to be bitter over the time being should us move from the council on foreign permission thank you so much for a time thinking rational recovery. but j

and japan over taiwan. yes and so taiwan is an old issue in the japan china relationship and the u.s. china relationship as you know it goes all the way back to the 1970 s. and both countries normalize their diplomatic relations so taiwan has a relationship with japan but not a military relationship surely there is no taiwan relations act which is what we have here in the united states that allows tokyo to be a partner with taiwan in its security however if you look at the map taiwan is very very close to the southwestern islands of japan proximity makes taiwan a real consideration when japanese defense planners if china were to up the pressure or continue to up the pressure on taiwan and there was some sort of military confrontation then japan would be immediately affected because it would be and its in its maritime borders not very far away from japanese territory and rather talk about dropping is concerned there is another japanese concern is there not reduced to balance its trade relationship with china

the united states is japan's best friend. japan and the u.s. are allies that share universal values such as freedom, democracy and human rights. our alliance has served its role as the foundation of peace and stability for the indo-pacific region and the world. in light of the current regional situation and the severe security environment, the importance of our alliance has reached new heights. based on such common recognition at today's summit, we engaged in far-reaching and candid exchange of views on each other's political principles, challenges faced in each of our nations, our common vision and other matters. president biden and i reaffirmed the recognitions confirmed at the japan-u.s. two plus two held last month and agreed to engage in initiatives in the region based upon such recognitions. we also discussed the free and open indo-pacific. we agreed that while japan and the u.s. will take the lead to promote the vision through concrete efforts, we will also cooperate with other countries and regions including the asean, australia and ind

what can japan do in the taiwan strait? to the prime minister explained to president biden to do under such circumstances? also [indiscernible] we also discussed the circumstances -- we also discussed the circumstances. [indiscernible] diplomatic exchanges. but there is already an agreed requisition of the importance of stability in the taiwan strait between japan and the united states, which was agreed upon on this occasion. i also explained japan's position and initiatives regarding the situation to the president who i think understood my point. pres. biden: next question goes to trevor, reuters. >> thank you, mr. president, it has been a while since we have heard an update from you on how the talks are going with iran. how are they going and do you regard their decision to enrich to 60% as a step backwards, assign they are not serious about those negotiations? and for the prime minister, just a question on whether it is irresponsible to move forward with the olympics when you have public health experts telling you that j

and japan. prior to assuming his position mark was in foreign affairs and deputy chief. he is served in japan vietnam and iraq and has experience working in north korea and won numerous awards for thank you for being your day and take it away. thanks so much abby. really really grateful to be here today. thank you to the center for american progress. i was asked to make her mark this morning on a very important issue. i've been asked to focus my remarks on the importance over northeast asian allies japan and south korea and given the importance of these relationships between countries and tackling our shared challenges including the challenge of -- as all of you are where two weeks ago is secretary of state lincoln and secretary of defense austan visited them and these were the first tops on the first overseas visit of any member of president biden's cabinet. it is not a coincidence. it was a conscious decision made to underscore what president biden has time and again dispersed that diplomacy i

delays in japan -- of 8 percent. delays in japan's rollout. we will have more, this is bloomberg. ♪ >> let's get a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. pledging to keep any data collected in china in the country over concerns of sensitive information. china officials says the company abides by chinese laws. they have denied the equivalent of spying after they were banned from china's military and housing complexes in march. says the company abidessurging asian sales -- the review added fashion and jumped 52% on organic basis compared to last year. the division was key in driving growth during the covid crisis. europe was weekly where revenue slumped by 9%. one of the first times that tesla has used computers. compared to 49% of those in december. that was the last time it was ever offered on paper. these two will be able to offer the exam. >> we are headed toward the open in japan. south korea and australia. let's turn to sophie for what to watch. >> we are keeping our eye on sk telecom. over in tokyo, watching nomura on a rep

japan acree are set to a positive start for the week. -- japan and korea are set for a positive start to the week. sophie: we are seeing great shoots in japan after the nikkei to do five cap to fourth quarter of gains. the nikkei led higher by chip stock so far tokyo electron an event is climbing. -- avantis climbing. the u.s. and japan looking to corneille link semiconductors. holding about the 110 level as speculators build short position against the currency. jgb, sing a move to a downside ahead of a 30 year sale on tuesday. switching out the bar check at the open and south korea, the kospi and the deferred court -- first quarter about 3000 points -- ending the third first quarter about 3000. the korean won this morning losing steam given the dollar has been gaining on the back of the u.s. jobs report friday. in south korea watching to reaction look at me to reporting the government may introduce a 40 year mortgage as early as july. in australia markets closed but the currency is trading, at of the rba decision tuesday, which has home prices and focus given the jump we saw in housi

and japan over taiwan. yes and so taiwan is an old issue in the japan china relationship and the u.s. china relationship as you know it goes all the way back to the 1970 s. and both countries normalize their diplomatic relations so taiwan has a relationship which am but not a military relationship surely there is no taiwan relations act which is what we have here in the united states that allows tokyo to be as a partner it's high winds in the security however if you look at the map taiwan is very very close to the southwestern islands of japan proximity makes taiwan a real consideration when japanese defense planners if china were to up the pressure or continued the pressure on taiwan and there was some sort of military confrontation then japan would be immediately affected because it would be and its in its maritime borders not very far away from territory and rather talk about japanese concern there is another japanese concern is there not reduced to balance its trade relationship with china as the bigges

the university of chiba in japan. and this futuristic looking greenhouse experiments with vertical vegetable cultivation are being conducted. professor to yorkey invented this method in the 1970 s. back then he initially had problems finding the right light and at high electricity costs the breakthrough came with technology we're going to show you google originally i wanted to help the small farmers who own small land parcels cheese straight vertical farming enables one to achieve 100 times more and you will harvest on a single area than with conventional farming he washed up so it's worth investing in such vegetable factories these facilities can be set up anywhere it's an important step towards sustainable agriculture there are no losses during the harvest and we use less energy for transport productivity and profitability can be increased even further with the latest technology. because. this method is mainly used for vegetables and salads as far as staple foods go such as cereals or potatoes more research is still

-japan alliance is viewed in japan? >> i think not. you have a fairly interesting response in japan to the trump presidency. one is he was tough on china and therefore good for japan. they like it the rhetoric of really standing up to china. on the other hand, his trade policies did not protect japan from spillover effects, be it in the bilateral relationship or in the way u.s. tensions emerged. i think the japanese are less critical of the trump presidency than their nato aies or other allies throughout the region. they see a strong america as their biggest priority. they are looking to the biden administration to be tough on china, to be supportive of this idea of a free and open indo pacific, to not waver and not get taken in by too much engagement with cha. laura: thank you so much for joining us. in other news, police and the u.s. city of indianapolis say a gunman who killed eight workers at a shooting in a fedex facility was a former employee. the 19-year-old gunman then took his own life. president biden noted last week that 316

they fired two missiles into the sea of japan. they were said to likely be the same type seen in the parade. north korea is cultivating partnerships abroad to upgrade ballistic missiles. it says u.n. member states should steadily increase sanctions on the north. >>> here in japan, april 1 is the start of the business this year, they were ploromptedo hold them down or online. greeting 115 new recruits at the entrance to the company's headquarters in tokyo. the firm set up officers in other companies. >> translator: i'm very grateful the company has welcomed in this kind of way. i want to take challenges through work with responsibility and pride. >> translator: this is once in a lifetime, so we are showing we care. we want this to be a moment they remember. >>> lots of japanese companies canceled their welcome ceremonies. this year, many held them online. ♪ >>> bullying can traumatize victims and leave mental scars that last a lifetime. students in south korea a-- are targeting a situation. >> reporter: these pupils are in a club

japan is limited. japan has a difficult balance because china is it stiff -- its biggest trading partner. haidi: our east asia governor -- east asia government editor. thousands in new zealand are set to board flights today. get over to our editor in melbourne. as we see these flights commence, what are some of the concerns but also opportunities with this limited travel corridor? >> it is great to see we have the bubble. it is the first quarantine free travel between australia and new zealand in more than a year since the pandemic forced the closures. people seem to think opening this border should benefit the national carriers. we are seeing not so much follow-through at the moment. all these stocks are pointed higher today although the dollar in new zealand and australia are slightly lower. it is a bit of way and see on how this progresses. shery: what are we expecting from australian leaders meeting on the vaccine planned to speed up the rollout? >> we have that meeting today. there is going to be

and japan, as well. in a lot of ways, i think the suga administration has been quite bold on these geopolitical and human rights positions being taken. it will be interesting to see what comes out of these talks and that joint position after they happen. shery: we make it a hands of that coming from president biden and japanese prime minister suga. they will hold a press conference on friday at 4:15 p.m. eastern after they hold a summit on friday at 1:30 p.m. eastern at the white house. we will watch very closely what they say, the tone of their comments, as well. the u.s. has a said they do want to see japan and south korea improve their ties, as well, this of -- this according to a senior u.s. official. haidi: we will continue to monitor. the deplaning there is about to happen at joint base andrews in maryland. we are expecting the delegation including the japanese prime minister to leave that plane, resting overnight before these key talks happen with president biden and their aides. let's get you von

in japan to impress-_ opportunity before the olympics in japan to impress. olympics are now three or four— japan to impress. olympics are now three or four months _ japan to impress. olympics are now three or four months away. - japan to impress. olympics are now three or four months away. canada | three or four months away. canada will be in tokyo. how important is that they play a team they might place in a few months? for boxing, it's absolutely _ place in a few months? for boxing, it's absolutely critical. _ there's been very few opportunities to play— there's been very few opportunities to play these teams. canada want to play tough _ to play these teams. canada want to play tough teams because that's who they will— play tough teams because that's who they will face in the olympics. for england. — they will face in the olympics. for england, it's going to be four of the england team who will be part of team _ the england team who will be part of team gb _ the england team who will be part of team gb. they both know each other very well _ team gb

in japan. the fact that you basically walked into mitsubishi chemical and asked where are the women, can you tell us where they are? >> i think it was a bit more bold than that. it took a long time before i met any woman executives. i was there in japan about 10 years ago and living in japan and there does not seem like there have been a lot of changes. if you look at mitsubishi chemical holdings, i think over the last few years, under the leadership, we have started from the top. we now have two women on the board of directors. it is a start. we need to do a lot more. we need to lead by example. it is the ceo job to make sure that we do as much as we can. when i left japan 10 years ago, i made sure to promote one of the first female ceos in the chemical industry in japan. i have some track record to really make the change happen in this environment. at the end of the day, it will be up to the leaders to make some push. >> it is up to the leaders. it sounds like you're doing a good job. i was s

how valuable the us — japan alliance us likes to signal how valuable the us —japan alliance is us likes to signal how valuable the us — japan alliance is and the us — japan alliance is and the grand strategy worldwide. japan is a very important to the united states and the united states signals that and thatis united states signals that and that is obviously of great benefit to japan. these are meetings with new leaders, japan or was once to be among the first leaders to have a summit with the us and japan has traditionally been successful in securing one of those first meetings. the former prime minister also managed to meet with president trump. managed to meet with president trum -. , managed to meet with president trum. , .,, managed to meet with president trum. , ., , trump. sorry, iwas readily interrunting _ trump. sorry, iwas readily interrupting it _ trump. sorry, iwas readily interrupting it but i - trump. sorry, iwas readily interrupting it but i wanted| trump. sorry, i was readily i interrupting it but i wanted to ask about china. what is the significance here of this pub

took their 1st foreign visit to japan so in march and so this really shows that the us places japan at the center for. security policy especially because of the china alexander the cauchy is with the asia division at the german institute for international and security affairs to thank you for your time thank you. i think looking at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. iran says it has begun enriching uranium at 60 percent that's the highest level it has achieved so far the process takes iran closer to the purity needed to produce a nuclear weapon a suspected israeli attack on a key facility has complicated talks and that we can linger tehran's nuclear deal with world powers. french presence of a man who in my car has held talks with the ukrainian leader for a lot amir's olinsky on escalating tensions with russia joins us on american also joined by video link they get called on moscow to halt a military buildup along its border with ukraine. several people have been killed in a shooting in the u.s. city of indianapolis gunfire broke out at a fed ex depot near the

there around 600 professional wrestlers in japan. most of based in rio the sumo district in the heart of tokyo with its huge stadium dedicated to the main tournament of the season. they live together 24 hours a day in sumos dave a. view into this close community is almost impossible but we've been friends. special permission to film at new bhutto's death. it's 6 30 am and the wrestlers are already training on this. the 2 metre tall giant is the master of the stable an anomaly in the history of sumo he's the 1st stable master from europe a foam a bow garion he became a japanese national and a great sumo champion. his japanese name coto all shoes cups inori. the. fat with. the training has been the same to century. the same exercises the same routines and above old the same suffering for. feet. for these young risler is between 17 and 23 years old. to join the stables they must be in good physical condition be at least 174 centerpiece told and weigh at least 75 kilograms. is the oldest member of the team a year and a half ago he gave u

japan decides to release. the pacific. plus. muslims across. as a. young. which features the causes for social media success. i'm british benedick welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us japan has decided to release more than a 1000000 tonnes of a director water into the pacific ocean the water which would be treated before being released is stored in tanks at the fukushima nuclear power plant that was damaged in the 2011 earth quake and tsunami the tanks will be at full capacity song therefore the need to release water into the pacific the operation begins in 2 years but the decision is already facing a stall more protest. it's not more than a decade since an earthquake and tsunami devastated into each a nuclear power plant in fukushima but the country and the region will be living with the consequences for much longer. nearly $1300000.00 tons of contaminated water is stored in huge tanks at the daiichi plant enough to fill $500.00 a lympics size swimming pools beyond your cost is around $1000000000.00 yen or 800000 euros and space is running ou

in japan after the at. aster there was a lot of interest in these new greenhouses because it is possible to produce all year round regardless of external influences or from all who push thanks to our methods the farmers have a stable production without damage from insects or worms because. and of course the system is sustainable when you can run these vegetable factories in the middle of the city and produce local food as needed from the top of. the contrast agriculture and the fields. once again the farmers lack watch or a lot of water and the weather is much too hot temperatures of up to 40 degrees celsius can dry up the soil to 2 metres deep. large parts of germany are affected by trout in the summer. the result can be the total loss of the harvest was high financial losses. hence heneage can harden and brandenburg as one of the farmers who suffer he grows potatoes and corn. his farm is located in an area with light dry soil without the help of expensive eric ation systems nothing would grow on his farm.

where do you stand on japan? >> i think japan is definitely a market that does well in value rally. if you look at our recommendations, we have upgraded value. we think value should be the core anchor for any portfolio in 2021. in that situation, you would expect japan and the market to be exposed to value and cyclical to do relatively well. there will be tactical risks. we do think a japanese market should be able to do well. paul: you previously said china's underperformance was a drag on the region. is that enduring? >> the underperformance of china comes from re-things. the recovery in china mostly happened last year. the recovery we see in the u.s. and global markets this year, china already did that last year. this year, the incremental pace of growth was slowing down. a large part of the slow down was happening because of policy tightening. both on the credit side where we have seen the credit rollover, which is significant but also in terms of regulatory policy. that has been a drag on some of the internet and related spaces. finally, i would say china as a whole within the

the united states is japan's best friend. japan and the u.s. are allies that share universal values such as freedom, democracy, and human rights. our alliance has served its role as the foundation of peace and stability for the indo-pacific region and the world. in light of the current regional situation and the severe security environment, the importance of our alliance has reached new heights. based on such common recognition at today's senate who engaged in far-reaching and candid exchange of views on each other's political principles, challenges faced in each of our nations, our common vision and other matters. president biden and i reaffirmed the recognitions, confirmed at the japan-u.s. two plus two held last month and agreed to engage in initiatives for the region based upon such recognitions. we also discussed the free and open indo-pacific. we agreed that while japan and the u.s. will take the lead to promote the vision through concrete efforts, we will also cooperate with other countries and regions, including the asean, australia, an

and japan? >> the chinese are very concerned with any message that directly goes against what they are trying to do in hong kong, and taiwan. they do not want to hear anything that according to them directly interferes with their own national interest. those are things chinese are looking at. romaine: of course we are still waiting to hear from biden today, that will be broadcasting later today. a reminder for our viewers and blisters, you can subscribe to our weekly podcast, "what'd you miss?", we are talking about a lot of big things. joe: get it wherever you can get your podcast. as part of your weekend besides walking -- watching the dogecoin chart. "bloomberg technology" is next. romaine: have a great weekend, this is bloomberg. ♪ it's moving day. and while her friends are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it only takes about a minute. wait, a minute? but what have you been doing for the last two hours? ...delegating? oh, good one. move you

he says that the ocean is not japan's trashcan, is not japan's sewer, if it is so safe will japan drink it? if john kerry says it is safe will he drink it? millions of tons of contaminated water. that japan filtered it, radioactive isotope, hydrogen isotope, if it is so safe why are they releasing it over two to three decades? we're talking the equivalent of 400, about 400 olympic size swimming pools. so if it is so harmless, why is it taking three decades to release? china's spokesman for its foreign ministry says, japan, if it is okay, japan, you drink the water, show us. >> you're hitting on real important points about the geopolitics of all of this and it is really not good for the united states to be in this position. we're supposed to be in the biden administration leading the globe on climate change. the top priority issue is energy and the environment as well. and here we've got the russians and the chinese and many others questioning our leadership. have we thought through what we're endorsing as well? and that's not something that i think will help the united states in terms o

japan's environment administer says air pollution controls could directly impact the health of japan's residents and urges beijing to move ahead of its pledge. leaders from 40 nations will attend the virtual summit hosted by joe biden. iran's supreme leader has the best offers to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal as quote, not worth looking at. world powers in vienna were upended after a suspected israeli attack on iran's main nuclear facility, with tehran vowing to enrich uranium near weapons grade. the words come ahead of the resumption of talks later on thursday. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. shery: this week, president biden pushed for more cooperation and pledged government funding to help the global chip shortage. highway says u.s. should take much of the blame. joining me to discuss this is the chief security officer for hauwei. let me get started on the latest comments at your analyst meeting. we heard him talk about how the sanctions

japan will make use of our framework. shery: the japanese environmental minister speaking exclusively. here is a quick check of the latest business flash headlines. coinbase sword above $112 billion valuation and its nasdaq trading debut before following back -- falling back to below its opening price. it was down 14% from its $381 open. while off its $429 session high. bitcoin, along with a theory of, made up 60% of coinbase and 2020's trading revenue. it also dipped after hitting another record just shy of $65,000. hedge fund managers in a jar joining the spac boom and searching for the next grab of asia's most valuable startup. they pumped hundreds of millions of dollars, from plastic recycling to renewable energy storage in the past few months. that as u.s. regulators clamp down, warning specs are not the way around securities. amazon has outlined a set of hiring and promotion targets for women and black employees in the senior ranks. this includes arise this year, as well as doubling the number of high-level black em

in japan this is already the reality. for a large cup in the system we can produce food and not optimal conditions with high nutritional content and good taste of the iraq war diligently balance the big difference to working in the field of people back to. working the fields in brandenburg these thick dust clouds are due to the drought. without massive artificial eric ation there would be no harvest are these fields facing an imminent collapse. under the bridges the conditions are currently i would have to recommend my children look for a different profession. devastating drought here heavy flooding elsewhere. food production is in danger and catastrophic famines wreak havoc throughout the world researchers are searching for solutions. a tip. harvest in japan. the workers were protective suits that are hygenic leaper care. the environment is clinical these lettuce heads are cultivated without soil and free of pesticides. in this room the temperature always remains the same. is that although i find it pretty good that i ca

so that was the first organized colony from japan. los angeles little tokyo started when we had also a shipwreck sailor from the san diego area. he came up here and then in 1885 he started the first japanese american restaurant here in little tokyo. common ground the heart of community and this instance were talking about the japanese american community here the united states. the japanese were enticed to go to hawaii the sugar plantation people came to japan to recruit workers. they said gee if you work three years in the sugar plantations of hawaii. it's equivalent to working 10 years in a factory since japan. so close to 1,000 people way back in 1885 went on 103 year labor contract to the sugar plantations of hawaii, but when they got there, they found out differently. they had four minutes or lunas. they had whips they used the leather whoops on the workers. so slave like condition. so many of them got out of their three year labor contract escaped to maybe the coffee plantations or the pineapple plantations and some of them went