of that in japan. macarthur is referred to as the american caesar. this is why, julius caesar, nono one will argue with you about them. he could be a great battlefield commander in times of war. the nickname dugout dog is fake news. like caesar he was a master propagandist and it's easy to despise the drama and ego that he brings with them but at some point in his career and made him look very foolish but other times his mastery of information operation and propaganda play huge dividends for the united states and for the mission and finally like caesar that's a legacy of japan and u.s. relations today. the occupation of japan wins the piece and it's a piece the honors the sacrifice of the service members who gave their lives in the pacific theater. i would argue that japan u.s. relationships today continue to honor the sacrifices. thank you very much that was an interesting overview of the work. if there's any questions, get to go. >> thinking amanda that was an incredible presentation. for our audienc

they controlled japan's industry and pretty much japan's economy. macarthur and eisenhower are talking about the military industrial complex, and this is that to the nth degree. initial occupation policy is to turn japan into an agrarian powerhouse and to break up the giant corporations that help lead japan to war. in the summer of 1945, macarthur is moving forward very quickly with this, seizing the holdings of these companies, breaking up monopolies, stuff like that. and then, suddenly, revoter course comes into play -- reverse course comes into play. cold war tensions are rising. the cost of the occupations in europe and japan are enormous, and this is leading to a reassessment of occupation policies. and the u.s. government comes to an idea that japan can be a better bulwark to communism in asia if it's not some, you know, agrarian back water, but is instead an economic powerhouse, if it's kind of a great capitalist country. and so macarthur will be told it's time for you to switch course. you've been kind of breaking up these monopolies. okay,

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

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

heightening over in japan. now lean a few months back, fans from abroad were ruled out from attending the games due to the risk that it posed. now it seems to be looking more and more like even local fans may be barred from venues. do you think that that is a possibility? i think as far as my understanding goes, the decision on local funds being allowed into the games has been different. did you find your right it is actually find where bod, already at the moment. at least can come in, but that's part of the precautions i think we are seeing this was why you didn't international events that are going forward. where events continue for the sake of the event. because there's so much, there's so much more writing on it on the broadcast event. and it takes away the expected thing because i think that's sensible to i don't think it be a good idea to back stadiums with a whole bunch with thousands of people. then they will become super special events, but if we, but if you put in place reasonable restrictions of the

the protectionism has been a major factor in us-japan relations. are there some dangers of a broken dialogue researching or do you really i know we would all like to hope that that is the case but maybe put it let me put it differently. what do you think the potential dangers to us-japan relations are against which we should be working. class i'm sorry if that's a difficult question. >> i think my job is to prevent that from happening so but i think our alliance has changed very substantially from the time of ambassador reischauer. and i can describe this change in many ways the biggest thing is the alliance is gaining increasingly broader regional and global outlook. so this is an opportunity and also a danger. because now we have a situation where not just for each other but also for the global good. so i think the our alliance as this opportunity to contribute to the greater progress in the international society but at the same time because we have a scope of an alliance has expanded so much, this there is a greater need for us to align our poli

word japan. and this been demik is a once in a 100 years kind of been demick. this is, this is an extraordinary situation. and if japan was to take a decision in the interest of a citizen, which is to cancel the games, there are ways that it could be argued should at the moment the japanese government so far, i've been clear that i didn't have the line and it said that we will all the games well, and we will be a see if games and they were the only thing in the piece of public opinion. and i think the fact that the leading japanese is people and a couple of responses have also come with, remember the, the out of the budget for what is happening and don't you, although you will be games. most of it comes from different public agencies of the government. there about several companies joined war, but the debt proportion of the ship is very small as part of the overall money that comes in. so this is a southern division that japan will eventually make along with the i o. c. no horse there is. there's

it calls for abolishing tariffs in 2026 on japan's automobile exports and for noew tariffs on japan's foreign product imports. the agreement also sets tighter rules in the field of e-commerce. they include restricting government intervention in data exchanges for business purposes. japanese businesses in britain will also avoid tariffs on their products to be exported to the eu based on the deal between the uk and the eu. >>> authorities in yemen say explosions at an airport in the country's south earlier this week were the result of a missile attack by houthi rebels. the govement said 25 peoe have been killed and 110 others wounded by the explosions at the international airport on wednesday. the blasts came immediately after an aircraft carrying yemeni cabinet ministers arrived at the airport from saudi arabia. the governmentaunched a ity binewith separatists in december. the two sides had been at odds despite their earlier cooperation in the fight against houthi. the prime minister told a cabinet meeting on thursday that preliminary investigations indicate houthi were behind the att

the hawaii of japan. things are a bit quieter. in the how cohesive can thermal spa there are even hot sand paths. the sand is heated up by hot springs if you can't get up again after about 10 to 15 minutes or whatever you want. japan has always had 2 sides to it on the one hand there is the contemplated quiet side that is also revealed in its many paths and on the other hand the hustle and bustle of its fiber and big cities. journey through southern japan is like looking through a kaleidoscope with. constantly changing impressions and it ends with the seat where our yarning gaze finally comes to rest. of the flock. and the to faces up to 10 days. since the tourist disappeared some are struggling to make ends meet for others almost nothing has changed and they are always on my cut this is how locals envision a new magic experience the crisis differently global 3000 cuts 90 minutes on d w. it's about billions. it's about our work. it's about the foundation of a new world order the new silk road. to china wa

paul: let's stay on japan. a long-standing and sometimes violent position with second and third generation koreans that have been thrust into the spotlight. the fuji employee sued when a homebuilder did not put an end to the distribution of leaflets that had racist content. for more on this, let's bring in hwaji shin, an associate professor at the university of san francisco. one of -- he said he was the lead so relentlessly that he contemplated taking his own life. is this a typical experience for the children of immigrant families that have sometimes been in japan for two or three generations? hwaji shin: i think so. i have also experienced bullying at school because of being a korean minority in japan. but i think that experience has shifted as more of japanese society becomes more accepting but the recent incidents have been increasing in japan. shery: are we seeing any government or corporate action against that? hwaji shin: yes. in 2016, they passed the anti-hate speech act which was a right step forward.

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

sold robots are taking over more and more tass in japan. remember, you can always find the latest news and analysis on our website that d w dot com a mike a local from me in the entire news team here. thanks for your company. i'll be back with more news in 45 minutes. the news people in trucks injured was trying to see the city center more and more refugees are being turned away. families to be crated and treated. peters clean, clean drams. getting 200 people around the world, more than 300000000 people are speaking with huge. why? because no one should have to choose to make up your own line. w need for mines the doing the dishes, folding laundry and pecking lunchbox. scientists exploring the different ways in which robots could help us feel exactly good robots shape our everyday lives. our topic on ship today. the japan producers around 50 percent of the was robots, no one that is called the robot nation. that's even an official government scheme that focuses on a new industrial revolution through robotics, but robot, a commonplace in man

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

wooded the country of japan decide -- wouldn't the country of japan decide? >> each time and makes olympic host city gets ready to start the games, they need to cite a host city contract with the international olympic committee. those contracts are extremely lopsided in favor of the international olympic committee and gives them and only them the power to cancel the olympics in a case like this. so when the prime minister of japan states in public under pressure from people in japan and around the world to cancel the olympics, when he states in public he does not have the power to cancel the olympics, he is absolutely correct. that is part of the larger state of exception that comes into the ympic city when they arrive on your doorstep. all sorts of special laws put into place. all sorts of special rules are put into place. new technologies are secured for the olympics. for example in tokyo, easy facial recognition systems put in place. security forces use the olympics to get all of the special weapons and funding they normally would be able to get in normal

was not a royal to be her husband creates all this drama in japan. and what, why does she have to go through all the ordeal? it, it really wasn't that dramatic at the start. i mean, these were 2 who fell in love early on when they were undergraduates international christian university. and they were scheduled to have a very royal wedding in 2018, i believe 3 years ago. but unfortunately, there was tabloid media that dug up some dirt on the family background of her fiance and in japan you have to acknowledge that you're not just even, i mean she's a member of the royal family, but also he is somebody who has a background as a commoner that's going to come under scrutiny and also he, his mother had some money that she had to pay back and it just began to unravel so that they had to not only postpone the marriage, but ultimately have a very quiet wedding ceremony behind the scenes today and then have a prepared statement before the press and now they're going to move on to the biggest media market in the world, new york city. and they've asked a lead of

japan/u.s. relationship requires that an ambassador go to japan and the japanese understand this is somebody who is very close to the president. they really want to see an ambassador who has a direct line to the president, and you do. and i believe that's the reason you have been chosen. i appreciate you sharing at length about mr. mcdonald, because what a tragedy. i was a mayor, and every day in the cities, beautiful things happen and tragic things happen. and that's the case in any city, and you can't be a mayor, especially of a city like chicago, without picking up some scar tissue on the way. but your description of what you learned along the way, the levels of distrust that some in communities feel toward people in power, toward politicians, toward police, i had to learn and then relearn those lessons often in my time as the mayor of a majority african-american city. and i'm sure since chicago is a much bigger city that richmond, virginia, that those lessons were challenging and painful for

/japan relations. ambassador served as an envoy to japan the presidency kennedy and johnson and devoted his academic career to deepening our understanding of japan and its relationship with the united states. ambassador mentored our own professor can't who carries on the great tradition established. it is a distinct honor to introduce the honoree, his excellency who also carried on this great tradition from the japanese side. ambassador has served as japan's ambassador to the united states february 2021. he's career in the japanese ministry of foreign affairs spans over 40 years. before coming to the u.s., ambassador served as japan's ambassador to korea, personal representative for the g summit and i was soccer and ambassador to israel. his early overseas postings have included washington, london and paris. ambassador i think i have known ambassador since 2000 -- 2000 bowman's director of the foreign ministries national securities division and i was a political minister in her embassy in tokyo. i'm de

and recent union in japan is no different. it's highlighted the prussia in pia women face after years of media scrutiny and public criticism. princess marco married her college sweetheart, k camaro, who is not a royal, but michael had to give up her royal title to do so. the former princess was never a line to the throne because japanese law does not give women that right. many japanese people say the things the laws should be amanda, to allow female members of the way of family to be in the line of succession. we'll discuss that with our gas shortly. but 1st, priyanka gupta reports as a royal japan's princess marco didn't bow to criticism or intense public scrutiny about her marrying the man she loves. instead, with a sambal fairville at the doors of the imperial residence, the empress niece said good bye to her family and her royal title. it wasn't a typical fairy tale japanese roy reading marco camaro as she is now known, and her husband keiko morrow skipped the wedding ceremony and rituals. instead filing marriage papers b

nancy: japan really has no choice. the demographics are against the country in terms of the low fertility and the shrinking size of the imperial family. they are going to have to change. now, the rate at which they change may be more modest here. it is not usually a radical change. but you have a japanese people, a public, if they were listened to, there would already be a change in place. it is just that the imperial family cannot make that change. it would have to come from the government, and the government skews to the far right, or at lease plays to that constituency, many of whom are traditionalists and don't want any change, don't want women to take over the throne, even though that is in their history going back centuries. so, it's inevitable, but a public very often is ignored. hashem: speaking of that, princess mako's father was reportedly have said three years ago i will only give my consent of the people of japan give consent to this marriage. who should change their mind first, the royal family or the japa

but in japan, one of the characteristically japan -- japanese consumer spending is that you have to have secure conditions of the corporations. still, even though the system is crumbling, the stable condition of these companies are a must for the japanese to start spending. so obviously it will be very difficult, even if you make these policies and he is able to implement them. this is an important thing about japan, you have to have a good price to implement the policies they come up with. so he will have a pretty good pipeline there. but will his new policies have the effect to basically turn japan around? that remains a very big question. >> i'm glad you touched upon exports and trade, it gives us an opportunity to pivot toward foreign policy. do you expect him to take a hawk's policy toward china, one of its biggest trading partners? >> he's going to have to strike a balance. it's interesting, he did make some more hawkish gestures, he said is going to appoint a special advisor to look at the human rights situation in china, treatment of the uighurs and he's looking at increasing the

protect japan to keep control over japan. and so it's remarkable what ends up happening. let me then get to this is one of under the umbrella of the incredible ramifications the korean war ends up having far, far beyond the millions of dead it would leave on the korean peninsula. the fact it would divide as many as 10 million families. these families essentially were divided because the closure of that border. children and parents ripped from each other. justin millions of families and you see this now you often see pictures from the south to hold these family reunions. i mean these pictures of these peoples in their 80s and 90s had not seen each other in 70 years but they did not know if they're dead or alive. you can imagine what is like being reunited with them. in any case, what is the real impact of the korean war though? for everyone in the world aside from the koreans is that actually it completely turns of what u.s. policies were going to be like. both foreign and domestic after world war ii. by 1950 the united states

japan and south korea which is where he headed to after leaving tokyo. and for more i'm joined by jeff thinks them have their activation studies at temple university in tokyo professor concerned what was looking fall from this visit and didn't get it. well absolutely you know they are very pleased that the biting of ministration made tokyo their 1st stop overseas the symbolism cannot be overstated it is so important or japan to strengthen this alliance to show china to north korea that the allies are standing shoulder to shoulder so in austin visit here very welcome and i think that they like the tone now there are a prius strong statements made against china in relation to its core washroom destabilizing behavior in the region but japan is also trying to as a 3rd largest trading partner with japan balance these trade ties with security concerns. well that is very good question clearly japan is very worried about china's regional hedger monic ambitions on the other hand it is doing very well by the rise of china so during the private trump administration

world. japan. and this ben demik is a once in a 100, you're kind of brand demick. this is, this is an extraordinary situation. and if japan was to take a decision in the interest of a citizen, which is to cancel the games, there are ways that it could be argued should at the moment the japanese government so far, i've been clear that i didn't have the line and it said that we will all the games well, and we will be a see if games and they were the only thing in the face of public opinion. and i think the fact that the leading japanese people and a couple of responses have also come with, remember the, the, out of the budget for what is happening until q or the other 2 q will be games. most of it comes from different public agencies of the government there about of the several companies joined war. but the depth of portion of the ship is very small as part of the overall money that comes in. so this is a solvent decision that japan will eventually make along with the i o c. no horse there is, there'

aas along the sea of japan. there are warnings of avalanches and blizzards. the meteorological agency said on thursday that winds are becoming stronger nationwide. a rapidly developing low pressure system and weather front are to blame. wind gusts of around 100 kilometers per hour were recorded at tottori airport in tottori prefecture in western japan on thursday morning. further north, yokota city in akita prefecture has seen record snowfall. as of 11:00 a.m. on thursday, 151 centimeters of snow had accumulated, and there were reports of power outages. the snowfall has been deadly in places, with around 30 people known to have died while shoveling snow since december 15th. a total of 546 domestic flights have been canceled on thursday and friday. weather officials say a winter pressure pattern will strengthen, bringing heavy snow until around sunday, affecting areas along the sea of japan coast and mountainous areas on the pacific coast. people are advised to refrain from nonessential outings. >>> our meet yofr

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

babs to japan. it's a position i hold very dear to my heart having served as our most recent ambassador. and representing one own's country is one of the greatest honors in the world. it really brings home the importance of the exceptional nation the united states is and it's an exceptional honor being bestowed on those of you that will serve as ambassador and an incredible honor that my family and i cherish. today i'm here as a member of the committee that over saw my nomination. i'm over here in a different seat to introduced the nominee to be our next ambassador to japan. while our political backgrounds couldn't be more different, i'm sure there are many issues upon which we strongly disagree. but through recent discussions, it's become clear that mayor emmanuel showed my unwavering conviction that it's the corner stone of the peace and prosperity of the entire indo-pacific region and it's become more dangerous day by day and that makes the appointment all the more important for the united states

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

i getting around in japan means taking the train. i. because japan isn't serviceable railway. hum. ah me going on a trip through southern japan, the it'll take us across the island, just shoot. we're stopping in the metropolis of hacker town, continuing to little ga to the spot town knows you flew in then into the volcanic region around mount are so through comma moto to here to yoshi, and it's temples and finally to cargo shima. and to bo suki on the southernmost hit the rail travel. it's a culture of its own in japan landing a touch of elegance even to everyday life as well as the efficiency, the cleaning crew has just a few minutes to clean a whole tract. every gesture has special significance, grunting, reassurance. have i seen and done everything the hustle and bustle and throngs of people in our station are typical with a japanese metropolis. and that there is no chaos with everything moving along in an orderly fashion, showing discipline and public is a highly regarded virtue and everything everywhere is constantly getting white down because time is also takes top priority.

during the early 1900s japanese came from japan to america to get rich and go back to japan. but that didn't happen. but it was basically a male population, about 20-1 japanese men versus the female, so there was no social life. so, some of them wanted to settle down, so they start the picture bride system. the picture bride system is probably a predecessor to e-harmony. the family and friend would solicit a bride for them. at that time every family had a family registry. all they had to do was register the female's name in the male's family register and they're officially married, from now with picture in hand they come to america, usually port of entry was san francisco. so, now, they say, wow, there's a handsome young man 20 years old, but they find out that the groom looks like 30 years old, so they were misled. the picture was about ten years old. but then it really got out of hand. some people start sending handsome dude's picture back to japan, and when the prospective bride came to america, they were really misled, so america asked japan to outlaw picture brides, so i

hawaii of japan. things are a bit quieter. in the how cohesive can thermal spa there are even hot sand pots. the sand is heated up by hot springs if you can't get up again after about 10 to 15 minutes or whatever you want. japan has always had 2 sides to it on the one hand there is the contemplated quiet side that is also revealed and its many paths and on the other hand the hustle and bustle of its fiber and big cities. journey through southern japan is like looking through a kaleidoscope with. constantly changing impressions and it ends of the scene where are you running days finally comes to rest. the faded again a loved big returns. as long as their dream. stays within ecological concerns with their studies and business ideas they are setting the financial world on a sustainable course. can green investment change the world. 30 minutes on the move. the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing. what measures are being taken. what does the latest research say