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CSPAN Ambassadors July 3, 2024
We are really excited to have them here. They know what is going to happen in this summit because everything is worked out. I dont know how much theyre going to share with us but i suspect it will be a good session. It will be a conversation led by
Chris Johnstone
who leads our japan program. So can i ask you for your very enthusiastic applause, welcome, ambassador yamada and ambassador emanuel. Thank you, doctor. Thank you for joining us. Thanks to all of you for being here today. I am
Senior Advisor
and japan chair. We will have a 30 minute or so conversation up here and try to open things up for a question or two at the end. So let me start. This is the
First Official
visit of a japanese
Prime Minister
to the white house since 2015. These visits are a big deal. I think this is only the fifth that the
Biden Administration
has done since it took office. Theyre a prime opportunity to showcase progress in the relationship and highlight the importance of the alliance. I would like to offer each of you the chance to make some opening remarks. What can we expect . Ambassador emanuel, if i may start with you. Thank you for hosting this and hosting the conference. I would start kind of my at the white house or general view of the administration is that you have countries under major change in the last two years and so it signifies a closing of one era and the beginning of writing the first chapters of the next era. Japan on their account has had in the last two years five different 70yearold policies in a have changed, manifested by the
Defense Budget
going from 1 to 2 , lifting the cap on
Defense Technology
exports, stabilizing the relationship. Then you have on the u. S. Side of the ledger, this we can week we are skiting in the sitting in the south china seas. You have australian navies in operations doing a practice and then at the end of the state visit, you have the first ever leaders meeting between the
United States
, japan and the philippines. Thats like a book end. That tells you a lot about how the u. S. Approach has changed. When you project forward from the administrations standpoint, we have had the australian r. O. K. , you have had the indian leaders and now the japanese leaders. Four of the five state visits have come from the indopa sieve area pacific area. I want to state one thing thats valg eubl for the relationship. If you look at the countries in the region, japan standing is the highest of any nation. I think our efforts in the state visit comes at not only a critical juncture in the area but also in if you look at it from a historical context, its writing the first chapter of the future. Thank you. Ambassador yamada . Thank you. First, chris, thank you very much for doing this. I am very much happy to be here with ambassador emanuel. I think i am relatively i dont think i can ever be more enjertic than energetic than ambassador emanuel. I dont recommend it. He is so energetic and active. Wherever we go, not only in japan but here in washington, d. C. , we can sense the presence of ambassador emanuel. So thank you very much for all the work you are doing for the partnership. And
Prime Minister
will be arriving later this afternoon sorry, did i say ab snerks
Prime Minister
kishida. I am sorry. The
Prime Minister
s official visit. Once in a decade in fact. So i am very fortunate to be here as the ambassador when a
Prime Minister
visits the
United States
as official guest of the president. And the last official visit by a japanese
Prime Minister
was in 2015,
Prime Minister
abe and the
International Situation
surrounding the two countries and therefore the nato partnership have changed significantly from that time. Prime minister abes visit focused on the 70th anniversary of the end of the war and cooperation our with two our two countries had. They talked about, the
Prime Minister
and president obama, talked about free and open in the pacific. We are faced with a turning point in our history facing serious challenges, including russian aggression into ukraine, situation in the middle east, and complex security situation in east asia. Japan has been very clear and firm in standing up against any attempts to change the status quo or any violation of the fundamental principles of the international order. Japan has also played an
Important Role
in coordinating g7 efforts to support the ukrainian peoples efforts to defend themselves as japan had e g7 presidency last year. Japan has been active in many other global issues in close coordination with the
United States
. So i think the japanu. S. Partnership has grown out of a
Regional Partnership
and now has become a true
Global Partner
, working together to uphold and strengthen a
Free International
order based on the rule of law. And i hope the
Prime Minister
s visit this time around will demonstrate this strong
Global Partnership
because not too many people in this country or not too many people in japan, for that matter, are aware of this
Global Nature
of our partnership and
Great Potential
partnership has. So i very much hope that the
Prime Minister
s visit will impress upon the people in this country and those in japan and the
International Community
that we are strong
Global Partner
s, and our partnership has much larger potential. This
Strong Partnership
is based on the trust between our two leaders, but i think more important stable basis for that
Strong Partnership
is the sense of trust between our two peoples, not just through many grassroots exchanges, people to people exchanges, business partnerships, academic exchanges, and i am a strong believer in that kind of people to people exchanges. Ambassador emanuel talked about japanese expectations in southeast asia. I was very much encouraged to see a recent opinion poll conducted in this country earlier this year. There are people from 50 states and d. C. Were asked whether they have favorable views of our country or unfavorable views of their country. The country which came at the top of the favorable view was of course japan. A trick question. And also the country which came at the bottom of the unfavorable view is again japan. So there is a strong sense of support with japan by the people in this country and i hope the
Prime Minister
s visit will be a celebration of this strong
Global Partnership
which is supported by not only the close relationship between the two leaders but the strong trust between the two peoples. In addition to just celebrating todays partnership, the two leaders will also talk about that the two countries are indispensable partners to each other in strengthening our competitiveness towards the future. We will talk about the cooperation in such areas of space, energy, and emerging technologies like a. I. , fusion, 5g and the i am personally very much excited about the space cooperation and i know ambassador emanuel is even more excited. Japan is the foremost partner in the program for
Lunar Exploration
and we have building pressurized lunar rover which will move around on the lunar surface, and the two leaders will talk about the progress we are making in this part, on this issue. So i am very much excited about the
Prime Minister
s visit, which we will celebrate this strong
Global Partnership
between our two countries. Terrific. It really is remarkable how far this relationship has come over the last couple of decades. So lets get into a bit of the substance if we can. You noted, ambassador, how our relationship is now global in its scope in terms of cooperation. While its a beautiful spring day outside, its a gloomy world out there right now and in particular you think about war in the middle east, the stalemate in ukraine. I wonder if you can share how the leaders will address these issues. Ambassador emanuel, will there be things that
President Biden
is seeking from japan and what will
Prime Minister
kishida be seeking from the
United States
as we think about these challenging global issues . Ambassador emanuel before i get to the two situations, i actually think the larger context dating back to the two big changes in both countries over the last two years, i think you will look back when history gets written that three cs changed the world. Covid, conflict, and coercion. In many ways, whether you look at the changes on the security front through the prism of what happened when you look at supply chains, you look at russias violating the
United Nations
resolution which theyre
Founding Member
of. You look at not only what covid did but the commercial coercion as recently on japan as well, fish from the water, countries are making adjustments to these three factors that upended every assumption you had for the last 30 years if not longer. So thats the first one. Second is in ukraine right now, its very clear that russia is not only targeting the population or the military but also targeting the
Energy Infrastructure
or the ability for ukraine as a society to function. No country has been a greater contributor to the
Energy Infrastructure
than japan, mitsubishi and other industries have all been exporting major
Energy Transformers
to ukraine. They have been a leader in the economic assistance joining the
United States
and so there will be a discussion obviously between the two leaders, i think also privately, that will talk about those two conflicts without talking about more until they meet. Throws the type of things that there are a lot of other things that happen that are scripted. That will be where you have
Fresh Exchange
of ideas and neither one of us we would be lying if we told you exactly what would happen because i think theyll bring their individual perspective and by wednesday in both of those situations, it could be real different but i do think the history somewhat will tell but the future and also congress is coming back in session and you have the eyes of the world as it relates to the ukrainerussia conflict, the eyes of the world are on the
United States
house of representatives. One note there or two notes and i willen quick i will be quick here. One is when the senate was deeting it deecting it, the u. S. Ambassador wrote a letter how important it is getting ukraine, israel, taiwan aid out was important to the region and credibility. That is also true today for the house. As
Prime Minister
kishida said in singapore at the conference two years ago, ukraine today could be indopacific tomorrow. These are not transatlantic theatre. Theyre single strategic theater. I want to come back to this question of the
Prime Minister
s speech to congress in a minute, but ambassador yamada, anything you would like to say about cooperation on these challenging global issues, the middle east, ukraine . Ambassador yamada as i said, as
Global Partner
of the
United States
, japan will be working and has been working very closely with the
United States
on various issues on ukraine as ambassador emanuel said. The
Prime Minister
s conviction is todays ukraine could be tomorrows east asia. The
Prime Minister
has been very firm in our support for ukraine and introducing stronger sanctions against russia. Recently the organized conference in tokyo to support
Ukrainian Economic Development
and reconstruction, and that involved many
Japanese Private Companies
and there was enthusiasm among
Japanese Companies
to be involved in the reconstruction of ukraine. Japan will continue to support ukrainian effort to defend themselves and keep their economy going, and yes, that may be one of the important issues the
Prime Minister
and president will talk about. I cannot say exactly what theyre going to talk about, and the other issue may be the situation in the middle east. Not too many people are aware, but japan has been very active in supporting middle east
Peace Process
. We have been taking sort of a unique contribution to the process by for example establishing agroindustrial complex in jericho to support palestinian peoples
Economic Activities
and also we organized a conference mobilizing countries in support of the
Peace Process
and the palestinian development. The conference on east asia nations for palestinian development. That is a unique role japan has been playing in the middle east
Peace Process
, and we are more than happy to play a larger roalg in the role in the discussions of the day after. So that kind of issue i am sure that we will have a chance to discuss. Good. Lets turn to china now. Easy menu of things out there. Got that under control. Secretary yellen has been in china the last two days, where she spoke on a range of challenging issues but in particular this problem of state subsidized overcapacity dumping, sectors like batteries, solar panels, etc. I was wondering what you can share about how the president and
Prime Minister
will talk about the economic relationship with china and whether there will be any new initiatives to be announced related to coordinating our approaches to managing these very challenging issues. Ambassador yamada, maybe this time i will start with you if thats ok. Ambassador yamada i do not project what they are going to discuss, but china is one of the issues i am sure in their minds when they have indepth discussions, the economic matters, especially
Economic Security
, is one of the issues they discuss. As ambassador emanuel said, japan has been from time to time victims of chinese economic coercion. At this time, china is introducing unreasonable import bans on japanese fishery products. So as we discussed china,
Economic Security
matters is one of the important issues but also overall approach to china is another issue the leaders i am sure will discuss. The japanese will try to discuss a stable relationship with china through candid communication with the chinese leadership, and that although how to maintain or manage a relationship with china is i think shared between the
Prime Minister
and the president as was demonstrated by the president s recent telephone conversation with president ping. The readout was very candid and secretary yellens visit also, the readout indicates that she made the u. S. Position very clear. I think it is important as we try to manage our relationship with china that we maintain our position. We make our concerns very clear to the chinese and at the same time, encourage the chinese side to take responsible actions in the
International Field
and if possible we
Work Together
on global issues, and that is the constructive and stable relationship the
Prime Minister
is trying to achieve with the chinese president s and china and i think that overall approach, i think the two leaders will also discuss as i said. Thank you. Ambassador emanuel first of all, i think when you look at china, you look at secretary yellen, china is in the midst of exporting their challenges to the rest of the world. You have the e. U. , you have the
United States
, the you have countries like brazil, thailand. Everybody is taking action to protect their market from a subsidized industry where because of the real estate bubble bust, because of the overhang of massive debt on the
Public Sector
side, china is exporting their economic challenges domestically to the rest of the world. The rest of the world, whether you think its the
United States
or e. U. , other countries are all taking actions because they cannot become as they have in the past, you look at the solar panel as one example, become have their ghes particular
Industries Domestic
industries wiped out as state subsidized industries of china lower the price artificially. Thats a warning sign that this is not whatever you think you experienced over the last 20 years is not what you will experience in the next 20 years and its not just the
Chris Johnstone<\/a> who leads our japan program. So can i ask you for your very enthusiastic applause, welcome, ambassador yamada and ambassador emanuel. Thank you, doctor. Thank you for joining us. Thanks to all of you for being here today. I am
Senior Advisor<\/a> and japan chair. We will have a 30 minute or so conversation up here and try to open things up for a question or two at the end. So let me start. This is the
First Official<\/a> visit of a japanese
Prime Minister<\/a> to the white house since 2015. These visits are a big deal. I think this is only the fifth that the
Biden Administration<\/a> has done since it took office. Theyre a prime opportunity to showcase progress in the relationship and highlight the importance of the alliance. I would like to offer each of you the chance to make some opening remarks. What can we expect . Ambassador emanuel, if i may start with you. Thank you for hosting this and hosting the conference. I would start kind of my at the white house or general view of the administration is that you have countries under major change in the last two years and so it signifies a closing of one era and the beginning of writing the first chapters of the next era. Japan on their account has had in the last two years five different 70yearold policies in a have changed, manifested by the
Defense Budget<\/a> going from 1 to 2 , lifting the cap on
Defense Technology<\/a> exports, stabilizing the relationship. Then you have on the u. S. Side of the ledger, this we can week we are skiting in the sitting in the south china seas. You have australian navies in operations doing a practice and then at the end of the state visit, you have the first ever leaders meeting between the
United States<\/a>, japan and the philippines. Thats like a book end. That tells you a lot about how the u. S. Approach has changed. When you project forward from the administrations standpoint, we have had the australian r. O. K. , you have had the indian leaders and now the japanese leaders. Four of the five state visits have come from the indopa sieve area pacific area. I want to state one thing thats valg eubl for the relationship. If you look at the countries in the region, japan standing is the highest of any nation. I think our efforts in the state visit comes at not only a critical juncture in the area but also in if you look at it from a historical context, its writing the first chapter of the future. Thank you. Ambassador yamada . Thank you. First, chris, thank you very much for doing this. I am very much happy to be here with ambassador emanuel. I think i am relatively i dont think i can ever be more enjertic than energetic than ambassador emanuel. I dont recommend it. He is so energetic and active. Wherever we go, not only in japan but here in washington, d. C. , we can sense the presence of ambassador emanuel. So thank you very much for all the work you are doing for the partnership. And
Prime Minister<\/a> will be arriving later this afternoon sorry, did i say ab snerks
Prime Minister<\/a> kishida. I am sorry. The
Prime Minister<\/a>s official visit. Once in a decade in fact. So i am very fortunate to be here as the ambassador when a
Prime Minister<\/a> visits the
United States<\/a> as official guest of the president. And the last official visit by a japanese
Prime Minister<\/a> was in 2015,
Prime Minister<\/a> abe and the
International Situation<\/a> surrounding the two countries and therefore the nato partnership have changed significantly from that time. Prime minister abes visit focused on the 70th anniversary of the end of the war and cooperation our with two our two countries had. They talked about, the
Prime Minister<\/a> and president obama, talked about free and open in the pacific. We are faced with a turning point in our history facing serious challenges, including russian aggression into ukraine, situation in the middle east, and complex security situation in east asia. Japan has been very clear and firm in standing up against any attempts to change the status quo or any violation of the fundamental principles of the international order. Japan has also played an
Important Role<\/a> in coordinating g7 efforts to support the ukrainian peoples efforts to defend themselves as japan had e g7 presidency last year. Japan has been active in many other global issues in close coordination with the
United States<\/a>. So i think the japanu. S. Partnership has grown out of a
Regional Partnership<\/a> and now has become a true
Global Partner<\/a>, working together to uphold and strengthen a
Free International<\/a> order based on the rule of law. And i hope the
Prime Minister<\/a>s visit this time around will demonstrate this strong
Global Partnership<\/a> because not too many people in this country or not too many people in japan, for that matter, are aware of this
Global Nature<\/a> of our partnership and
Great Potential<\/a> partnership has. So i very much hope that the
Prime Minister<\/a>s visit will impress upon the people in this country and those in japan and the
International Community<\/a> that we are strong
Global Partner<\/a>s, and our partnership has much larger potential. This
Strong Partnership<\/a> is based on the trust between our two leaders, but i think more important stable basis for that
Strong Partnership<\/a> is the sense of trust between our two peoples, not just through many grassroots exchanges, people to people exchanges, business partnerships, academic exchanges, and i am a strong believer in that kind of people to people exchanges. Ambassador emanuel talked about japanese expectations in southeast asia. I was very much encouraged to see a recent opinion poll conducted in this country earlier this year. There are people from 50 states and d. C. Were asked whether they have favorable views of our country or unfavorable views of their country. The country which came at the top of the favorable view was of course japan. A trick question. And also the country which came at the bottom of the unfavorable view is again japan. So there is a strong sense of support with japan by the people in this country and i hope the
Prime Minister<\/a>s visit will be a celebration of this strong
Global Partnership<\/a> which is supported by not only the close relationship between the two leaders but the strong trust between the two peoples. In addition to just celebrating todays partnership, the two leaders will also talk about that the two countries are indispensable partners to each other in strengthening our competitiveness towards the future. We will talk about the cooperation in such areas of space, energy, and emerging technologies like a. I. , fusion, 5g and the i am personally very much excited about the space cooperation and i know ambassador emanuel is even more excited. Japan is the foremost partner in the program for
Lunar Exploration<\/a> and we have building pressurized lunar rover which will move around on the lunar surface, and the two leaders will talk about the progress we are making in this part, on this issue. So i am very much excited about the
Prime Minister<\/a>s visit, which we will celebrate this strong
Global Partnership<\/a> between our two countries. Terrific. It really is remarkable how far this relationship has come over the last couple of decades. So lets get into a bit of the substance if we can. You noted, ambassador, how our relationship is now global in its scope in terms of cooperation. While its a beautiful spring day outside, its a gloomy world out there right now and in particular you think about war in the middle east, the stalemate in ukraine. I wonder if you can share how the leaders will address these issues. Ambassador emanuel, will there be things that
President Biden<\/a> is seeking from japan and what will
Prime Minister<\/a> kishida be seeking from the
United States<\/a> as we think about these challenging global issues . Ambassador emanuel before i get to the two situations, i actually think the larger context dating back to the two big changes in both countries over the last two years, i think you will look back when history gets written that three cs changed the world. Covid, conflict, and coercion. In many ways, whether you look at the changes on the security front through the prism of what happened when you look at supply chains, you look at russias violating the
United Nations<\/a> resolution which theyre
Founding Member<\/a> of. You look at not only what covid did but the commercial coercion as recently on japan as well, fish from the water, countries are making adjustments to these three factors that upended every assumption you had for the last 30 years if not longer. So thats the first one. Second is in ukraine right now, its very clear that russia is not only targeting the population or the military but also targeting the
Energy Infrastructure<\/a> or the ability for ukraine as a society to function. No country has been a greater contributor to the
Energy Infrastructure<\/a> than japan, mitsubishi and other industries have all been exporting major
Energy Transformers<\/a> to ukraine. They have been a leader in the economic assistance joining the
United States<\/a> and so there will be a discussion obviously between the two leaders, i think also privately, that will talk about those two conflicts without talking about more until they meet. Throws the type of things that there are a lot of other things that happen that are scripted. That will be where you have
Fresh Exchange<\/a> of ideas and neither one of us we would be lying if we told you exactly what would happen because i think theyll bring their individual perspective and by wednesday in both of those situations, it could be real different but i do think the history somewhat will tell but the future and also congress is coming back in session and you have the eyes of the world as it relates to the ukrainerussia conflict, the eyes of the world are on the
United States<\/a> house of representatives. One note there or two notes and i willen quick i will be quick here. One is when the senate was deeting it deecting it, the u. S. Ambassador wrote a letter how important it is getting ukraine, israel, taiwan aid out was important to the region and credibility. That is also true today for the house. As
Prime Minister<\/a> kishida said in singapore at the conference two years ago, ukraine today could be indopacific tomorrow. These are not transatlantic theatre. Theyre single strategic theater. I want to come back to this question of the
Prime Minister<\/a>s speech to congress in a minute, but ambassador yamada, anything you would like to say about cooperation on these challenging global issues, the middle east, ukraine . Ambassador yamada as i said, as
Global Partner<\/a> of the
United States<\/a>, japan will be working and has been working very closely with the
United States<\/a> on various issues on ukraine as ambassador emanuel said. The
Prime Minister<\/a>s conviction is todays ukraine could be tomorrows east asia. The
Prime Minister<\/a> has been very firm in our support for ukraine and introducing stronger sanctions against russia. Recently the organized conference in tokyo to support
Ukrainian Economic Development<\/a> and reconstruction, and that involved many
Japanese Private Companies<\/a> and there was enthusiasm among
Japanese Companies<\/a> to be involved in the reconstruction of ukraine. Japan will continue to support ukrainian effort to defend themselves and keep their economy going, and yes, that may be one of the important issues the
Prime Minister<\/a> and president will talk about. I cannot say exactly what theyre going to talk about, and the other issue may be the situation in the middle east. Not too many people are aware, but japan has been very active in supporting middle east
Peace Process<\/a>. We have been taking sort of a unique contribution to the process by for example establishing agroindustrial complex in jericho to support palestinian peoples
Economic Activities<\/a> and also we organized a conference mobilizing countries in support of the
Peace Process<\/a> and the palestinian development. The conference on east asia nations for palestinian development. That is a unique role japan has been playing in the middle east
Peace Process<\/a>, and we are more than happy to play a larger roalg in the role in the discussions of the day after. So that kind of issue i am sure that we will have a chance to discuss. Good. Lets turn to china now. Easy menu of things out there. Got that under control. Secretary yellen has been in china the last two days, where she spoke on a range of challenging issues but in particular this problem of state subsidized overcapacity dumping, sectors like batteries, solar panels, etc. I was wondering what you can share about how the president and
Prime Minister<\/a> will talk about the economic relationship with china and whether there will be any new initiatives to be announced related to coordinating our approaches to managing these very challenging issues. Ambassador yamada, maybe this time i will start with you if thats ok. Ambassador yamada i do not project what they are going to discuss, but china is one of the issues i am sure in their minds when they have indepth discussions, the economic matters, especially
Economic Security<\/a>, is one of the issues they discuss. As ambassador emanuel said, japan has been from time to time victims of chinese economic coercion. At this time, china is introducing unreasonable import bans on japanese fishery products. So as we discussed china,
Economic Security<\/a> matters is one of the important issues but also overall approach to china is another issue the leaders i am sure will discuss. The japanese will try to discuss a stable relationship with china through candid communication with the chinese leadership, and that although how to maintain or manage a relationship with china is i think shared between the
Prime Minister<\/a> and the president as was demonstrated by the president s recent telephone conversation with president ping. The readout was very candid and secretary yellens visit also, the readout indicates that she made the u. S. Position very clear. I think it is important as we try to manage our relationship with china that we maintain our position. We make our concerns very clear to the chinese and at the same time, encourage the chinese side to take responsible actions in the
International Field<\/a> and if possible we
Work Together<\/a> on global issues, and that is the constructive and stable relationship the
Prime Minister<\/a> is trying to achieve with the chinese president s and china and i think that overall approach, i think the two leaders will also discuss as i said. Thank you. Ambassador emanuel first of all, i think when you look at china, you look at secretary yellen, china is in the midst of exporting their challenges to the rest of the world. You have the e. U. , you have the
United States<\/a>, the you have countries like brazil, thailand. Everybody is taking action to protect their market from a subsidized industry where because of the real estate bubble bust, because of the overhang of massive debt on the
Public Sector<\/a> side, china is exporting their economic challenges domestically to the rest of the world. The rest of the world, whether you think its the
United States<\/a> or e. U. , other countries are all taking actions because they cannot become as they have in the past, you look at the solar panel as one example, become have their ghes particular
Industries Domestic<\/a> industries wiped out as state subsidized industries of china lower the price artificially. Thats a warning sign that this is not whatever you think you experienced over the last 20 years is not what you will experience in the next 20 years and its not just the
United States<\/a>. China is going to scream containment and the only reason there are some actions is because of what china is doing at home. Second, the most persistent and pernicious act china does economically is economic coercion. They constantly use that tool to pressure another country on the political front. Today japan is a target of that. Just recently, after three years, china threw in the towel on australia, which was the victim. In the recent past, south korea was the target of chinas coercion. Also the fill peeps, also philippines, also lithuania. I think we all have to be alert to what chinas intentions are. There is one way they try to lure
American Business<\/a> and investment. I would say reminding everybody that you have also a situation where people are being arrested in china. We have
National Security<\/a> laws in any company can be a target if they decide, there is not a rule of law. There is a rule of one and that means you are at risk at any given time. That is what is happening and what china is doing is isolating china from the rest of the
International Economic<\/a> system. It is a defense of the rule of law. In the report we released last week we identified this issue of overcapacity and dumping as a principal challenge of the
United States<\/a> and japan are going to have to cooperate on. I want to correct that would be true if brazil wasnt taking action. The i. U. E. U. Wasnt taking action. It is across the world countries are taking action to protect their
Domestic Industries<\/a> from a set of actions that dont play by the same rules and china is doing that because they have other massive domestic economic challenges so theyre exporting their problems to the rest of the world. Our experience out of covid is you cant export that anymore, cannot happen. You have to go resolve that in china. You have to build a domestic consumption market. You cannot export your economic problems to the world. Thank you. Lets turn a bit to anticipated outcomes to the extent you are able to talk about them. I know you dont want to steal the thunder of leaders in the rose garden and elsewhere but if i could maybe we could first talk about the defense side of the relationship. There have been a lot of reporting about possible announcements related to cooperation and command and control, other forms of
Defense Industry<\/a> and technology cooperation. We welcome whatever you are able to say, but stepping back how do you conceptualize this next step in u. S. Japan alliance, defense, cooperation . How should we think about the things that are coming . Ambassador yamada, may i start with you on this one . Ambassador yamada going to the meeting, we are still coordinating. So i cannot be sounds familiar. Ambassador yamada so the i dont know whether we call it next stage or not, but yes, we are in the process of coordinating our defense policies and all the more closely and japans
National Security<\/a> strategy couple years ago created demonstrated japans strong commitment to dramatically enhancing our defense capabilities including introduction of strike and establishment of joint
Operational Command<\/a> by the forces. As the report indicated that our two countries are working together with a clear understanding of the importance of closer coordination between our two countries, how to coordinate our command and control structure, as we establish that joint operation or command. And also we are talking about the importance of enhanced cooperation in the production side, maipt nance maintenance side of defense equipment. Those are some of the issues the
Prime Minister<\/a> and the president will discuss, but the general trend you asked is for that to deepen our coordination and cooperation on this defense policies. Ambassador emanuel i will be quick on the
Security Side<\/a> because my friend has covered it, but i would say one thing i think should be noted or two things in the security front. One is japans budget,
Defense Budget<\/a>, created a new joint
Operation Command<\/a> center. It initiated therefore for us to take a fresh look of something thats been around had the
United States<\/a> for the 1960 ease and we are saying its a structure we have had really right for the next 60 years . And the answer is no. We have different challenges today, we have a different japan and so that inspired, initiated and got past the bureaucratic inertia that can exist to ask fresh questions and we will have a different structure what shape that takes, thats not going to be resolved but the fact that its going to happen is without a doubt resolved. How it takes what the particulars are which are very important, have yet to. The second piece is, this is not breaking news. We have obligations to the
United States<\/a> across the globe. One of the challenges we have is our military industrial capabilities are not equal to the commitments we have. Japan because of a set of or policy of banning
Defense Technology<\/a> exports, changing that policy recently, under the leadership of
Prime Minister<\/a> kishida opens up an industrial capacity of japan to be part of a solution that is a
Global Challenge<\/a> in a way that you cant say that just for europe or any other country thats been part of that. This is a whole new capacity and bringing it in so its going to have a 180 degree look, where can we coproduce and look at every aspect of that. The two things i think that will get covered but i think is really important, the last two years, all teasing aside i am interested in space. I think its an incredible opportunity. We have had five agreements between the
United States<\/a> and japan, gateway, artemis, mars,
International Space<\/a> station and the framework. In this gathering we will build off of the incredible structure and foundation. Administrator nelson i was about to call him senator nelsoe partner, visited japan and you will see a major contribution in the collaboration and partnership and should not be lost, just a couple months ago japan became the fifth only fifth country to land on the moon and continue to send very valuable information back from the moon and achieved a great technological feat given the sense how close they got to the exact area. So space will be a major component. Also its minor but a big deal which is we are going to look about placing a major climate, human di as ter disaster center. Japan had a major earthquake recently. Taiwan had a major earthquake. You have typhoons, all types of challenges. All the water, all the medicine in a major
Central Location<\/a> in a warehouse so we can deploy anywhere in the region a
Rapid Response<\/a> capability, humanitarian assistance to climate and human natural disasters. First ever created and it will be in my view a real contribution given there will be more, not less of those type of natural disasters that we have to respond to collectively. Such a wide range of things. I know you are doing a lot of work on the
Technology Promotion<\/a> side so maybe we can come back to that, but ambassador yamada, i would like to ask you about the
Prime Minister<\/a>s speech to congress which is significant part of this visit. I believe its on the morning of the 11th. The congress is just coming back and reengaging on the question of assistance to ukraine. What messages can we anticipate the
Prime Minister<\/a> delivering in his address . Ambassador yamada the
Prime Minister<\/a> was asked that question earlier today. What he said was, he would like to underscore the strength of japanu. S. Alliance and convey to the congress what kind of future we would like to leave to our future generations and what should we do together to achieve that shared future . The
Prime Minister<\/a> kishida has spent some years when he was a child in the
United States<\/a>, so his message will be a message from a longtime friend and close friend of the
United States<\/a> and he will emphasize his deep respect for the leadership role the ups has been play
United States<\/a> has been playing in the
International Arena<\/a> and also thl partner of the
United States<\/a> is ready to work with the
United States<\/a>, shoulder to shoulder, on various global issues we are faced with. And the strong, reliable
Global Partner<\/a> of the
United States<\/a>, and also
Prime Minister<\/a> will talk about transformational changes taking place in japan,
Security Policy<\/a> as well as economic situation. So i hope that the
Prime Minister<\/a>s address to the meeting with congress which is only the second ever by a japanese
Prime Minister<\/a> to impress upon the
American People<\/a> that japan is a reliable and determined
Global Partner<\/a> of the
United States<\/a>. Thank you. Just two more questions from me and then we will open it up. I want to come back to the trilat on the back end of this. Ambassador emanuel, in your piece in the wall street journal, you talked about this emerging lattice work moving away from the bilateral hubs to a more mini lateral construct. Welcome your thoughts on what we can anticipate from this trilateral meeting but also the other relationship that have become so important, whether there will be discussion of further steps with the r. O. K. , further steps with australia for example. This work has a number of pieces and i suspect it will be very much on display. Ambassador emanuel as a former congressman, i do want to it wasnt the core question but they are coming back after two weeks and the speaker noted that they were going to deal with the assistance. Also ambassador yamada said earlier which i want to stress in his opening remarks the importance of trust and there is a line of thinking in the
United States<\/a> or by some that we should really just focus on the china and leave leave europe or not deal with ukraine is not the primary. We dont have that luxury as a superpower. Its the credit of the
United States<\/a>, credibility of democracy and the rule of law is on the line. He will be speaking to congress as a critical juncture when congress he wont be the onle will say. I know what he has communicated in resources and in words before, and other
World Leaders<\/a> have spoken to this. So this is a for the security that we are building, that we just talked about, for the credit of it the
United States<\/a> credibility as a central piece in partnership with our friends japan in the area, it will be advanced when we double down on what we have committed to which is a rule of law and defense of it. Can you not separate the transatlantic over here and indopacific over here. There is a single strategic sphere. Thats one. Two, i think that the way that this think about this. You have an energized quad that japan are key players in that effort. You have a historic meeting in camp david in august led by
President Biden<\/a> and also led by
Prime Minister<\/a> kishida and president yu to deepen the roots about a real commitment on a trilateral basis to face challenge. The first ever
Leader Meeting<\/a> between the
United States<\/a>, japan and philippine leaders. Both the
United States<\/a> and japan separately have very strong bilateral relationships on the economic front, the development front, the diplomatic front and the defense or deterrence front. Bringing that together into kind of a comprehensive home whole, the whole strats gee here in a large context, china tries to use economic coercion is to isolate japan. When you bring the lattice together or latticelike system, its not to isolate china but their attempt to isolate others, the development front, the di defensor terence front doesnt work. Its a major transformation. The constant in it is the
United States<\/a> and japan. Building off of that foundation and i said this before but i really believe it, we are leaving an era of
Alliance Protection<\/a> and we are emerging into an era of alliance projection. Not just as the ambassador said and i agree with this, foremost in the region, but its a
Global Alliance<\/a> built op a set of values and ideals we both share and sense of leadership to protect those values. The connections among u. S. Allies and partners is its walls it was always siloed and us in the center. Its not up to the challenges and the kind of also strategy thats been deployed by china to isolate south korea, isolate japan, isolate australia. That lattice work is a real response to that strategy of isolation. Last question i feel obligated to ask i think its fair to say this is a time of
Political Uncertainty<\/a> in both the
United States<\/a> and japan. President biden is engaged in a president ial campaign. Prime minister kishida faces his own headwinds and election in accept. How should we think about the durability of the things that will be announced on wednesday . Ambassador yamada . Ambassador yamada i think e is bipartisan support for the strengthening, further strengthening of japanu. S. Partnership in this country and also in japan there is a consensus on the need to continue to strengthen our bilateral relationship. Whatever happens in either country, i think our two
Countries Partnership<\/a> will continue to grow. Ambassador emanuel i think its a complicated answer. I dont think its a yes or a no. I am going to slightly this is what a good diplomat is and what a bad diplomat is. This is the perfect this is dont do what i say or do, ok . Tell your kids this is dangerous. So here is what i would say. There is a lesson out of the trilateral relationship. Take that trilateral relationship into camp david. One of the pillars of chinas strategy was that the
United States<\/a>, japan and korea could never get on the same page. That changed fundamentally in august at camp david. I think one of the
National Security<\/a>
Staff Members<\/a> of president bush said we desperately wanted to have this, how significant this moment was. It was in our strategic interest. Now i believe there are real roots meaning this is getting embedded in the cultures and institutions not just on the intelligence side. Just went to the baseball game, dodgers and padres, in south korea. Padres have a japanese player and a korean player on the team. It tells you this is a
National Pastime<\/a> but other things are happening when we announce that the g7,
Tokyo University<\/a> and university of chicago, we put 150 million through i. B. M. And google for
Quantum Computing Research<\/a> and at davos, they joined the computing partnership. It has roots. I would also tell you, having been part of this on an intimate level, there is a trust where
Prime Minister<\/a> kishida i cant speak to the president but i will take the liberty will go jobbed the beyond the comfort zone because they have a trust not only in the
United States<\/a> but the leader of the
United States<\/a> and if you do something to fray that trust, everything you are building is not constant. You are building all the time. You are strengthening all time. You are doubling down all the time. Nothing is static in politics. I know it comes as rude shock but diplomacy is politics. So the idea that somehow elections dont matter, they do matter. They matter domestically. They matter internationally. And so i do think there is some longevity that goes past the time of the three leaders, but there are also things unless you build off of it rather than abandon it, it doesnt mean it can stand the pressure. The treus is treus is there is real interest, roots are being put down but its early enough that unless you are building on it constantly, it will atrophy and we all know that. Thats just what happens. Great. Thank you. We have time for one it is a short diplomatic career. We have time for one or maybe two questions. Let me go to emma right here. Thank you. Thanks to both of you. Ambassador yamada, i looked up your time on the
Cherry Blossom<\/a> run. Are you way ahead of me, quite impressive. I wanted to ask about this rumblings of japan now reach to north korea that is seemingly farfetched but persistent. I wonder what japans motivation is in that. It seems there is some flexibility from the family members right now on this. Do you anticipate it coming up at all during this visit and if there is a potential for any breakthrough between pyongyang and tokyo could that help the
United States<\/a> sort of unstick this persistent gridlock . Easy question. Ambassador yamada the
Prime Minister<\/a> kishida believes that if we can ever establish a productive relationship with north korea, it will be beneficial to japan and north korea as well as to the region to the stability of the region, but at the same time the
Prime Minister<\/a> is very clear, we have to see if we can resolve all the outstanding issues and concerns. So far the recent statements from north korea indicated that they are not ready to deal with those outstanding issues around concerns, so well see how things develop. For the
Prime Minister<\/a>, it is very important to resolve outstanding issues of concern, missile issues,
Nuclear Issues<\/a> and absuction issues. So those continues to be very important issues for the
Prime Minister<\/a>. To resolve those issues, the
Prime Minister<\/a> is ready to have a dialogue with the north korean side under his direct instructions. Well see how the north korean side will react. Lets do one more. I would like to go with mr. Takashi from n. H. K. Thank you very much for this great opportunity. Regarding the planned acquisition,
President Biden<\/a> issued a statement. In japan this is perceived as an action that may damage the relationship between the u. S. And japan, so ambassador, what do you think were the reasons that
President Biden<\/a> publicly reports before the security were complete and ambassador yamada, if japan is planning to raise this issue at the summit on wednesday . Thank you. Another easy one. Ambassador emel let me say this. First of all, one is the
United States<\/a> relationship with japan is a lot deeper and stronger and more significant than a single commercial deal. Second, weeks before the president made his statement, he gave a
Japanese Corporation<\/a> a 20 billion agreement to build a crane factory here in the
United States<\/a> to replace all the cranes in all our ports. I dont know what says trusted partner better than a 20 billion endeavor for matsui corporation. Third in 2021, when toshiba was a target for an acquisition, japan stepped in because of
National Security<\/a> interests. The relationship continued to prosper and grow. So i understand the focus, but the idea that you are going to take i dont know what the count is, 70 different parts of talking about major security changes in the
United States<\/a> and japan and we are going to reduce it to a commercial deal the two countries have a disagreement about when you have the history of toshiba and matsui as we would say in chicago, you got to chill. Ambassador yamada i cannot say what the
Prime Minister<\/a> will talk about and what the president will talk about. Fair enough. We have really benefited from your time. This is really an historic time and these are two actor tects architects of where we are today. Please join me in a real warm round of applause. [applause] [captions
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